There are things that matter and we think they don’t. There are things that don’t matter much and we think they do. It’s not that we purposely set out to ignore important things or elevate unimportant things. We just get busy and busier. Before we know it there’s a skewed sense of priorities. We forget what we’ll wish we’d done when we’re fifty-three or seventy-two. In the daily-ness ...
3 Words Can Change Your Life
What if you wanted to be a better person and there was something so simple that anyone could do it, and it would make a measurable, tangible difference in your life? What if there was a way to work towards who you want to be and what you want to accomplish that wouldn't add guilt and pressure to your daily routine? It's possible if you stay consistent with this life-changing method, and you'll ...
7 Ways to Protect Your Emotional Energy
It's been said that you wake up in the morning with a certain amount of emotional energy to spend during the day. It's like a bank account from which you can make withdrawals and deposits. It makes sense to monitor your account balance, and to become aware of any sources of leakage. We often live like we have an endless supply of emotional energy, recklessly spending it here and there. But ...
When You Want to Be An Organized Mom
Someone recently wrote to ask me how she could become a more organized Mom: QUESTION: I am as far from a Type A personality as they come, and I struggle (still!) with productivity and discipline. As a Homeschool mom of 5, with number 6 due in just weeks, I am convicted of how important discipline and order is. It's not that I don't eagerly desire to move from point A to point B... I just don't ...
Advice on Taking Advice
You should do this. You should do that. I can't believe you eat that. If you'd just do this, you wouldn't have that problem. Do what I do and then you, too, can be perfect. Maybe they don't use those exact words, but that's the feeling you get. We're all bombarded by advice and people who downright tell us what to do, whether it's on the phone, in person or on our Facebook wall. Add in ...
