All Things New

I don't know about you, but the holidays just seem to have crept up behind me and left me in the dust.  I was caught up in a whirlwind of parties and gifts, decorating and baking.  Now my entire world seems to have stopped in the middle of that whirlwind and dropped, because all that's left is a great big mess.  It's not that this whirlwind was anything inherently bad, because none of it is.  It's just that, when you get caught up in all of the stuff, you seem to let go of the important things.  You know, the things that…

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2015 Goals: 6-Month Evaluation

Well it's the beginning of July already.  Do you know what that means?  It's already been six months since you made your new years resolutions!  It's been 6 months since you set your goals for the new year.  Now is the time to look back on those goals, evaluate your progress, and adjust your goals as necessary.  Because your resolutions shouldn't be set in stone or you'll most often find yourself in failure at the end of the year.  Smart goals need to be evaluated and adjusted periodically, and that's what we're here to do. Here were my goals at the…

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Faith {One Word}

As you may remember, my "one word" for last year was "intentional." One word is a trend that began in 2009 as an alternative to new year's resolutions and a focus on a one-word theme for your year.  "One word you can focus on every day, all year long… One word that sums up who you want to be or how you want to live...It will become the compass that directs your decisions and guides your steps." This year, my word is "faith." At the end of the month, our family will be experiencing some changes, as my husband has felt…

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Here We Go Again (Goals 2015)

Well happy new year!  I hope everyone brought in the new year with a bang and that you're looking forward to a fresh, new start in 2015. I've always been one to make resolutions, so it comes without saying that I would make some this year; however, I do hate calling them resolutions.  Even though a resolution is just a "resolve" to do something, there is a common problem with New Year's Resolutions, and that's that most of them are not kept.  If I call them goals and treat them as such, I feel I will have a much better…

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Reviewing a Year of Goals (2014)

Last year, I decided I wanted to be intentional. As I said yesterday, I feel I did a fairly decent job of being intentional, and the GoalTracker app on my phone was a huge help keeping me on track. Unfortunately, I didn't accomplish everything quite to my maximum potential as I had hoped. I used to think that only partially meeting my goals meant that I had failed. This year though, I've realized that even only partially meeting my goals still means progress. Here's how: For My Family: Spend 2 hours per month with each child Okay, well this didn't…

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