WPMotivate: Finding Inspiration in the Compost

Kathy and Michelle found themselves in a place where they were completing tasks at the eleventh hour before a deadline last week, and they pondered how they get themselves into these situations. They also talk about the importance and power of saying "no" to protect their sanity. Kathy is looking forward to spending some time…

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…

Michelle and Kathy share what they’ve collected over the years, some things with great meaning, and some things that are just quirky and unique. Some of the collections end up being gifts to our kids and things with shared memories. We also dive into the past with recollecting our early journals, and come back with…

Or, the episode where Kathy brings her chainsaw. Michelle got to visit Niagara Falls with Nyasha Green to see the forces of water at work, while Kathy gets a visit from the winds of spring storms in Texas. This leads Michelle and Kathy to get philosophical about humanity’s place in nature and what interacting with…

In this episode Kathy and Michelle talk about how powerful helping others can be, not only for the people we help, but for ourselves as that good karma comes back to us magnified. We talk a little about how to handle negativity, leveraging that buffer zone between stimulus and response, and how helping just one…

Sometimes you just have to rant. Or vent. Or let all the steam out. It’s good for you! In this episode Michelle and Kathy open up about unrealistic expectations, demands on time, and even failure on their own parts to get all the stuff done. And Michelle even cusses a little. But doesn’t it feel…