by Carmen Champion | Dec 4, 2024 | Carmen Champion, Lifestyle, Weekly Letter
My husband does this thing when he’s overwhelmed, he starts to romanticize a place where he was more comfortable. For example, sometimes when he’s overwhelmed with the house, he will talk about missing our tiny apartment that was easy to maintain (and easy to mess). I...
by Carmen Champion | Sep 10, 2024 | Carmen Champion, Lifestyle, Weekly Letter
I’m getting ready to leave on a trip and it never fails to amazing me how many things I can cram into a week to get ready to leave. What if I worked like this all the time? Why is it only the deadline of vacation that causes me to be this efficient? Then I remind...
by Carmen Champion | Sep 3, 2024 | Carmen Champion, Lifestyle, Weekly Letter
When I was twenty, I lived in Champaign (not for school). My mentor at the time would take me to all sorts of professional settings, Chamber events, fundraisers, meetings, places that all required an introduction. I remember getting my first set of business cards for...
by Carmen Champion | Feb 13, 2024 | Carmen Champion, Lifestyle, Weekly Letter
This past holiday season my neighbors and I decided to coordinate our porch decorations to tie the neighborhood together. It was a cute candy cane theme that was easy to do and be creative. We enjoyed the idea that our block would feel unified, festive and bright....
by Carmen Champion | Feb 6, 2024 | Carmen Champion, Lifestyle, Yogic Journey
I’ve been spending some time over the last month doing little jobs for myself in the future. I’ve been wiring ornaments to small trees before putting them away, writing my future self emails and scheduling their delivery, I’ve been organizing certain things in a...
by Carmen Champion | Jan 30, 2024 | Asana, Carmen Champion, Lifestyle, Weekly Letter, Yogic Journey
I sat down to paint the other day. I’ve been watching a few artists work a medium I enjoy and whose prints I have bought for my home. The technique is ink and watercolors. I love watching the way their hand floats across the page, they make it look so easy and...
