Sun & Soul

Category: reflections

  • The 2024 Survey

    The 2024 Survey

    I’ve completed this survey every December since 2001. You can find past years’ posts in the Year End tag! What did you do in 2024 that you’d never done before? Wore my hair straight semi-regularly; threw a goodbye party for my uterus; took care of a diabetic child; took a trip with my bestie, our…

  • Thoughts on Parenthood After 14 Months

    Thoughts on Parenthood After 14 Months

    Some random things I’ve learned/been pondering now that I’m the mother of a toddler: When you have a baby or young child, you just need things to work. If I have any margin for error in my day, it’s very small. I need to be able to depend on my surroundings. I need my home…

  • The 2021 Survey

    The 2021 Survey

    I’ve completed this survey every December since 2001. You can find past years’ posts in the Year End tag! 1. What did you do in 2021 that you’d never done before? HAD A BABY; had major abdominal surgery; took extended leave from work; experienced intense, prolonged sleep deprivation; went on antidepressants; did not even try…

  • Mom Bod

    I’ve been reflecting on my old fitness routine, before covid and motherhood. For my entire adult life up to March 2020, I worked out four or five days a week. Five days a week. That was what it took to maintain that weight. That was the amount of endorphins it took to keep my lifelong…

  • What I Learned in 2020

    What I Learned in 2020

    It took a pandemic for me to get the amount of downtime I actually needed. Before COVID, I was busier than I wanted to be. I’d been working on having a less insane life for several years, but in my heart, I often would have preferred being at home to doing whatever I was doing.…