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Mindful adventures are the opposite of a luxurious and schedule-filled trip, with careful and sometimes spontaneous planning, a mindful adventure is as simple as taking the morning to explore a new part of town with fresh eyes, taking a walk in nature, or taking a solo/shared day trip with no set plans. Having experienced many mindful adventures over the years, these are the trips and experiences that I usually remember the most. While they weren't always absolutely perfect,

New York City, Photo by Maria Al dana When I was working in the fashion industry in New York City, one of the first jobs that I had was during New York Fashion Week and the designer that I was working for was preparing for their runway show. Each day was filled with various tasks; running around the city picking up garments from manufacturers, looking for last-minute fabric samples, dropping off garments to magazine publications, helping with sewing beading on some of the run

Over a year ago, I created an online course and workbook that I never shared on my social media, and only shared it with a few people close to me. I quickly forgot about it over the past year. I saw the link to purchase my workbook yesterday, and when I clicked on it, it dawned on me that this was something that I spent evenings after work and weekends creating. I downplayed my own work, and had thoughts in my head that this workbook would not be useful to anyone. I also crea

Yesterday was the last day of November, and the last Sunday of November. Every morning when I wake up, I try to picture in my mind what my day will look like. I tell myself, “This will be the day I watch movies in bed.” However, it usually turns into something different. We are in control of our day. The actions we take can either make it a “good” day or a “bad” one. Starting off my day with simple pleasures can make a day full of tasks a “good” day for me. Ending my day with