“I Should…”
“I should _________________________.” How do you fill in the blank? Got a long list of stuff that you “should” do? Yeah, me too, but I am ever so careful to keep my awareness of that word on high! When you hear (or think), “You should (blah, blah, blah, blah, blah),” don’t you get the sense […]
Your Gifts
I don’t know if it’s the hot, humid days sucking the energy out of me or just a temporary dry spell of creativity, but for whatever the reason, I have been met with procrastination and internal resistance when I have attempted to write an article or post of some kind. I thought that maybe conceding […]
Caring for Yourself by Pursuing Your Passion
As I watched a mesmerizing performance by Missouri Contemporary Ballet a couple of years ago, tears came to my eyes. Tears? Why tears? I experienced the simultaneous feelings of total bliss and deep sadness. The bliss was very easy to understand because I love dance. I love watching dance, and I have always loved to […]
A Teenager Can Motivate You Towards Self-Care…
Well, well, well… Look at these thoughts I scribbled down a few weeks ago for a draft of an article. How ironic that today they are a perfect reminder of what I need to do to get back to a steadier place of self-care, so that I am giving myself a decent chance to be […]
Getting Things Done?
When it comes to getting things done, how do you proceed? Do you take the “eat-the-biggest-frog-first” approach and do the biggest or most difficult thing first? For some people, that approach can work very well. The idea is that by tackling the “biggest frog” first, you not only get that project done, but you also […]
Motivation for Change: Part 3
No discussion of change would be complete without your vision for change. Your vision for change is what pulls you forward, is what motivates and inspires you to make the changes needed for that vision to become reality. If your vision is lackluster or ho-hum or just not that compelling, what is there to pull […]
Motivation for Change: Part 2
I jumped right into the meatiness of this topic in Part 1, but by doing so, I got a bit ahead of myself. Before you look at making changes and creating a SMART goal for yourself to increase the chances of successfully meeting your goal, first you want to see what you already have on […]
Motivation for Change: Part 1
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” — Lao-tzu Making a change can seem like a huge undertaking, if not completely overwhelming. To counteract that feeling, it can help to remember that change is a process that occurs little step by little step by little step. The cumulative effect of those […]
Effective Wisdom
When I walked into my 13-year-old daughter’s room, the entire floor was covered — with clothes, shoes (including many, many pairs of flip-flops in assorted colors), baskets, dress-up clothes, folders, binders, pom-poms, and who knows what all else. The sight completely freaked out my husband, who made some comment about a tornado having hit. I, […]
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