• The Confessions , Augustine
  • Come Be My Light , Mother Theresa
  • Seven Storey Mountain , Thomas Merton
  • Summa Theologica , Thomas Aquinas
  • Francis: The Journey and the Dream , Murray Bodo
  • The Wonders of the Mass , Paul Sullivan
  • The Long Loneliness, Dorothy Day
  • The Holy Longing, Ronald Rolheiser
  • The Prophet, Kahil Gibran
dec 25 2015 ∞
jul 5 2017 +
  • "Fake it till you make it" is literally what everyone is doing with lives. Including adults who you thought had their shit together when you were a kid. And especially youth ministers.
feb 6 2017 ∞
jan 16 2018 +
  • evaluate what you have already: do you have things that already fulfill the same purpose?
  • unsubscribe from e-mail
  • purchase strategically and allow time to think about it- have a time delay between when you realize you wnat/need it to when you buy it.
  • understand why you want to purchase something- to feel good or because it will contribute to your life in a good way and because you need it?

Don't add clutter to your life.

Saving money

  • stop buying anything throughout the house (makeup, candles, cleaning products) until I have used what I have.
  • if you don't have the money, don't buy it. if you can't afford it, save up for it.
aug 7 2016 ∞
mar 8 2017 +

I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say,” Servant of God Dorothy Day once wrote, “and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions.”

Day to Day

  • Progress, not perfection. Be better than the person you were yesterday
  • Every smile is a direct achievement
  • Certainty is terrifying. A life of faith is not a life of certainty. A life of faith is a life of doubt. -Andrew Garfield
  • Love is a prayer.
  • The future has an ancient heart
  • I hope when people ask you what you're going to do with your English and/or creative writing degree you'll say: "Continue my bookish examinations of the contradictions and compleixties of human motivation and desire;" or maybe just "Carry it with me, as I do everything that matters." An...
aug 4 2016 ∞
nov 27 2017 +
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  • read every book on my bookshelf
  • write a song
  • travel to Israel/ Holy Land
  • hike a long distance trail
  • plant a garden
  • write my autobiography/memoir- not for publishing purposes, just for personal reflection and articulating
  • write my moms biography
  • see the Northern Lights
  • take a cross country road trip in a van with my partner
dec 17 2014 ∞
jan 24 2017 +

alphabetical order, because actual order would just be way too hard (narrowing it down to ten was hard enough)

  • Abbey Road- The Beatles
  • Be The Void- Dr. Dog
  • Carrie & Lowell- Sufjan Stevens
  • Crack-Up - Fleet Foxes
  • Emotions and Math- Margaret Glaspy
  • Is This It- The Strokes
  • In an Aeroplane over the sea- Neutral Milk Hotel
  • Revolver- The Beatles
  • The Second Gleam- The Avett Brothers
  • The Velvet Underground and Nico- The Velvet Underground

Honorable Mentions:

  • Bookends- Simon and Garfunkel
  • The Times They Are A-Changing- Bob Dylan
  • Brother- The Black Keys
  • Here, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zero...
jan 1 2016 ∞
feb 5 2018 +
  • Sound of Music
  • Amelie
  • Nacho Libre
  • The Royal Tenenbaums
  • Breakfast Club
  • Ferris Bueller's Day Off
  • High Fidelity
  • The Human Experience
  • Garden State
  • The Goonies

Honorable Mentions:

  • High Fidelity
  • Hot Rod
  • The Princess Bride
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • Life Aquatic
  • Juno
dec 18 2014 ∞
mar 13 2017 +
  • guitar
  • ukulele
  • in progress: banjo
  • in progress: harmonica
  • melodica
  • mandolin
  • piano
  • bass
  • drums
  • violin
dec 18 2014 ∞
dec 25 2015 +
  • Avila, Spain
  • Lisieux
  • Fatima
  • Lourdes
  • Camino de Santiago
  • Paris
  • Lisbon
  • Sacre Couer
oct 3 2019 ∞
oct 3 2019 +
  • climb Mt. Hood
  • Cape horn
  • hike the PCT
  • Trillium Lake
  • Timberline Lodge
  • eat Voodoo's Donuts
  • eat Lardo's
  • eat Prasad
  • master the TriMet system
  • visit Saturday market at Burnside Bridge District
  • ride a bike
  • go whale watching
  • eat food truck lunch (Guero off of Burnside St)
  • finally finish reading the Brothers K
  • go to a local concert
  • watch the sunset at the ocean (preferably Canon Beach)
  • Festival of Lights at the Grotto
  • Portland Art Museum
mar 8 2017 ∞
sep 24 2020 +
  • Tree of Life, Terrence Malick
  • Bakhita
  • Pulp Fiction
  • Big Lebowski
  • Blues Brothers
  • About Time
  • Return to Me
  • Running Brave
  • Good Will Hunting
  • Poverty, Inc.
  • Spotlight
  • The True cost (http://truecostmovie.com/)
  • Silence
  • good will hunting
aug 5 2016 ∞
sep 24 2018 +
  • when a song just hits you in a really good spot that you get goosebumps.
  • ^ same with a piece of art
  • fresh snow, before the footprints
  • crisp and overcast afternoons
  • writing on the first page of a new notebook
  • new guitar strings
  • a familiar song
  • finishing a book
  • sleeping under skylights while the rain pours
  • a dog's wet nose sniffing your ear
  • ballpoint pens writing on rubber
dec 18 2014 ∞
mar 8 2017 +
  • The flaws in others which bother us the most are usually the the worst flaws within ourselves.
  • Genuine beauty and truth will never be opposition.
  • Trying to force someone to live a lifestyle isn't going to work. When you stop telling people how to live and start living in alignment with your values, everything will change. Live the exact life you want and live consistently. People around you will notice and will begin to change.
  • the best thing you can do is LIVE your values. When you live in alignment with what you believe in, you can only inspire people and you don't have to tell people to change. They will be inspire by you and want to do that too.
dec 18 2014 ∞
aug 30 2016 +
  • 30 Rock
  • 13 Reasons Why
  • Arrested Development
  • Breaking Bad
  • Crashing
  • Crazy Ex Girlfriend
  • Dexter
  • Documentary Now
  • Chewing Gum
  • Easy
  • Freaks and Geeks
  • Game of Thrones
  • Gilmore Girls
  • Girls
  • Glow
  • How I Met Your Mother
  • Jane the Virgin
  • Lost
  • Longmire
  • Lovesick
  • Mad Men
dec 25 2015 ∞
sep 24 2018 +
  • To the end of the earth, would you follow me? Ends of the Earth, Lord Huron
aug 4 2016 ∞
aug 4 2016 +
  • joint bank account
  • joint budget
  • get term life insurance once married
  • pre marital and marital counseling
  • 3-6 mo emergency fund
  • 15% to retirement
  • sacramental records
sep 24 2020 ∞
sep 24 2020 +
  • Jade Bistro in Sellwood
  • Shalom Y'all (Israeli Street Food in the Pearl District)
  • Native Foods in Tigard/Tualatin
  • McMenamins Broadway Pub
  • Ruby Jewel (ice cream) on Hawthorne
  • Thai Noodle at Cedar Hills

Coffee-

  • Groundwork on Hawthorne
  • Albina Press on Hawthorne
  • Kainos Coffee in NE
  • Bison Coffehouse in NE
  • Tov on Hawthorne
  • Tea Chai Te in Sellwood
  • Ava's Rosteria
  • Jim and Patty's Coffee People
  • Solace Fine Espresso
  • Lionheart Coffee
  • Ford Food and Drink
  • 2 Stroke Coffee in St. John's
mar 8 2017 ∞
apr 29 2017 +
  • Big Bend National Park
  • Carlsbad Caverns
  • Custer National Forest
  • Franklin Mountains State Park
  • Greeter Falls
  • Guadalupe Peak
  • Kickapoo Falls
  • Possum Kingdom State Park
  • Ruidoso Downs
  • Tom Mays State Park
  • Bighorn National Forest
  • Mt. Hood National Forest

Bucket List:

  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Glacier National Park
  • Great Smokey Mountains
  • Yellowstone
  • Yosemite
  • Appalachian Trail
  • Pacific Crest Trail
jan 1 2016 ∞
nov 15 2016 +

Live with what you LOVE and what you NEED- material items, relationships, hobbies, experiences, etc.

Reject the basic assumptions of civilization especially the importance material possessions.

The things you own end up owning you.

It's only after we've lost everything we're free to do anything

Conscious consumerism

Be aware of how products are made and the impact on other humans, animals, the environment, and yourself.

Minimialize with: 1. space, 2. mind, 3.time

  • Television (limit your exposure to advertising)
  • laundry soap
  • kitchen clutter- only the amount of plates, silverware, glasses, etc. that you NEED
aug 6 2016 ∞
jan 24 2017 +
jul 26 2016 ∞
sep 24 2018 +

Music

  • Margaret Glaspy
  • Elizabeth Cotten
  • Thao Nguyen
  • Rhiannon Giddens
  • Odetta
  • Annie Clark of St. Vincent
  • Joan Baez
  • Karen O
  • Lady Lamb
  • Mountain Man
  • Esme Patterson

Spiritual

  • Dorothy Day

Political

  • Malala Yousafzai
  • Odetta

Personal/Culture

nov 27 2016 ∞
nov 27 2016 +
  • * When you know how much God is in love with you, then you can only live your life radiating that love." -St. Teresa of Calcutta
  • But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many thing. Vincent Van Gogh.
  • "For most of my life I have struggled to find God, to know God, to love God. I have tried hard to follow the guidelines of the spiritual life—pray always, work for others, read the Scriptures—and to avoid the many temptations to dissipate myself. I have failed many times but always tried again, even when I was close to despair.

Now I wonder whether I have sufficiently realized that during all this time God has been trying to find me, to know me, and to love me. The question is not “How am I to find God?” but “How am I to le...

aug 27 2016 ∞
jan 24 2017 +