It's been a month since I took up my revised bullet journaling system, so it seemed like a perfect time for a check-in. I must say that - overall - I've been pleased with the outcomes and absolutely delighted with the efforts! Looking over the patterns of the last four weeks, I'm eating more "real" … Continue reading Checking In!
Back when I was working my way through Mme. Ferrs's 30 Chic Days, (remember that you can access all the "30 Days" posts through the resources tab here on Splendor), I ran across her suggestion of "little and often." That was on my mind quite a bit as I participated in this spring's #the100dayproject. Both of … Continue reading All About the Follow-Through!
Popular wisdom (aka "some guy in a bar" and/or "the internet") holds that it takes about three weeks (21 days) to form or break a habit. This is simply not true. To begin with, the three-week timeline is simply a rule of thumb - there are many variables and some habits take far longer to … Continue reading The Hundred Day Challenge
Among the Essentials for any true Diva is some form of creative activity that brings her great joy. Note that I did not say that it needs to be something she is "good at" doing, nor does it need to be a money-making venture. (I maintain that we lost something Good and True when hobbies … Continue reading The Essentials – Creative Action
It took a bit of planning, but recently I went with five like-minded Divas on our first-ever (but not last-ever!) "Tiara Trip" (hereinfater called "TT") and the consensus is that these journeys are now to be considered a fundamental part of our repertoire of self-care. To begin with - and I shouldn't need to explain … Continue reading Tiara Trip!
It's time for that post. Yes, you knew it was coming. Nothing says self-confidence more than the ability to keep a secret and, for many Divas, the wearing of well-made, pretty "unmentionables" underneath her everyday clothes is a key element in her arsenal of grace and poise in this clanging hullabaloo of a world. Well-made lingerie … Continue reading The Essentials – Lingerie
While this phrase is often stated as "good fences make good neighbors," I've used my Diva prerogative and altered it a bit. As writers John Robbins and Ann Mortifee have wisely written: "'No' can be a beautiful word, every bit as beautiful as 'yes.' Whenever we deny our need to say 'no,' our self-respect diminishes. … Continue reading Good Boundaries Make Good Divas
"Whimsy" is a perfectly respectable word meaning "fanciful" or "playful." These days, it seems that whimsy is associated with grown women running around in tutus, wearing tiaras, and flinging glitter pell-mell at the rest of us. It also seems that we're supposed to think that is a Bad Thing. So much of Diva living is … Continue reading The Essentials – The Art of Whimsy
Well, here you are. You've decided that the Diva Path is the right one for you. You want to live life joyously, with abundance, and quite possibly with so much verve that people whisper "She didn't use to be like that" but you're not exactly sure how to start. Well, congratulations, Diva! You've done the … Continue reading Strangling the Excuses – the “Round Clean”
I've been away from Splendor for far too long, which is a regrettable shame. But now I'm back and - just like you - I need to re-learn the basics, so we're going to do this together. As I've said before, part of the push to begin Splendor came from my personal whirligigging as I was buffeted … Continue reading Beginning – Again!