Groundhog Day Resolutions: 2026
New Year's Resolutions? For a lot of us who've logged significant mileage on this planet, carrying perhaps a little extra "life experience" around the middle, they often feel… optimistic.
Groundhog Day Resolutions: 2025 for a ‘Fat Old Man’
Starting the New Year, Wisely (and Gently) Alright, fellas. Another year is upon us. Eggnog’s gone, the festive lights are coming down, and that favorite chair of yours seems a little harder to get out of than it was last week. The mirror? Well, let’s just say it’s not telling…
Journaling Ideas To Help You Improve
Here are a few of my favorite journaling ideas. If you want to use one of them, combine them, or pick the one that speaks to your current situation in life, feel free to do so.
Journaling to Improve Mental Health
Finding a healthy way to express yourself is one way to deal with overwhelming emotions. This makes a journal an effective tool for managing your mental health.
Gratitude Journal
Use a Gratitude Journal to count your blessings and enjoy better health and happiness.
Journaling – How to Start
If you think journaling is done by teenage girls writing boring entries that start with the phrase “Dear Diary…”, think again. Journaling is so much more than that.
Forget About New Year’s Resolutions …
There are times when New Year's resolutions can't be met. There may be unrealistic or vague resolutions on the list, or perhaps priorities simply change as life marches on.
A Space to Write
When I'm blogging I am doing so on some type of computer; I need an internet connection and, since COVID-19, I'm at home and not in a coffee shop.
Why I Write
Writing is a brain-boosting activity that forces me to engage many different parts of the mind and is beneficial to my cognitive function.
Lamy Pen from Heidelberg, Germany
I purchased a new fountain pen while on our Viking Rhine Getaway cruise. Nothing fancy — the Lamy Safari — it is a workhorse of a pen.