by splendorinthesticks | Feb 15, 2022 | Diva Dispatch
Self-care takes many forms, as we here at Splendor try hard to point out. This crucial tool to thrive in the modern world can look very different based on personality, stress level, time of year, and just what the heck is going on. When you commit to looking after...
by splendorinthesticks | Feb 6, 2022 | Diva Dispatch
I said at the beginning of this “self care year” that I hoped to post once a week. Well, that clearly hasn’t happened, but I’m giving myself permission to be be gentle with myself in view of all that’s going on – in addition to a...
by splendorinthesticks | Jan 24, 2022 | Diva Dispatch
(I picked “Sign In” since it isn’t Sunday, but it has a nice ring to it, so we’ll call it a happy accident!) Weeks like this last one serve as a wonderful reminder of the importance of revisiting – often! – the “why” of...
by splendorinthesticks | Jan 16, 2022 | Diva Dispatch
Here in my part of North Carolina, we’ve gotten socked by a little snow and a lot of sleet, which is MILES better than freezing rain, but is still a bother. Fingers crossed that the predicted gusty winds don’t bring down tree limbs and power lines,...
by splendorinthesticks | Jan 9, 2022 | Diva Dispatch
I can’t pinky-swear that all of these posts will be “Self-Care Sunday” posts, but it does have a nice ring to it and I certainly do hope to post these check-ins regularly throughout the year. It’s an accountability measure – self-care is...
by splendorinthesticks | Jan 7, 2022 | Diva Dispatch
It’s been quite a while since I’ve added to the “essentials” category here on the Diva Dispatch. If you’d like to read the other posts in this group, please just enter the term “essentials” in the search box and the blog...
by splendorinthesticks | Dec 28, 2021 | Diva Drill
A useful thing I’ve done for the last few years is to take the week between Christmas and the New Year to do some pondering. I have discovered that this sort of deep thinking is best done quietly, by oneself, and in very comfortable clothes (quality pondering...
by splendorinthesticks | Oct 26, 2021 | Diva Dispatch
I’m a reader. Always have been. I grew up in a family that prized education and books and I had my first library card (a pasteboard affair with a little metal plate embedded in it) before I could actually read. Reading is, and always has been, an activity that...
by splendorinthesticks | Oct 18, 2021 | Diva Dispatch
It has arrived. That first day where it’s logical to turn on the heat on the commute to work, even though you know that you’ll be using the A/C on the return trip. Yes, that’s fall in the South. That means it’s time to spend some time seriously...
by splendorinthesticks | Oct 11, 2021 | Diva Dispatch
Oh, I know. Fall gets a bad reputation, in large part due to pumpkin spice overtaking absolutely everything. (And yes, I enjoy pumpkin spice in my coffee. But I can cheerfully admit that it’s gotten out of hand.) Here in the South, summer lingers quite a while...
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