Category: Musings

We’ve just stepped into a new year and many of us are thinking of ways we can improve on our own and others’ lives. New Year’s resolutions are popular for a reason – they give you the motivation to...

It’s that time of year again. You can’t escape it. Whether it’s your Facebook or Instagram feed, your blog reader, or your inbox, there is a barrage of end-of-the-year starting-of-a-new year mantra of setting goals and creating your New...

Thanks to The Queen more people are working from home. This year has been a year where we have been on camera more than ever before. I have worked remotely for the past 3 years, but even...

  This holiday season is WAY different than years past. There isn’t likely to be a lot of large gatherings and travels to family/grandparents, or like the Misadventures family normally does at this time of year, travel. With the...

With everything that is going on with the world today (the Queen (ref); the continuing struggle for the BLM movement, and our ridiculous political situation at the moment, I have been contemplating spirituality. I am a very positive person...

When you see examples of modern success stories, it is often hard to detect how much sheer determination played. If you watch a lot of reality TV, winners often seem to achieve victory through a combination of obnoxiousness and...

Unfortunately these days, there are so many aspects of society that can make you feel a little down in the dumps, even some resolutions that claim to improve your confidence can have the complete opposite effect. With so many...

This is 50. At the end of last week, just after we rang in the new decade, I ran in a new decade! Being born at the first of the year at the beginning of a decade provides a...

Pull up a chair. Let’s talk. Where to begin? Maybe it’s my age but I no longer believe in all that “New Year, New You” sentimentality. I think it disappeared with my interest in holidays (ruined by over-commercialization) and...

This year I’m choosing to support the Arbor Day Foundation by giving holiday Give-A-Tree cards and Celebration Certificates. Giving to charity is so important and gratifying, consider this a new holiday habit that you can maintain throughout the year...