enJOY it
an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.
Category: i choose
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Cue Ross, "We were on a breaaaaaaaak." Crazy story: three months from today exactly (Christmas Day! Who starts a blog on Christmas Day?!) I will have been doing this for ten years. That's all of my twenties. That's really my entire adult life. It's hard for me to remember a time before blogging or even…
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On Saturday, I posted a photo similar to the one above on Instagram. The difference was nothing was crossed out in the first photo. I hashtagged it (as you do) with #augustmanifestoisboringbutnecessary and #makeitpublicmakeithappen. (Obviously that second one might have more traction.) We've been in our house for 1.5 years (already?! OMG.) and the thing…
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I've talked before about how my "one little words" for the past two years have stuck with me past the calendar end. "Brave," my 2013 word, will no doubt be the same. "Magic" & "Choose" have become almost mantras and feel like old friends. While they usually exist in the background, sometimes I'll read something…
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I have been getting a few emails about the difference between setting goals and accomplishing the normal day-to-day activities. What do I consider what? How do I stay motivated to do the mundane or routine stuff over and over again? How do I tackle large goals? I thought it would be a fun topic to…
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I spent a decent amount of time this summer developing a self-paced workshop with Big Picture Classes on goal-setting. It's sort of a organized brain dump of everything I have learned over the past few years about staying inspired and motivated while setting and working towards personal goals. Because my 2012 "one little word" has…
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Wrapping up my 2012 with one last set of monthly goals. (I am not sure how I'll be goal setting in next year.) This fall has been a bit odd for me, and it's been hard to come up with specific things to do. All I really want to do is enjoy this season. Enjoy…
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Oh, November. You have no idea how glad I am that you are here. I predict great things this month and fully intend on enjoying each of the 30 days. October sort of knocked me around a bit scheduling-wise so I am looking forward to a major slow-down this month. To celebrate, I picked simple…
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This year, more than any other year, I have made an effort to keep my one little word at the front of my mind. It's been a big year, but different than I expected when I chose "choose." And this little word has pushed me and tested me more than I thought it would. In…
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We made it to August. July feels like a blur of projects and farmer's markets. I'll be sharing thoughts on our local produce experiment soon – it was an awesome adventure. I got a lot of work crossed off my list in July only to enter August with a whole new list. But this stuff…
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Big one this month is we're committing to eating only local fruits & veggies. If I can't buy it at the farmer's market, we can't eat it. I recently had my world rocked (in a good way!) by Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. If we can't eat local in July in Southern California, than something…
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