How I Did With December’s Goals
I don’t do New Year’s Resolutions. I’m not cool with the whole New Year/Janus-God-of-New-Beginnings thing. But I have listed my Big, Hairy Goals in several areas of my life, and began sharing my goals...
View ArticleA Gift For You to Launch No-Spend Month
Are you feeling overwhelmed with all the posts around the ‘net this week about goal-setting, resolutions, choosing your “word” for the year, and making 2014 amazing? I AM! I make goals monthly, not...
View ArticleSay Goodbye To Survival Mode: Chapters 3 & 4
I’m rereading Crystal Paine’s excellent new book, Say Goodbye to Survival Mode: 9 Simple Strategies to Stress Less, Sleep More, and Restore Your Passion for Life. And like a good little blogger, I’m...
View ArticleFebruary Update & March Goals
Every month I post updates to my Big, Hairy Goals, both as a way of keeping myself on track and to create accountability. Here’s how I did last month: Spiritual: Finish Deuteronomy and Joshua. Done,...
View ArticleMarch Goals Update
It’s that time again. Wow how this year is flying past! Each month I post updates to my Big, Hairy Goals , both as a way of keeping myself on track and to create accountability. Here’s how I did last...
View ArticleApril Goals
It’s time for some new goals for the month. I listed my Big, Hairy Goals here, and each month I try to make steady progress towards those. Spiritual: Finish reading 2 Samuel, begin 1 Kings....
View ArticleMay Hairy Goals
Yesterday I shared the progress on my goals, now forevermore dubbed “Hairy Goals” courtesy of Sadie. Now it’s time for a new set of goals for May. Spiritual/Intellectual: Continue with daily French...
View ArticleScreen Free Week
If you’ve been reading here for very long, you know I love challenges. I love how a week or month-long challenge can shake up my (sometimes thoughtless) habits, create MINDFULNESS around what I’m...
View ArticleScreen Free Week: Thoughts and Observations
Yesterday marked the end of Screen Free Week. Even though I was still working on the computer each day, I really loved this experiment. I noticed that I got down to my work quickly. I was able to crank...
View ArticleJune Goals
Around the first of the month I list my goals here and update the progress on my “Big, Hairy Goals“. Last month I did poorly on some of my goals. A pattern seems to be developing: I’ve made reading my...
View Article2015
I don’t do resolutions, and there’s nothing special to me about the start of a new year. When I want to set goals, I do it, no matter the date. But there are a couple of reasons I decided to do a goals...
View ArticleReducing Decision Fatigue (or, how to be nicer to your kids on grocery...
Since reading the books Willpower and The Paradox of Choice (which I re-read last month), I’ve become interested in this fact: that too many choices is paralyzing and depletes willpower. And since then...
View ArticleGoals Update: April 2015
When I wrote my first goals update for the year I was still stressed and … postpartum. This month I’m doing better. I’m still far from feeling back to my normal self, but Josiah is doing so well now...
View ArticleNo Complain Month
A couple of months ago, I read this article about how complaining damages the brain. An excerpt: When we complain, our brains release stress hormones that harm neural connections in areas used for...
View ArticleGet on track with good habits for 2016: FREE
Many people like to take stock of their goals at this time. If that’s you, you may want to take a look at my book, The How (and Wow!) of Habits, which just happens to be FREE today and tomorrow. I hope...
View Article2015: things I’m proud of
This has been a hard year. Have I said that lately? Perhaps yes. But it’s just true, and I’m not one to run from truth-telling even if it’s not always sweetness and light. Yet, there are a lot of...
View ArticleGoals for 2016
Last week we held a family meeting to discuss the goals we had all set last January. Most of us got at least half of our goals accomplished, and my husband was especially pleased to have hit his...
View ArticleTime tracking, part two
So one of my goals for this year was to draft more of my blog posts on paper. I have been doing that, but sometimes I forget to, you know, actually check my notes before I sit down to write. Which...
View ArticleTwo words: Bullet Journal
I love, love, love my Bullet Journal. As a lifelong paper/journal/calendar/planner addict, I couldn’t find the perfect organization system that met my needs. Until now. Everything I had tried before...
View ArticleRandom
Printemps I love this time of year. At this moment I’m sitting on my deck sipping coffee while the kids play around me. And my coffee isn’t getting instantly cold! We had supper out here last night,...
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