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The Walk - Why I’m Letting Go of “Doing It All”
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about change—and how it sneaks up on us. It started when I looked out my window and noticed something was missing: the hedge that used to block my view is gone. Now, I can see the...
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The Walk - Why Drawing Slows Down Time
Something surprising happened this past week. I started drawing again.
It began with a challenge—Inktober—where you make one drawing a day, inspired by a single word. The first word was mustache. I ended up sketching...
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The Walk - Cleaning Counters and the Hole in Our Soul
Lately, I’ve been finding peace in the simplest of routines: putting on my noise-canceling headphones, setting a Pomodoro timer, and cleaning—just one small surface at a time. It’s part of the The Organized Method,...
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The Walk - When the To-Do List Tries to Win
You know that feeling when your to-do list becomes a guilt list? That’s been me lately.
It always starts the same way: “I’ll go for a walk… just after I do this one quick thing.” But that one thing becomes another,...
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The Walk - The Gentle Art of Not Doing Everything
This week, I walked under trees that seemed almost alive, swaying like Ents in the wind. And for a moment, I felt incredibly small—and also strangely rooted.
That sense of being tiny in a giant world mirrored what...
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The Walk - I Can Finally Breathe Again
You know that feeling when you’ve been holding your breath for weeks—without even noticing? That was me. Caught in a storm of what-ifs, low-level anxiety, and a thousand racing thoughts.
When that happens, my brain...
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The Walk - The Hidden Cost of Seeming Fine
There are weeks when nothing dramatic happens—and yet, you feel exhausted before anything even begins.
That was this past week for me. A slow drain of energy, not from doing too much, but from carrying too many things...
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The Walk - How Daily Walks Changed My Life
It’s been 100 days.
One hundred days since the white smoke rose over the Vatican and Pope Leo stepped onto the balcony as the first American pope.
And also—one hundred days since I started walking every single day and...
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The Walk - When Life Switches to Red Alert
I was walking in the woods, trying to escape the heatwave—and the mental heatwave in my head. I’d just come out of a Sunday that flipped everything upside down.
You know that feeling when life throws a sudden...
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The Walk - Why My Parish Now Includes 55,000 Fantasy Fans
This weekend, I followed a bunch of gnomes into a rock concert.
That sentence alone should explain why I love Castlefest.
But honestly, what stood out most wasn’t the fantasy costumes or the festival energy—it was the...
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The Walk - Walking My Way Back to Peace
This week, I walked through the woods—and through a lot of thoughts.
After last week’s intense physical challenge (four marathons' worth of walking!), my body hit the brakes. Fatigue rolled in like a heavy fog, and I...
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The Walk - Time, Trust, and the Gift of Simple Goals
After a month of traveling—first to Ireland for a writing retreat, then to the Walk of the World—I’m finally back home, walking in the woods near where I live. And as I reflect on those weeks, one thing keeps...
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