I’d like a mulligan for May, please. (And Healthy Habit #6)

I would like a do-over for the month of May.  Is that too much to ask?  It was a long, horrible, emotional month that I spent doing a whole lot of nothing (when I wasn't busy being depressed and feeling sorry for myself).  I didn't write much, I didn't read much, I didn't declutter anything, …

Healthy Habit #5 – A month of decluttering (and an update on kindness)

    In my ongoing attempt to learn some healthy habits this year, I have decided that for May I will try to develop the habit of decluttering.  While we are not hoarders in the reality show sense of the word, my husband and I do live in a small apartment along side a lot of …

Healthy Habit #4 – A Month of Kindness (and an update on Yoga)

  For 2014, I committed to starting some Healthy Habits.  So far, they have all been about me (there's an alcoholic for you!), I've started daily prayer, meditation, and yoga.  But this month I am going to make my Healthy Habit about others.  I am going to practice kindness, each and every day. Each month …

Healthy Habit #3 – Yoga

March is here and that means it's time for a new Healthy Habit.  This month I have decided that I am going to give yoga a try.  I have heard so many good things about it, but have never done it myself.  You've probably heard the same list of healthy benefits of yoga that I …

Healthy Habit #2 – A Month of Meditation

The month of February brings Healthy Habit #2 - Meditation.  It seems that I'm not the only one that has decided to give meditation a try.  Kristen over at Bye Bye Beer is also working on meditation, and Lucy at Soberistas is posting some great information about mindful meditation.  I'm keeping my eye on both, …

Making Prayer a Habit – Healthy Habit #1

February is here, so it is time for me to give you all an update on Healthy Habit #1 - Prayer.  As I wrote in my last post, I made a commitment to praying out loud each morning with my husband using our prayer beads.  My hope was that our daily prayer would become a …

Healthy Habit #1 – A Month of Prayer

In my last post I talked about starting new, healthy habits instead of making new year's resolutions that I knew I would not keep.  I realized that adding healthy habits into my life would take a change of perspective about the whole clean-slate, positive-change thinking that comes along every January 1st, because when it comes …

Getting better and better

I am not good with resolutions.  I don't think that I have ever (ever!) made one that I have kept.  So, for the last few years, I haven't made any.  There was really no point, I knew that I wouldn't keep them.  It always felt like too many rules, and, as an alcoholic, it turns …