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Day: 24 Spoke: Physical  Habit: No Food Shaming  Guys, this is a big deal. Just watch…your newsfeed is about to BLOW UP with comments of people feeling so much shame for the food they ate at Christmas.  I know it all too well because I spent YEARS AND YEARS living in the shame and sharing […]

Day: 23 Spoke: Mental  Habit: Mindfulness  Creating the habit of mindfulness means to learn to control your thoughts and tell your mind where you want to focus your attention. Most of the time it’s best to focus your attention on the present moment in front of you, but sometimes in my meditation I choose to […]

D Day: 22 Spoke: Family Habits: Dinner Table Conversation  In our family, we prioritize eating dinner together around the kitchen table. Most weeks five out of seven nights it’s all of 4 of us. At some point during dinner I always ask “What was the best part of your day?” And then I follow it […]

Day: 21Spoke: Financial WE’RE DEBT FREE!!!!!!!! Today I’m changing it up a little bit. Instead of writing about one habit, I’m going to share our story. This week my husband and I made our final payment on our last credit card to officially become debt free. We set this goal TEN YEARS AGO. It shouldn’t […]

Day: 20 Spoke: Career Habit: Daily Big 3 Honestly guys, I don’t think anything I’ve written about is my original idea. I am just a great copy cat. I’m a hungry student who has an insatiable appetite for more knowledge, and I find great people to follow. So, this idea is not something I came […]

Day: 19 Spoke: Personal Habit: No news is good news I don’t watch the news. Nope. Not ever. If I’m out somewhere else and it comes on, I can’t even tolerate five minutes of it before I have to walk out of the room. This habit allows me to maintain peace in my life. It […]

Day: 18 Spoke: Spiritual Habit: Everything is Spiritual I believe we are all spiritual beings having a human experience. There is something about the human soul that transcends vocabulary words and science. It’s an encounter with the Divine that cannot be explained. I love the Albert Einstein quote, “There are only two ways to live […]

Day: 17 Spoke: Physical Habit: Eating Whole Foods If you have been my friend on social media for the last 8 years, then you know I have been very vocal about food choices and ingredients. It’s for a simple reason. When I cut out processed foods and just eat whole foods, I feel so much […]

Today’s habit is going to be pretty short and sweet.  Several years ago I started writing down quotes that directly addressed a habit I was working to change. Most of the time, the change happens by changing a perspective or belief in the mind. So every morning and night while I brush my teeth I […]

Day: 15 Spoke: Bonus (Philanthropy) Habit: Aligning Strengths and Service The Ziglar Wheel of Life has 7 spokes. Over the last two weeks I have written about habits in my life I’ve created for each of these spokes. However, following Michael Hyatt’s Living Forward book, I realized I have an eighth spoke that when neglected, […]