The Details: Downsizing, Prioritizing and Living With Less
A few points of follow-up to my last post, The American Dream?, lest you think I am a communist, hippie or completely unrealistic about money. I believe in goal setting, hard work […]
Category Archives: Life Hacks
Benjamin Franklin’s Daily Schedule
Last week I played travel agent to my parents, booking multiple flights, event tickets, historical society memberships, etc. It took an entire morning, involved calls to New York and Scotland and put a […]
Gardening for Food, Fun and General Fabulousness
“Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow forces of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.” While I […]
Procrastination, Productivity… Progress?
Hi, my name is Jean, and I am a procrastinator. In sophomore year of my undergrad, my roommates chased me down the hall as I literally ran away from a […]
Self-Styling Inspiration: A How-To From My Sister Kirby
My oldest sister Kirby, who was killed in October 2009, has long stood in my mind as an example of someone who lived a self-styled life—of how a person can […]
the self-styled life 