Piqued

Twas a good week, finally. Yay.Steph was back in town - we walked the neighborhood, watched Elizabeth Gilbert on Super Soul Sunday (highly recommend) and took selfies with Carter Cash.Balance to the Universe restored.I booked a flight, pretty much on a whim, to visit my friend Chelsea in Denver. Hi Chels!We still have absolutely ZERO plans for Halloween. Maybe b/c we have to be up at 6am the day after.And I'm getting some quality home alone time while H is at a math conference with his best friend.Here are a few links for you this weekend:7 Strange Questions That Help Your Find Your Life Purpose. While I'm so over the self-help culture and how it's exploded into a black hole of lists to make you feel bad about how you're living your life, these questions are funny and thought-provoking. Enjoy.Found Shoestring Adventures (total weekend warrior porn) because they interviewed on of my fav bloggers ever Jillian Lukiski. She's a metalsmith, blogger and photographer who lives and breathes nature, takes amazing photos and writes like a banshee.

"I make what I make because I live in the interior West and this space has carved my spirit and my life. This is the land I know by heart. These are the mountains I hike and run and ski. These are the trees I know by name. These are the wild animals I watch and cherish and hunt and fish and witness and take into my own life cycle on a daily basis."

My college roommate and I knew this, but coloring is soooooo relaxing. I can just smell the crayons now.Some straight office/productivity advice: don't answer emails that lack questions.And a little combo of hippy and good advice - do it anyway.

"At one point, she (Cheryl Strayed) was talking about uncertainty, about how to keep going when you don’t know how, when you aren’t sure of the outcome, about how to take that step when the deck is stacked against you: she said that you have to say a prayer to the god of doing it anyway.  You have to take a deep breath and go for it even though you have no idea how it will all turn out.  You have to find that teeny bit of faith so that you can take the very next step."

I usually don't link to funny videos, but H and I couldn't stop laughing at this kid:[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0efg6w-X5ow#t=10]