Last month’s experiment was empower, focused on my intra and interpersonal relationships. It led to so many questions. What am I empowered to change in my own life? How can I show up as my full self, at my various professional roles, within my new relationship, while being a student, at church, and while volunteering…
Tag: infj and empath
Experiment: Engage and Express
Welcome (back) to my word for the year posts! In case you missed last month’s post, “experiment” is my word for 2024. On the 10th of every month, I plan to set small challenges for myself. Focused on fun, feeling, and actually doing things, “experiment” merits play, trying, and failing. Previous words of the year…
Goals Progress Report: August 2023
Surprise: There’s no coffee and dog for this monthly check-in. Instead, I’m sweating in the library, a stack of books to return, sunscreen at the ready for my post-urban spelunke. Owning up to progress, much of my work has been alone this month. I have committed to these 2023 goals in August: Research grad schools…
A minimalist INFJ’s lessons from a big life change
I’m not much of a procrastinator, but I have learned a lot about myself in the last couple of days, so I apologize for the delay in blogging. No excuses. Instead, here’s some life updates, tossed in with some lessons about myself. I crave time. I measure A LOT. I do things by time: Runs,…
Give space for mental energy
I’ve been meditating on energy. I can control the physical energy I give to something, but it’s harder for me to see the mental energy. This is not to say that my brain isn’t working; neurons are firing very well, thank you. I’m constantly going: Waking up early to run, then work, then volunteer at…