Welcome to the Saturday recap. Enjoy!
Personal Development
This week the posts cover boundary setting, finding joy and grace in our lives, and looking in unexpected locations to solve inefficiencies.
Understanding Personal Joy. The first post of the week has us considering what brings us joy and how we can be inspired by our past to find new moments of joy today.
Setting Boundaries. This isn’t an easy topic for many of us. This post suggests you think through some of the “rules” you would like to add to your life to create clear boundaries.
Living Gracefully. This post was inspired by Seth Godin and a description of what it means to be a graceful person and live a graceful life.
Decline with Confidence. This post has a connection to the boundaries post on Tuesday with some suggestions on words to use when declining something.
Solving Inefficiency. Have you ever heard of a desire path? If not, this last post of the week explains what they are and how to use them to improve efficiency in our day-to-day activities.
One Shade Greener
This week, the sustainability post – Summer Parties – provides ideas for hosting events from family picnics to holiday events, and celebrations like graduation parties and bridal/baby showers.
If you are interested in starting or continuing a sustainability journey, One Shade Greener at Home, could be the perfect resource. Full of brands and links to put greener products at your fingertips.
PodList
This week, there are six shorter podcasts on the list covering a variety of topics that may help in how we approach our everyday life. I hope you find at least one you connect with.
Something Active, Something Creative. 5 minutes. Before Breakfast. This episode suggests that we always have things in our life that provide physical activity and some form of creativity.
Overcoming Procrastination. 10 minutes. Optimal Finance Daily. I had a big ah-ha with this one. The episode provides a simple approach to those “carryover” items on our to do list.
Are You Suffering from Microstress? 16 minutes. The Next Big Idea Daily. This episode covers all the little stresses in our day and what we can do about it. From the book The Microstress Effect.
What a CNBC News Correspondent Saw on the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis. 15 minutes. The Next Big Idea Daily. This episode provides perspective from a reporter on the front lines of hurricanes, wildfires, and tornados that have hit the US in the last two decades.
Keep Your Office Supplies Handy. 5 minutes. Before Breakfast. When we have what we need close at hand it makes work easier and more enjoyable. This episode provides some tips.
Can Big Tech Be Reigned In? 15 minutes. The Next Big Idea Daily. Tom Wheeler discusses his new book Techlash: Who Makes the Rules in the Digital Gilded Age?