Goal Setting: Week of March 12, 2016

Woohoo!  This week went very well for accomplishing things around the house.  Personally, though, I did okay with my goals but not fantastic.  It's great to have today (Saturday) open to finish up some of the little things that I didn't get to this week. Overall, this is how things went: Spiritual: Devotions (5/7) Daniel Plan Devotions (7/7) Designated prayer time (1/7) Mental: Journal (1/7) Finish 2 cross stitch colors Physical: No soda 8 c. of water daily (3/7) Exercise (3/7) Relationships: Devotions with Prince Charming (1/7) Devotions with Babies (1/7) Date with Prince Charming (tonight!) Spend time with Princess Anna…

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How I’ve Failed as a Christian (and Why It’s Okay)

Take a moment to imagine the perfect Christian.  If you've read the Bible, maybe you picture the Proverbs 31 woman.  Or the man described in the book of Titus.  Whether or not you know what the Bible says about how Christians should act, what do you think of? Somebody who prays and fasts regularly?  Who reads her Bible when she wakes up and before she goes to sleep?   Someone who works hard and stays positive regardless of her circumstances?  How about someone who is the picture perfect mom and wife (like a June Cleaver)?  And of course, someone who goes to church and…

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The #1 Thing You MUST Do if You Want to Write

I am a passionate writer.  I have been since the age of 8, writing stories on my dad's typewriter and selling them for 50 cents.  As I grew older I wrote for school, and I wrote for fun.  I wrote to record things, I wrote to vent things, and I wrote to communicate.  I kept a journal, and I wrote volumes of poetry. But for a long time after my first daughter was born in 2007, I didn't write anything except what was necessary for survival.  I don't know why, but I just stopped. When I opened up Making the Most to the world…

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Goal Setting: Week of March 6, 2016

This week I felt as though I accomplished very little. It seems like everything came up this week (despite the fact that the kids were in school all week). Really, I just don't know what happened, and time got away from me. The good news is that today is the first Saturday in quite a while that we've not had basketball games to attend or other things going on, so I accomplished quite a lot today! Here's how this week looked: Spiritual: Devotions (5/7) Daniel Plan Devotions (7/7) Designated prayer time (1/7) - Plans to do this today Mental: Journal…

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Goal Setting: Week of February 28, 2016

Man, I can't even express how grateful I was to have the kids at school this week!  I got so much done!  Here's how things went this week: Spiritual: Devotions (5/7) Daniel Plan Devotions (7/7) Designated prayer time (1/7) Mental: Journal (1/7) Finish 2 cross stitch colors Physical: No soda 6 c. of water daily (3/7) Exercise (3/7) Relationships: Devotions with Prince Charming (1/7) Devotions with Babies (1/7) Date with Prince Charming Spend time with Princess Anna Spend time with Rapunzel Send 1 personal note Plan next month's hospitality date Career: Blog 3 days (MTM) Business Day on Wednesday Should Do: Cut…

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