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I love Mondays, or at least I want to love them. It is the start of the fresh week with all sorts of possibilities. New adventures, things to accomplish and goals to achieve. Each Monday I start my week by writing out my plan for the week both personally and professionally. Being the over achiever…
Gary and I both have vision boards in our bathroom that we look at each day. They have all sorts of inspirational phrases, pictures or our goals and other things that make us smile. Every now and then Gary will add something to my board and one of them is the phrase above. It makes…
Usually when we talk about circles it refers to your sphere or the number of people that you are connected to. Today, I am referring to the circle that you drive. We all have a circle of places that we go on a regular basis: school, work, the grocery store, dry cleaner, shopping, etc. How far…
How do you wake up each morning? Do you fly out of bed stressed and late and madly dash around the house trying to get yourself and the kids out of the door? Or, do you get up just a bit earlier and take a few minutes for yourself before starting your day? Your morning…
… and so ended my love affair with sugar. A few weeks ago I wrote a post about giving up sugar. I had been feeling really tired and sluggish and not my normal cheerful self so my naturopath recommended that I try giving up sugar for a while. Well I am sad to say, IT…
I read a great article in my USAA magazine last night written by Jean Chatzky about the 8 traits it takes to be wealthy. Here’s a static that blew my mind and I found VERY encouraging: ~ When you look at the top 30% of the population in terms of wealth, 9 out of 10 of…
School is almost out and summer schedules are filling up. I love summer and am always SO ready for this time to come. I start thinking about all of the fun things that I can do with the kids and the trips that we can take as a family, but all too often at the end…
You have heard it before: Everything happens for a reason You have heard it and you probably believe it on some level but is it: ~ I couldn’t agree more and I live my whole life that way ~ That’s BS, shit happens and there’s no rhyme or reason for it ~ I mostly agree…
Several of my recent posts have been about overwhelm and having too much to do on our plates. Everything in our life is not really about the situation, but how we react to it. It is our reaction that stresses us out. There are an infinite number of ways to deal with your reaction but…
How many half done projects are sitting on your desk right now? Note cards half written but you were not quite sure what to say at the end. Your next mailing that is 2 weeks late because you are still messing with the layout. Thinking about inviting friends over for dinner but you can’t decide…