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Why I Make New Year’s Resolutions
“Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.” ~ Tony Robbins I’ve always believed in the power of visualization! If you listen to most inspirational coaches they too will tell you that in order to achieve the goals you set out for yourself you need to visualize yourself realizing your dreams. Let me explain why I think it is healthy and beneficial to set new years resolutions for yourself. Goal setting is always a good thing because it focuses your mind on working towards something in your life you want to accomplish. Having goals in the first place is always good! I can’t ever…
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2016 FitBit Charge Giveaway
I hope you all had a wonderful holiday! Are you ready to make some changes in 2016? Perhaps start or increase your workouts and get in better shape? One of my goals this year is to start increasing my cardio workouts (my walks with the dog don’t count) and make sure to take some time for me. How about you? What are some of your goals this year? I am excited to have joined Juggling Act Mama and these other great bloggers to bring you a great giveaway that will help you stay on track in 2016. This month, we’re so excited to bring you the 2016 FitBit Charge Giveaway…
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Getting Organized Step by Step
One of the resolutions I made for this year is to get more organized and to get my house decluttered. Our place is not that big and piles of something always make their appearance each day. Whether they be school papers and homework from my daughter, bills and mail on the kitchen countertop, or my work papers on the kitchen table, I feel it is a never ending battle. Plus throw in the equation that I am not one of those Born Organizers as the Flylady tagged as women who just know how to get and keep it all organized. You probably have some of those friends – you…
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New Year’s Reflection: Your Soul and Ritual
Image courtesy of Flickr The year that I spent living on the coast of Oregon has come back to me in the last several days, and seems an appropriate reflection for the start of 2014. It was fall when I moved there, and near Christmastime when I met a wise woman at church whom I befriended simply because she happened to be there each time I went, seeking solace because I was so far away from home. She was twice my age, literally, and in January that year invited me to join her and a group of other women who fellowshipped together once a month. I was clearly a…
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A Time of Reflection and Planning for the New Year
It seems like this year has gone by in a blur. There were so many wonderful things that we celebrated together as a family – like my daughter starting first grade, learning how to read, finishing her first YMCA triathlon for kids and has the medal hanging in her room that she likes to show anyone who comes to visit, to getting a new family dog. We are attempting to teach him that he is a dog and not a human as he so thinks. When I look back at the photo’s I took on my iPhone over the past year, I realize we really did have a great time…
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5 New Year’s Resolutions I’m Making for My Kids
Image courtesy of Flickr The last few months I’ve been consumed by work as the contributing author for a Los Angeles relocation guide. Chunks of time throughout the day and night have been spent writing a book, driving around Los Angeles taking photos of neighborhoods, and updating contact information and weblinks. In the process, my kids have seen some parts of LA that we may not have explored otherwise. But they’ve also spent a lot of time in the car, and a lot of time playing second fiddle to this project. I’m looking forward to getting back to a more family-focused lifestyle, and to do that, I’ve chosen 5…
