Doing What Counts
I was born creative. Just like my three-year-old son, who is always coming up with new (often silly) stories, experimenting, planning grand ideas and asking important questions. I can only speak for myself, but I have a hunch that maybe you were too.
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It came without warning. On Wednesday, I was driving my tiny Ford Ka, my two sons tucked in the back seat, me and my wife in the front, headed to see Lufthansa bring one of their huge Airbus A380 to visit the Helsinki Airport. We were talking about how big the plane was and how [...]
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It’s the first week of autumn. Rain falls down, and I finally gave up my summer shorts and sandals a couple of days ago. September is a curious month: it’s sad to accept that the summer you waited for so long is over, yet the month is full of excitement for what lies ahead — [...]
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Meaning. What a big word. When I say that I am looking ways to create a meaningful life, it sound grand and ambitious, doesn’t it? But what do I really mean when I say that? Am I looking for one big meaning, a magic pill that will guide me through all my actions once I [...]
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Even if you don’t share my love for the band Switchfoot, there is one song you should check out today. “American Dream” is a song about the very things we talk about on this blog and more broadly in the minimalist community: how wrong things go when “success is equated with excess“. The band goes [...]
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There are times when it seems like the world is never going to change for the better, and making a difference sounds like a distant dream. Today is not one of those days.
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In some ways, like how they jump in with both feet and enjoy the small things, children are role models who can show us how to live our lives. But many times they teach us in another way, by letting their human weaknesses show as caricatures of us grown ups. They don’t know how to [...]
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Here’s a secret: you don’t have to. There is always another choice. Choosing can be hard and you may still pick either way, but you are not a mindless puppet on a string but a human being responsible for your own choices. Pick what excites and scares you, and amazing things will happen. You don’t [...]
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Before I revived my blog from its latest hiatus a bit over a month ago, I made a promise to myself: this blog will not need big numbers for me to consider it a success.
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I believe the point in life is to make it stand for something: Not having it easy but burning out bright, seeing every day as a miracle that is given to you as a chance to make it count.
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Hello, it's me:
I explore life with my two boys.
I create.
I live with less.
I dream big dreams.
I blog to think.
I hope to do things that matter.
If it's your first time here, check out my about page and this short list of favorite posts to read first.
To get in touch, send me a Tweet, I'm @jalaine.
I have written a free e-book on creating with small children in the house.
