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New Year, New Word: Focus
I’m not a New Year’s Resolution type of person. I don’t resonate with beginning-of-the-year goal setting. But, I have developed a practice over the last few years of choosing a word of intention to guide me as I enter the new year. In 2025, I’ve chosen focus. In 2024, I didn’t choose a word of intention. This was pretty fitting,…
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Productivity Problems? Make It Easy- For You!
Will a new method solve your productivity problems? Not if it isn't easy-- for you. You need a tool that works how you work!
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New Year, New Words of Intention: Embracing Evolution
New year, new words of intention. While my nature is to avoid change, I know this year will be full of transformation and growth. As a year of change begins, I choose to embrace evolution joyfully and purposefully.
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Progressive Christmas Decorating: Getting your Home Decorated While Preserving Your Energy!
Christmasing is not a one-day event in our home. Every year, at the beginning of December, I have the family help me get out the Christmas boxes. Then, I take about a week to decorate the house. Progressive Christmas decorating is one of my favorite times of the season.
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Falling back into Productivity with GoodNotes and Bullet Journaling
After a summer of medical in-betweens, I’m ready to fall back into productivity. I'm going back to bullet journaling with GoodNotes!
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How to Create a Sticker in GoodNotes
Have you ever found yourself writing a list over and over again? Maybe it’s a weekly routine you do at home or work. Or perhaps it’s a procedure you do every once in a while, but you don’t want to miss a step. Wouldn’t it be great if you could shortcut the time it took to write the list down?…
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Escape From Routine Prison
Routines are great until they become a prison that we’ve trapped ourselves in. When routines get bloated, rigid, or oppressive, it is time to break free from routine prison. So how do we recognize we are in routine prison, plan our escape, and avoid putting ourselves back into routine prison?
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18 Personal Development Books for Our 18 Year Old
When our eldest son turned 18 last year, my husband and I gifted him with a collection of 18 inspirational books. Instead of a gift that he would outgrow or need to charge, we thought this would be a great way to begin his nonfiction personal development library.
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Encouraging Reads: At Your Best by Carey Nieuwhof
Recently, I read At Your Best by Carey Nieuwhof. It has had a significant impact on how I think about my time and energy. I’m excited to share this book as the first in my Encouraging Reads series.
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Poise: Gracefully Prepared- My Third Word of Focus and Intention
My third word of intention and focus for the year is poise. Poise means that I strive to be gracefully prepared for what comes my way.
