mondaymorningwithmona

Social Media Hiatus

When people talk about taking a break from social media, it’s usually because of something negative. For example, I know people who didn’t log into social media platforms during the election. The hate and discontent was just too much. I also know a lot of people who have given up Facebook for Lent – theContinue reading “Social Media Hiatus”

Books, Books, Books

I didn’t read the book for my leadership book club, and I showed up unapologetically to discuss it. Actually, I mostly just listened to the discussion because the other readers had intriguing and interesting insights. For the first time EVER, I felt like I could still show up even though I hadn’t even attempted toContinue reading “Books, Books, Books”

Back to Training

If you read my blog, you will know that I completed a big run goal last month. Most of the goal was actually done on April 17th (The Intent not the Goal – Monday Morning with Mona), but we felt the need to finish running the island on May 12th (Finishing What We Started –Continue reading “Back to Training”

Memorial Day

This past week has been a whirlwind! It involved a change in my husband’s job that created a lot of excitement and pride. Then I prepared for the holiday weekend, which meant a lot of shopping and cooking. We knew we’d see several friends at several points in time, but with a come-and-go as youContinue reading “Memorial Day”

Learning to Paddle

I don’t remember learning how to ride a bike, but I do remember the freedom that it brought as I could explore my neighborhood in ways that I had not been able to do as a little kid on foot. I have seen video after video of dads holding onto the back of a bicycleContinue reading “Learning to Paddle”

Finishing What We Started

We started our traverse on April 17th at 5:00am, and after 22 hours and 11 minutes, and covering 70 miles, we called it quits. We felt good about our accomplishment. We had been up for almost 24 hours, and it felt acceptable to get in cars and to go home. On May 11th, we decidedContinue reading “Finishing What We Started”

Blog-versary

This will be the 55th weekly post to my Monday Morning With Mona’s site, which means that I have come to the blog every week for a year to share a little something. This also means I have consistently shown up to do something that is usually fun, and other times a pain in theContinue reading “Blog-versary”

A Trip to Yoron

Friends of mine had been to Yoron, and I had seen pictures, but I had no idea that my 2-hour ferry ride would drop me off onto one of the most beautiful places on the planet. Because Yoron was created from a coral reef and is surrounded by a coral reef, the colors of theContinue reading “A Trip to Yoron”

The Intent not the Goal

Intent: “The State of Mind with which an Act is Done.” Goal: “An Aim or a Result.” The GOAL was to make our way up from south of Cape Kyan to Cape Hedo. This would be the southern point of the island of Okinawa to the most northern point (as the crow flies 66 miles,Continue reading “The Intent not the Goal”

Consistent at Something

I started this blog almost a year ago. I called it Monday Morning with Mona with hopes that I would publish something every Monday. It would be proof to myself that I’m capable of being consistent at something other than running. For almost 2 decades now I have been a consistent runner, and I makeContinue reading “Consistent at Something”