The 4 Week Window

The 4 Week Window

Barb Pellicer Paton
Healthy Family

I started to write this post a month ago - pre Shelter-in-Place days. Originally, the post was going to be about my observations about myself during a time of quarantine. Like a time capsule so that I could remember my thoughts years from now. In other words, the post was going to be about me, me and me. Fortunately, my friends pass along super funny memes and great news articles because in receiving these, it led me to an awareness of the new normal and I was able to grasp the “collective trauma” concept. So I realized that if I shared my time capsule with you, I wouldn’t be giving any new information because we are all going through this together. There would be no point in telling you something that you already know.

Social Distance Pinches

Social Distance Pinches

Barb Pellicer Paton
Healthy Family, Holidays/National Days, Products & Gift Ideas, Politics & Religion

Years ago I wrote a post entitled, “Happy Easy-ter” and it was about me doing the very minimum to prepare for that upcoming Easter holiday. In other words, I took the “easy” way out. I had to LOL because if I even had the energy to do 1/4 of what I thought was the easy celebration back then, I would be so lucky. This year, I took a MAJOR short cut on the Easter preparations!

"H" Pincher

"H" Pincher

Barb Pellicer Paton
Healthy Family, Products & Gift Ideas

Well, guess who’s back (again) pushing her agenda. I can’t help myself. I just know that somewhere out there a person is comparing themselves to someone who is amazing at showing thoughtfulness. This person is feeling inadequate about the way they show their thoughtfulness and wishes they were kicking butt too. I feel this way every single time I go on Pinterest. If only everyone knew that there are at least 10 styles (probably more) of thoughtfulness. Every person, no matter what, is thoughtful, we all just show it differently.

"C" Pincher

"C" Pincher

Barb Pellicer Paton
Products & Gift Ideas, Healthy Family

I’m just marching along; continuing to tell everyone about the 10 curated styles of thoughtfulness as if nothing else in the world is happening. You are invited to march along with me. Or if you just started to follow Thoughtful Pinch, no worries - I have covered 6 thoughtfulness styles so far. The ones that start with the letter “P” are professional and proper, “I” - influenced and insightful and “N” - numbers and names. I might as well go over the two styles that begin with the letter “C” because if you’re like me, I need a brain break from learning more about COVID-19 and reading all those helpful suggestions on how to use my massive amounts of “free” time.

"N" Pincher

"N" Pincher

Barb Pellicer Paton
Healthy Family, Products & Gift Ideas

With everything going on around us, it seems ridiculous for me to get back to work as a thoughtfulness curator today. I mean, it’s not fully recognized as a profession and I am not urgently needed. Especially because we’ve all witnessed whenever the nation is faced with adversity, true thoughtfulness emerges in the form of community and humanity. So there’s really nothing I need to do. People will collect their own thoughts during this time of uncertainty by consulting sources whether it’s news on TV, radio, podcasts, YouTube, social media, newspapers, church/priests, therapists and then the act of thoughtfulness will automatically surface. Ta Dah! Silver linings.

5 Years - Give Away #5

5 Years - Give Away #5

Barb Pellicer Paton
Products & Gift Ideas, Food & Beverages

I haven’t missed a Tuesday deadline in five years. On March 3, 2015, I posted my very first post for the blog. Happy 5th Blogiversary to Thoughtful Pinch! It all started with a gift idea of lottery tickets and I have been writing about thoughtfulness using food, beverages, health, holidays, national days, politics, religion, products, gift ideas, seasons, the Thoughtful Pinch App, travel and leisure ever since.

5 Years - Give Away #4

5 Years - Give Away #4

Barb Pellicer Paton
Products & Gift Ideas, Food & Beverages

I haven’t missed a Tuesday deadline in five years. On March 3, 2015, I posted my very first post for the blog. Happy 5th Blogiversary to Thoughtful Pinch! It all started with a gift idea of lottery tickets and I have been writing about thoughtfulness using food, beverages, health, holidays, national days, politics, religion, products, gift ideas, seasons, the Thoughtful Pinch App, travel and leisure ever since.

5 Years - Give Away #3

5 Years - Give Away #3

Barb Pellicer Paton
Products & Gift Ideas, Food & Beverages

I haven’t missed a Tuesday deadline in five years. On March 3, 2015, I posted my very first post for the blog. Happy 5th Blogiversary to Thoughtful Pinch! It all started with a gift idea of lottery tickets and I have been writing about thoughtfulness using food, beverages, health, holidays, national days, politics, religion, products, gift ideas, seasons, the Thoughtful Pinch App, travel and leisure ever since.

5 Years - Give Away #2

5 Years - Give Away #2

Barb Pellicer Paton
Products & Gift Ideas, Food & Beverages

I haven’t missed a Tuesday deadline in five years. On March 3, 2015, I posted my very first post for the blog. Happy 5th Blogiversary to Thoughtful Pinch! It all started with a gift idea of lottery tickets and I have been writing about thoughtfulness using food, beverages, health, holidays, national days, politics, religion, products, gift ideas, seasons, the Thoughtful Pinch App, travel and leisure ever since.

"P" Pincher

"P" Pincher

Barb Pellicer Paton
Healthy Family, Products & Gift Ideas

I’m kicking off the month of March by reviewing for some and introducing to others, ten thoughtfulness styles. I have curated ten common styles that pertain to being thoughtful. Each letter in the word “P-I-N-C-H” represents two styles. If you find yourself relating to more than one style, that is perfectly normal! In fact, it’s a good indicator that you tend to be flexible. We all have our own way of being thoughtful. Comparing ourselves to others is very common but it’s not a productive way for us to use our time and energy. Instead, let’s own our style(s) and celebrate how unique we are when it comes to being thoughtful.

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