WPMotivate: The Sun Is Always Shining Somewhere

How much chaos can two lives hold? Kathy and Michelle are testing the limits so you don’t have to! And through the chaos, they both find not only experiences that create greater awareness, they find ways to be more present in their lives. Holding on to gratitude and reframing your experience more positively can always…

Inspired by Carole Olinger’s talk at WCEU 2023, Michelle and Kathy discuss all the feelings that come up when you cannot attend an event. Michelle, who chose not to attend WordCamp Buffalo even though she was an organizer this year, experienced both joy and sadness of missing out on this year’s event. Kathy recalled events…

While Kathy held down the fort at home, Michelle traveled across the globe to Taipei, Taiwan for WordCamp Asia. Her appearance was set to be up against Tim Ferriss.  Upon hearing of Michelle’s trending #MichelleAndMe wave of support, Tim had to unfortunately cancel so not to be outdone. (Just kidding, Tim! We hope to see…

Michelle and Kathy discuss how to create healthier habits that support self care. Kathy has been on a roll developing new habits for more strength and dealing with some metabolic issues, which inspired a blog post and inspired Michelle to adopt some healthy habits, too. They also discuss how hard it is to make self…

No matter what’s happening outside your window – day or night – the sun is always shining down…somewhere!

In previous episodes, Kathy and Michelle have discussed the concept of Swedish death cleaning, the process of helping older adults pare down their decades of possessions. As our lives have become more digital, the process of decluttering and deleting old data on computers, hard drives, and even our cloud services is needed, too. This leads…