The Up Beat
By Amy Wong

September 2011

  • Positive Thinking Tip: Take a Nap!

    Sorry, I should have finished this blog last Friday. Or at least over the weekend. But between the gray, dreary fall weather and the cold I was fighting, I kept succumbing to one of my very favorite temptations: the afternoon nap. Something we deem absolutely necessary for children’s wellbeing yet consider laziness or, at best, an indulgence, for ourselves. Why is that, when we adults are the ones more likely to be sleep-deprived?

  • Endless Summer

    I’m having a post-Labor Day letdown. Much as I enjoyed the long holiday weekend, it’s also left me feeling kind of sad. Unlike my friend and fellow blogger Edward Grinnan, whose favorite season is fall, mine is summer. And I’m not ready for it to be over quite yet.

Amy Wong is the executive editor of Guideposts and was a founding editor of Positive Thinking. She lives in New York City with her adopted dog, Winky, a natural-born positive thinker who believes that everyone has a treat for her and every day is the best day of her life. Amy hopes to be that optimistic someday (she’s working on it!).