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Thoughts of Retirement Preparation
It’s not about the house on the hill or the three new cars parked in the driveway. It’s not about a large house filled with the finest of furniture or art. It has nothing to do with a library filled … Continue reading
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Cost of life on a Daily basis
Daily Latte: Average cost- $5.00 x 365 days – $1,825.00 Eating lunch out: Average cost $8.00 x 261 working days = $2,088.00 These are just a few of the calculations of habits I have changed throughout the years. When we … Continue reading
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Cooking is Caring
One of the skills I learned at an early age that will certainly fuel my life in retirement is cooking. Today, not only do we cook most of our meals but actually eating more than going out. Growing up there … Continue reading
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Playing with Tomatoes
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Lessons from NOW will fuel the FUTURE of Retirement
Carefully planning for a future retirement brings about many thoughts and idea’s moving forward. One of the most important questions I constantly ask myself during the course of the day is, “Do I really need to make this purchase”. Whether … Continue reading
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Mountains of Tomato’s
The second half of the month of August is always a joy to me. This is the time where my acquired “Square-foot-gardening” skills start to show the rewards of working those raised bed gardens pay off. The heirloom tomato’s are … Continue reading
Posted in america, diet, family, food, frugal, fun, gardening, health, life, mindfulness, minimalist, nature, Oregon, permaculture, primal, simple living, stress, vegan, vegetarian, whole food plant based
Tagged exercise, family, food, fun, gardening, health, life, minimalist, moments, nature, now, Oregon, permaculture, positive thinking, primal, simple living, vegan, vegetarian
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A Talk with my Inner Coach
Based on what my fitbit is telling me I am burning an average of 3000 calories a day, yet my body weight continues to yoyo up and down. I know that weight lifting is building muscle and muscle weighs more … Continue reading
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Burning Fat, Building Muscle, Development of a New Plan
After moving between heavy weight lifting on the weekends mixed with an average of 3 miles on the treadmill 5 times per week, I am know looking for a little more balance. Right now my weightlifting routine consists of 4 … Continue reading
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Mom passed last week
Conscious confirmation to self that all is well Cardio all week and my body weight drops, Weight lifting on the weekend and my body weight goes up. But progressively my body weight is dropping slightly each week as I am … Continue reading
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This Mornings thoughts on Whole Food Plant Based
Whole Food Plant Based is leading to yet another success story. Miraculously my blood sugar has dropped down from an average fasting number of 160 to 110. My overall body weight continues to drop slowly at an average of about … Continue reading
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