Category: Simplicity

Margin makes room for magic. If your calendar is always crammed and you’re constantly moving at warp speed, you’ll miss so many of the good things right in front of you. Before you know it, you'll have rushed past the very things you should have been rushing toward. Boundaries protect your peace by setting a … Continue reading The Power of Making Room In a Busy Life

Vulnerability doesn’t diminish your value. It develops it. It takes self-awareness to notice what hurts. It takes strength to admit it. Not everyone earns your honesty. Share it with someone safe. That’s how you grow. That’s how you heal. You can’t heal what you hide.

New technologies rarely deliver on what they promise. We imagine they’ll free us up for deeper work and real rest. Instead, we often end up working harder than ever—doing more busywork that leaves us exhausted and with less time for what actually matters. Instead of waiting for the next “breakthrough” to fix our work and … Continue reading Don’t Fall Into The Technology Trap

You can't always control your feelings but you don't have to let your feelings control you. Do things that help you process your emotions in healthy ways. Journal.Talk with someone you trust.Go for a walk.Cry.Spend time with the Lord. You can't turn your emotions off but you can keep them from taking you off course.

Inspiration isn’t something you wait for—it’s something you work for. Great writers write whether they feel inspired or not. You have to dig through a lot of dirt to find the gold. Every rough draft is one step closer to a better one. Write every day—even for 5 minutes. You might toss what you wrote … Continue reading How to Find Inspiration as a Writer

You can’t have a good life with a bad attitude. Your thoughts won’t always shape your reality, but they will shape how you experience it. Believing the worst about everything will keep you from experiencing the best of anything.