Two weeks ago I decided to try my first spending freeze. I read around online and decided to do it for 2 weeks, not include basic groceries, and give myself $100 for important things that came up.
I kept an ongoing list of things that I wanted and didn't buy - I saw that as a tip in articles I ...
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My 30 Reasons to Lose Weight
I've been struggling to lose weight consistently. So I thought I'd make and share a list of all the reasons I want to lose the baby weight this fourth and final time.
I'm also thinking back to what worked well the last two times, which I'll share in an upcoming post.
What I think about what ...
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The 5 Love Languages and How to Determine Yours
For now I'm going to cover the basics of the 5 love languages, and get into the motivational gifts, but Gary Chapman has written several books about the love languages so we may come back to them at some point. If you want to explore, he has a book for married couples, for parents about kids, and ...
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This is why we’re overwhelmed: we need more margin in our lives
How do we know if we're overwhelmed and overloaded, or if it just feels like it? Why does our capacity change as moms over the years and through different seasons? What if we had some concepts and terminology to help us talk about these feelings we experience in our daily lives? Maybe we could ...
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7 Ways that I’m resisting depression this month
Last week I felt myself sliding inexorably into that depression I had feared was coming. My baby is 8 months old and he is the fourth and last of our four kids, all boys. My toddler is 2 1/2 years old. These two are the exact same difference, 21 months apart, as my oldest two boys who are now 5 and ...
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Growth Exercise: How to Log Your Time
When we want to make a change in our life, the best place to start is to find time for new energy and activity to put toward that change. And the best way to make time for something new is to simply observe what you are currently doing with your time. For more about time management, I highly ...
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