Day: 8 Spoke: Mental Habit: Podcasting In 2016 I discovered podcasting. I had heard of it, but I didn’t realize the value it could add to my life. All I knew was my husband listened to a bunch of podcasts about fantasy football, film and some show his friend put out. He asked me to […]
Day: 7 Spoke: Family Habit: Respecting Boundaries I could write a whole series of posts on family and boundaries. If you haven’t read the book Boundaries by Dr. Henry Cloud, it’s a MUST. He discusses relational boundaries, but today I want to discuss time block boundaries. When I had my first child I chose to […]
Day: 6 Spoke: Career Habit: Knowing Your Strengths The average American spends more of their time at work than anywhere else, and yet the statistics tell us that (depending which report you read) somewhere around only 15% of Americans love their job. This breaks my heart. I know that pain. I’ve lived that pain. What […]
Day: 5 Spoke: Personal Habit: Intentional 5 The quote “you are a reflection of the five people you spend the most time with” is so true. Last year, I got out a sheet of paper and wrote down five people in my life that I wanted to reflect, then I chose to invest in them […]
In 2008 I was 21 years old and was introduced to budgeting for the first time. I had never been taught the concept of spending your money before you make it, or properly planning for categories. When we got engaged in 2006, there was no debt in my name. Less than two years later we […]
Day 3 Spoke: Spiritual Habit: Meditation Before I even start writing about this, there are people who have already checked out. Some who say “I can’t meditate. It’s not possible for me.” And there are others who think “I don’t know about that…it’s woowoo stuff.” The latter I surprisingly hear the most from Christians who […]
Day: 2 Spoke: Physical Habit: Getting Enough Sleep Oh, you may think that I’m stating the obvious right here, but I’m not. Most people aren’t getting enough solid rest and it shows. I used to buy into this lie. The lie that says sleep is a waste of time. “I can sleep when I’m dead” […]
Happy December! As we approach 2020, not only is it a new year, but a new decade. A chance to truly take ownership over our lives and create the life we want for ourselves. “The fastest was to success is to replace a bad habit with a good habit.”- Tom Ziglar. Each day for the […]
For the last two years I haven’t posted on social media on Easter. Intentionally. I went through a season in my Christian walk where I was deeply disturbed by the American tradition of getting dressed in pretty clothes and going to church, and then posting it to social media as a way to honor the […]
My son is nine weeks old, and I have completed two weeks back in the office full time. I have not had one moment of guilt. No tears. No pain. No heart ache. We have rocked it. He’s my second child. The only way we accomplished this is with all the lessons I learned from […]