Julie Rybarczyk | Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived https://witanddelight.com/author/julierybarczyk/ A Lifestyle Blog Fri, 08 Nov 2024 20:48:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 7 Secret Benefits of an Afternoon Nap https://witanddelight.com/2021/07/7-secret-benefits-of-an-afternoon-nap/ https://witanddelight.com/2021/07/7-secret-benefits-of-an-afternoon-nap/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=91058 Most of us have heard the science around the benefits of naps. Here are 7 secret side effects I've discovered for myself, as a lifelong napper.

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2021/07/7-secret-benefits-of-an-afternoon-nap/feed/ 4 How I Find Stillness at 60 MPH https://witanddelight.com/2021/06/how-i-find-stillness-at-60-mph/ https://witanddelight.com/2021/06/how-i-find-stillness-at-60-mph/#comments Sun, 27 Jun 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=90426 Why do we feel things so intensely on the road? Here's what I know and don't know about stillness, motion, and cars.

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2021/06/how-i-find-stillness-at-60-mph/feed/ 1 11 Small Ways You Can Be Kinder to Yourself in Your Everyday Routines https://witanddelight.com/2021/03/11-small-ways-you-can-be-kinder-to-yourself-in-your-everyday-routines/ https://witanddelight.com/2021/03/11-small-ways-you-can-be-kinder-to-yourself-in-your-everyday-routines/#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=88331 Could you use some reminders on how to be kind and compassionate with yourself in your everyday life? Here are a few simple ideas.

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2021/03/11-small-ways-you-can-be-kinder-to-yourself-in-your-everyday-routines/feed/ 2 How Facebook Marketplace Is Getting Me Through the Pandemic https://witanddelight.com/2020/11/how-facebook-marketplace-is-getting-me-through-the-pandemic/ https://witanddelight.com/2020/11/how-facebook-marketplace-is-getting-me-through-the-pandemic/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2020 16:00:19 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=85356 "I'm surrounded by found treasures that were (often) dirt cheap and are (almost always) unmatched and irreplaceable. They make my heart swell."

Julie Rybarczyk is sharing a very comprehensive look into the magic of Facebook Marketplace—how we can find incredible, unique pieces through it, and how we can find connection with other humans too.

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2020/11/how-facebook-marketplace-is-getting-me-through-the-pandemic/feed/ 10 The Powerful Practice of Rest—and What It’s Meant for Me https://witanddelight.com/2020/05/the-powerful-practice-of-rest-and-what-its-meant-for-me/ https://witanddelight.com/2020/05/the-powerful-practice-of-rest-and-what-its-meant-for-me/#comments Sun, 24 May 2020 15:00:00 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=55831 "Based on all the evidence, it seems there’s something truly powerful—maybe even magical—that can only happen when we stop actively trying, pushing, performing, and working."

In today's post, Julie Rybarczyk is exploring the concept of rest, and making a case for why we need to build it into our lives more intentionally.

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2020/05/the-powerful-practice-of-rest-and-what-its-meant-for-me/feed/ 2 11 Ways to Build a Love that Goes the Distance https://witanddelight.com/2020/02/11-ways-to-build-a-love-that-goes-the-distance/ https://witanddelight.com/2020/02/11-ways-to-build-a-love-that-goes-the-distance/#comments Sat, 15 Feb 2020 16:00:00 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=53063 In 2018 contributor Julie Rybarczyk wrote this post, one that weaves together insights from three women on how to nurture decades-long marriages. We hope you find the nuggets of advice they have to offer helpful in your own lives.

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2020/02/11-ways-to-build-a-love-that-goes-the-distance/feed/ 4 How to Hold Grief Through the Holidays https://witanddelight.com/2019/12/how-to-hold-grief-through-the-holidays/ https://witanddelight.com/2019/12/how-to-hold-grief-through-the-holidays/#comments Sat, 21 Dec 2019 16:00:00 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=50477 For those of us who are grieving a loss right now, this time of year can feel as heavy as ever. Today we're sharing this post contributor Julie Rybarczyk wrote in 2017, on the topic of grief during the holidays. If you're experiencing your first (or second, or tenth) holiday season without someone close to you, we hope Julie's words resonate.

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2019/12/how-to-hold-grief-through-the-holidays/feed/ 1 My World Fell Apart—and I’m (Mostly) Grateful https://witanddelight.com/2019/11/my-world-fell-apart-and-im-mostly-grateful/ https://witanddelight.com/2019/11/my-world-fell-apart-and-im-mostly-grateful/#comments Sun, 24 Nov 2019 16:00:37 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=48450 "I wouldn’t wish that pain on anybody. But I also wouldn’t trade it. I don’t say this lightly. The truth is, without the complete meltdown of my life, I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to grow in some very specific ways."

Today contributor Julie Rybarcyzk is writing about loss and newfound freedom in its wreckage—how losing the life she used to have led her to find the life she actually needed.

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2019/11/my-world-fell-apart-and-im-mostly-grateful/feed/ 3 If I Stop Producing, Do I Stop Having Value? https://witanddelight.com/2019/08/if-i-stop-producing-do-i-stop-having-value/ https://witanddelight.com/2019/08/if-i-stop-producing-do-i-stop-having-value/#comments Tue, 06 Aug 2019 15:30:00 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=44419 There's a fine line between hustling and overworking yourself. There's a sticky contradiction between the need for rest and the societal expectation for output. Today contributor Julie Rybarczyk is exploring what happens when we realize we need a break from constantly producing.

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2019/08/if-i-stop-producing-do-i-stop-having-value/feed/ 17 10 Reasons You Need Us Introverts https://witanddelight.com/2019/07/10-reasons-you-need-us-introverts/ https://witanddelight.com/2019/07/10-reasons-you-need-us-introverts/#comments Sun, 28 Jul 2019 15:00:00 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=28346 Pretty much since the day I showed up for kindergarten, I’ve noticed that entire swaths of life seem to come easier to a certain type of people—and I wasn’t that type. Years later I learned what those people are called. Extroverts. From the first bell of recess, extroverts had the advantage. They had the swings, […]

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2019/07/10-reasons-you-need-us-introverts/feed/ 27 Breaking the Rules Saved My Life https://witanddelight.com/2019/05/breaking-the-rules-saved-my-life/ https://witanddelight.com/2019/05/breaking-the-rules-saved-my-life/#comments Tue, 21 May 2019 15:00:44 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=39099 We all have rules we've set that govern our lives—guidelines put in place as a reaction to our histories and past lessons learned. Sometimes, these rules serve us well. Other times? They're meant to be broken. Today contributor Julie Rybarczyk is telling a story that pertains to the latter.

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2019/05/breaking-the-rules-saved-my-life/feed/ 9 The Gift of a Friendship That Spans Generations https://witanddelight.com/2019/03/the-gift-of-a-friendship-that-spans-generations/ https://witanddelight.com/2019/03/the-gift-of-a-friendship-that-spans-generations/#comments Sun, 17 Mar 2019 15:00:42 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=35232 There was a time when I would have never imagined calling someone a “friend” who was old enough to be my parent (or even just my babysitter). Those “older” folks were my teachers, my music directors, my youth group leaders, possibly my mentors, but they weren’t my “friends”.  In my mind, the older generation was […]

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2019/03/the-gift-of-a-friendship-that-spans-generations/feed/ 18 20 Things Every Single Gal Should Do Before Her Next Relationship https://witanddelight.com/2019/03/20-things-every-single-gal-should-do-before-her-next-relationship/ https://witanddelight.com/2019/03/20-things-every-single-gal-should-do-before-her-next-relationship/#comments Thu, 07 Mar 2019 16:00:44 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=35029 I hate to admit this, but I was never really a “single gal” until my 30s. Somehow, starting in seventh grade, I settled into a series of years-long relationships that only ended with one boy when another boy expressed interest in me. I went from my junior high boyfriend to my high school boyfriend to […]

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2019/03/20-things-every-single-gal-should-do-before-her-next-relationship/feed/ 4 Love Your Status: I’m Single and Happy https://witanddelight.com/2019/02/love-your-status-im-single-and-happy/ https://witanddelight.com/2019/02/love-your-status-im-single-and-happy/#comments Sun, 24 Feb 2019 16:00:25 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=34673 I haven't always been single, and I haven't always been happy (single or not). Right now, both are happening at once and I'm all for it. I'm loving my status, and I hope you are too.

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2019/02/love-your-status-im-single-and-happy/feed/ 9 How to Create a Life Outside the Lines https://witanddelight.com/2019/02/how-to-create-a-life-outside-the-lines/ https://witanddelight.com/2019/02/how-to-create-a-life-outside-the-lines/#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2019 16:00:36 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=34094 I don’t know about you but, for me, the line between feeling inspired and inadequate is thin and vaporous, and I cross it repeatedly on every journey through my Instagram feed. The parts of me that struggle with comparison, perfectionism, and criticism can get obnoxiously loud and rude after swiping through a few beautiful posts. […]

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2019/02/how-to-create-a-life-outside-the-lines/feed/ 3 How to Create a Life that Loves You Back https://witanddelight.com/2019/01/how-to-create-a-life-that-loves-you-back/ https://witanddelight.com/2019/01/how-to-create-a-life-that-loves-you-back/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2019 17:43:48 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=33615 If there’s one thing I’ve learned (the hard way), it’s that loving someone who can’t love you back is a futile pursuit destined to fail. Often in a crash-and-burn kind of way. I’ve poured myself into more than one one-way relationship, only to find myself, at best, drained and frustrated and, at worst, ghosted or […]

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2019/01/how-to-create-a-life-that-loves-you-back/feed/ 10 How I Learned to Love Myself https://witanddelight.com/2018/12/how-learned-love-myself-2/ https://witanddelight.com/2018/12/how-learned-love-myself-2/#comments Tue, 04 Dec 2018 16:00:56 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=32554 I pitched this title. It seemed like a good idea at the time. And now I’m staring at my laptop thinking, “Wait. Do I love myself?” Because I definitely don’t love everything about me. And I don’t walk around with some sort of effortless self-love flowing through my veins. So… WHO AM I TO WRITE THIS ARTICLE? […]

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2018/12/how-learned-love-myself-2/feed/ 11 The Changing Shape of Home https://witanddelight.com/2018/11/changing-shape-home/ https://witanddelight.com/2018/11/changing-shape-home/#comments Tue, 13 Nov 2018 16:58:53 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=31450 I’ve been thinking about home lately. What it is. Where it is. How it changes over time. Have you ever returned to a childhood house to discover a miniature imitation of the place you remember? This happened to me as a young college student, on a visit back to Chicago’s Old Irving Park. I hadn’t […]

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2018/11/changing-shape-home/feed/ 14 Learning to Live With Myself https://witanddelight.com/2018/10/learning-to-live-with-myself/ https://witanddelight.com/2018/10/learning-to-live-with-myself/#comments Tue, 23 Oct 2018 15:00:02 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=31159 The other day I tripped over my post-shower pile of dirty clothes and reminded myself to move it out of the way before everyone else gets home. Then, after a beat, I remembered: No one else is coming home. For the first time in my life, I live at an address that no one shares […]

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2018/10/learning-to-live-with-myself/feed/ 10 The Beauty of Not Skipping Chapters https://witanddelight.com/2018/09/beauty-not-skipping-chapters/ https://witanddelight.com/2018/09/beauty-not-skipping-chapters/#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2018 15:00:05 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=30572 At book club the other night, we discussed many things—who got their period first (and last), which eight spices Amy chooses for her highly downsized kitchen, how to smock curtains like a rockstar, how one of us is falling back in love with her husband and gigging about it like a schoolgirl, what to binge […]

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2018/09/beauty-not-skipping-chapters/feed/ 20 Age is Just a Number… of Pretty Perplexing Things https://witanddelight.com/2018/09/age-just-a-number-of-pretty-perplexing-things/ https://witanddelight.com/2018/09/age-just-a-number-of-pretty-perplexing-things/#comments Mon, 10 Sep 2018 15:00:57 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=28536 I’ve only felt old two times in my life. The first was when I turned 26. As that fateful birthday approached, I was sure I’d never be considered young again. My childhood was over. My teens were long gone. And, as far as I could tell, my young adult days had ended. By the theory […]

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2018/09/age-just-a-number-of-pretty-perplexing-things/feed/ 11 Surviving Addiction—and Coming Through Stronger https://witanddelight.com/2018/08/surviving-addiction-coming-through-stronger/ https://witanddelight.com/2018/08/surviving-addiction-coming-through-stronger/#comments Tue, 21 Aug 2018 15:44:59 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=27931 By the time Dan Maurer hit rock bottom, he was pastoring his third different congregation as an ordained Lutheran minister, he’d already done two stints in treatment, and he was pretty sure he had things under control. That was before he was arrested for breaking into homes in the rural North Dakota countryside he called […]

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2018/08/surviving-addiction-coming-through-stronger/feed/ 4 12 Ways Single Guys are Ensuring they Stay Single https://witanddelight.com/2018/07/12-ways-single-guys-are-ensuring-they-stay-single/ https://witanddelight.com/2018/07/12-ways-single-guys-are-ensuring-they-stay-single/#comments Wed, 11 Jul 2018 15:00:33 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=28741 Can we talk about online dating profiles for a minute? I mean, those of us who’ve spent any amount of time weeding through them are all rolling our eyes at the same things (amiright??), and those of you not reading them might be wondering what we all keep chuckling about. Also, any of you considering […]

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2018/07/12-ways-single-guys-are-ensuring-they-stay-single/feed/ 39 On Spring: Surviving the Brown Before the Bloom https://witanddelight.com/2018/04/spring-surviving-brown-before-bloom/ https://witanddelight.com/2018/04/spring-surviving-brown-before-bloom/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2018 15:00:59 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=27768 This may be an unpopular opinion, but I’m going to just come out and say it. Spring is my least favorite season. I don’t like it. I don’t like the cold. Or the wind. But most of all, the brown. Actually, most of all, the cold. Or the wind. I can’t decide. Here’s the thing. […]

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2018/04/spring-surviving-brown-before-bloom/feed/ 19 The Biggest Risk of All https://witanddelight.com/2018/03/the-biggest-risk-of-all/ https://witanddelight.com/2018/03/the-biggest-risk-of-all/#comments Sun, 25 Mar 2018 15:00:08 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=27558 When is the last time you took a risk? I mean the kind of risk that has the potential to expand you in some important or beautiful way. For me, it was this morning. I started my day with a long walk and a favorite podcast. When the episode ended, my thoughts were swirling and […]

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2018/03/the-biggest-risk-of-all/feed/ 18 How I Learned to Love Myself https://witanddelight.com/2018/03/how-i-learned-to-love-myself/ https://witanddelight.com/2018/03/how-i-learned-to-love-myself/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2018 15:00:03 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=27478 I pitched this title. It seemed like a good idea at the time. And now I’m staring at my laptop thinking, “Wait. Do I love myself?” Because I definitely don’t love everything about me. And I don’t walk around with some sort of effortless self-love flowing through my veins. So… WHO AM I TO WRITE […]

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2018/03/how-i-learned-to-love-myself/feed/ 31 11 Ways to Build a Love that Goes the Distance https://witanddelight.com/2018/03/building-rebuilding-love/ https://witanddelight.com/2018/03/building-rebuilding-love/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2018 16:00:25 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=27163 When the credits roll on Pride and Prejudice I feel two things: Delight. And cynicism. I can’t help it. I want to feel only delight, but I’m just too aware that the beginnings of love rarely match its brutal everyday-ness. Or its heartbreaking challenges. I’ve had some fairytale romances, and none of them have ended […]

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2018/03/building-rebuilding-love/feed/ 10 A Valentine’s Day Love Poem Just for You https://witanddelight.com/2018/02/happy-day-of-strength/ https://witanddelight.com/2018/02/happy-day-of-strength/#comments Wed, 14 Feb 2018 16:00:50 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=26946 Did you know there were at least seven Saint Valentines (and one Saint Valentina) martyred throughout history for holding fast to their hope, faith, and love? Love is not for the faint of heart. Even the best moments in love require the courage to receive them—and the worst ones, well, those leave us gasping for […]

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2018/02/happy-day-of-strength/feed/ 11 Why I Choose Kindness Over Niceness https://witanddelight.com/2018/02/well-isnt-that-nice/ https://witanddelight.com/2018/02/well-isnt-that-nice/#comments Sat, 10 Feb 2018 16:00:09 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=26740 Minneapolis hosted the Super Bowl last week and some brilliant minds branded our city with #BoldNorth. It was great. Our long list of frigid outdoor festivities was basically a dare to just try to be as bold as us. But you can betcha the folks in town for the big game experienced a lot more Minnesota […]

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2018/02/well-isnt-that-nice/feed/ 25 The Sweet, Strange Mystery of a First Date https://witanddelight.com/2018/01/the-sweet-strange-mystery-of-a-first-date/ https://witanddelight.com/2018/01/the-sweet-strange-mystery-of-a-first-date/#comments Wed, 10 Jan 2018 16:00:33 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=26187 A year or two ago, I arrived for a first date at a quiet cocktail lounge to find that every table was taken. My date met me at the door, scanned the venue a few times, and finally turned to me. “Okay… I guess we can sit at the bar—as long we don’t sound like […]

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2017/12/how-hold-grief-through-holidays/feed/ 8 A Chance Encounter Can Change Everything. If You Let It. https://witanddelight.com/2017/11/chance-encounter-change-everything/ https://witanddelight.com/2017/11/chance-encounter-change-everything/#comments Wed, 22 Nov 2017 16:00:31 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=25296 I first saw her in the security line at O’Hare. We were shuffling through the shoeless gauntlet of hectic humiliation, and we shared a giggle over the general awkwardness. I noticed her again when she asked my business colleagues where they’d bought the beers they were holding. The third time I saw her, I was actively […]

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