Welcome to the Blooming Mindset. I'm Ruth Rieckehoff, and I'm so glad you're here. Some of my emails include affiliate links. If you choose to purchase, I may earn a small commission, at no extra cost to you. I only share what I’ve personally used, trusted, and found meaningful enough to pass along. Beloved Architect of Identity, “A bear comes down to this campground every night.” That’s what the attendant told us. My husband and I were camping on the shores of Lake Tahoe. Beautiful campsite....
8 days ago • 2 min read
Welcome to the Blooming Mindset. I'm Ruth Rieckehoff, and I'm so glad you're here. Some of my emails include affiliate links. If you choose to purchase, I may earn a small commission, at no extra cost to you. I only share what I’ve personally used, trusted, and found meaningful enough to pass along. Beloved Architect of Identity, A few miles from my new home sits something enormous, rusty, and honestly… pretty ugly. And it helped build the Golden Gate Bridge. Let me explain. We moved near...
15 days ago • 2 min read
Welcome to the Blooming Mindset. I'm Ruth Rieckehoff, and I'm so glad you're here. Some of my emails include affiliate links. If you choose to purchase, I may earn a small commission, at no extra cost to you. I only share what I’ve personally used, trusted, and found meaningful enough to pass along. Beloved Architect of Identity, I once wanted wealth without realizing I didn’t yet want what wealth required. When I finally got serious about investing, I was already behind where I thought I...
22 days ago • 2 min read
Welcome to the Blooming Mindset. I'm Ruth Rieckehoff, and I'm so glad you're here. Some of my emails include affiliate links. If you choose to purchase, I may earn a small commission, at no extra cost to you. I only share what I’ve personally used, trusted, and found meaningful enough to pass along. Beloved Architect of Identity, I almost said no to extra money. Recently, I was offered a small opportunity to do some extra work from home. Five hours a week. Two months. A pretty good hourly...
29 days ago • 2 min read
Welcome to the Blooming Mindset. I'm Ruth Rieckehoff, and I'm so glad you're here. Some of my emails include affiliate links. If you choose to purchase, I may earn a small commission, at no extra cost to you. I only share what I’ve personally used, trusted, and found meaningful enough to pass along. Beloved Architect of Identity, I think adulthood has made me worse at something I was surprisingly good at when I was young: Walking into the unknown. When I was in high school, I knew I wanted to...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Welcome to the Blooming Mindset. I'm Ruth Rieckehoff, and I'm so glad you're here. Some of my emails include affiliate links. If you choose to purchase, I may earn a small commission, at no extra cost to you. I only share what I’ve personally used, trusted, and found meaningful enough to pass along. Beloved Architect of Identity, A few years ago, I discovered something that changed far more than my diet. It changed how I think about change itself. When I decided to improve my health, I knew I...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Welcome to the Blooming Mindset. I'm Ruth Rieckehoff, and I'm so glad you're here. Some of my emails include affiliate links. If you choose to purchase, I may earn a small commission, at no extra cost to you. I only share what I’ve personally used, trusted, and found meaningful enough to pass along. Beloved Architect of Identity, I thought the hard part was getting it. Turns out, getting it just unlocked a new set of problems. My husband and I recently made a major purchase. It was connected...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Welcome to the Blooming Mindset. I'm Ruth Rieckehoff, and I'm so glad you're here. Some of my emails include affiliate links. If you choose to purchase, I may earn a small commission, at no extra cost to you. I only share what I’ve personally used, trusted, and found meaningful enough to pass along. Beloved Architect of Identity, The biggest mistake isn't making the wrong decision. It's solving the wrong problem. A few days ago, my sister gave me several zucchini from her garden. I already...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Welcome to the Blooming Mindset. I'm Ruth Rieckehoff, and I'm so glad you're here. Some of my emails include affiliate links. If you choose to purchase, I may earn a small commission, at no extra cost to you. I only share what I’ve personally used, trusted, and found meaningful enough to pass along. Beloved Architect of Identity, The other day, I had one goal. Find a cronut. If you've never had one, it's exactly what it sounds like, a croissant and a doughnut somehow becoming one thing....
2 months ago • 2 min read