enJOY it

an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.

Category: WHOLE

  • My "one little word" this year is WHOLE. (read more about olw here.) And for the most part it doesn't feel as "active" in my life as CHOOSE and BRAVE did the years prior. I think this is because "whole" feels like less of an action word. The definition is broad and I am not…

  • Since May 1 (for nearly three weeks), I have been wearing a fitbit flex non-stop. I wear it all day. I wear it in the shower. I wear it to bed. I have taken it off a few times while I am at my computer to charge the battery – but that's it. I have…

  • Oh man, crazy week. It's no secret that I have a full plate these days. There is just a lot going on. So many things. So many projects that I want to tackle and so many ideas that I want to act on. My brain imploded a little bit on Tuesday and I realized that…

  • My word for this year is WHOLE. It feels so much more abstract than my past words. Whole what? Whole personal life? Whole business life? The "Whole-y" Grail a.k.a the impossible "balance" between the two? Whole body? Whole grains? Whole house decorated? Yes, please. All of the above. I am not sure where this word…

  • My word for 2013 served me so well. I chose BRAVE for a long list of reasons, but mostly because I knew becoming a mother was going to be a challenge. I was naive to how great a challenge it would be. There were many times this past year when I struggled and while sometimes…