BOR-ING

Spring break is right around the corner and recently my new six year old thinks life is boring. Haha! You know when you’re in the car and all you hear is, “Are we there yet?”, “How much longer”, “I’m hungry!”, “I have to go the bathroom”, “I’m bored!” I always have to tell myself, Erin be patient, just kidding. I know you can be overwhelmed, and you can be underwhelmed, but can you just ever be whelmed?? (name that movie).  Continue reading “BOR-ING”

Conscious Consumer

I have been thinking a lot about the internet and the thought that our world is flat. I don’t have to wonder what life is like in Greece I can just follow along on someone’s story or insta live video or facebook live video. I can see how my favorite star or singer is living. I get to know people through social media and then I feel like I really know them, or they’re my friend somehow. Not that people don’t make friends on social media, I have, but what if sometimes all of this access is too much.  Continue reading “Conscious Consumer”

My Best Ideas

Welp I posted my 100th post. It only took me 100 moments to finally get to this point in my life. A lot has happened in between, but one of the things I have known and started sitting with more and more is that I get a lot of ideas and thoughts in the shower. It’s my place. Some people have a big comfy chair or a little nook, maybe a porch or go on walks or runs. I get my best ideas in the shower. It’s where I’m most vulnerable. A lot of decisions have been made in the shower. A lot of conversations and sometimes just drawing on the glass. Some of the thoughts are fleeting and others stick around and sink in as I go. So I’ve decided to share some of my recent thoughts and reflections from the shower.  Continue reading “My Best Ideas”