A Quiet Life

This week, I talk with Scottie about budgeting our time, just like we budget our money. I have researched this using several books: The Complete Cheapskate by Mary Hunt The Messies Manual by Sandra Felton Rest by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang Margin by Richard Swenson

This week, Scottie and I discuss various limitations that can be placed on our lives, or that we can place on ourselves, and how to live creatively within those restrictions. What limits do you have? Email me at [email protected] or find me on Facebook at Ruth Amos Author or on Twitter @aquietlifeblog.

Today Scottie and I talk about what to do when you have that feeling that you’d like knee surgery so you can have a week off. It’s not a good sign, and you need to take action and simplify. You may be looking for an outside authority to let you know you can have time […]

This week, Scottie and I talk about asking for help. It’s a strength, not a weakness. It’s good to use our strengths to help others, and ask for their help with the things that don’t come so easily to us. How do you give and receive help? Let me know by emailing [email protected] or on […]

On this episode Scottie and I talk mornings, and how important it is to be intentional about them. I mention four books: Eat That Frog by Brian Tracy I Didn’t Do the Thing Today by Madeleine Dore The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron The ONE Thing by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan

This week I talk to Scottie about a lesson I learned while plodding along the beach. I was going slowly but there was a good reason for it. And comparing myself to others wasn’t helpful. It very rarely is. You can read this in blog form here.

I’m hoping this week’s podcast makes sense! It was recorded as I was coming down with COVID and edited as I was recovering from COVID. It makes sense to my virus-addled mind, but I hope it also makes sense to yours. If you can come up with a name for my segment on Ultra106.5 then […]

Today Scottie and I talk about breaking the big jobs down into chunks, and the example I’ve used is the way that I am now cleaning my house. Small jobs with really low energy requirements can encourage us to get the whole job done. The episode that I talked about in the intro is Ep […]

This week, Scottie and I discuss two big questions that I learned from the Christian Coaching Institute: Where are you? and What do you want? I start on the surface and Scottie immediately goes much deeper. I also give some feedback I’ve received on previous episodes. You can find a blog on this subject at […]

This week I talk to Scottie about a quote from Bill Bernbach that I found in the email Letters of Note. We talk about the blandness that can come from letting our life rules rule us, rather than using the rules and remembering to live. Scottie and I talk about how silence and solitude can […]