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How to Stay on Track and Progress
Have you heard of Pearson’s Law? It states that, “When performance is measured, performance improves. When performance is measured and reported back, the rate of improvement accelerates.” If you have children or are around any frequently you probably have observed that, while they’re growing up right before your eyes, you don’t really notice the little changes in height, weight and other nearly imperceptible changes that happen slowly yet continuously throughout youth. The law of familiarity at play. However, those who aren’t regulars in your child’s life such as distant relatives, community members and those we only see on occasion seem to be blown away at the rapid changes they perceive…
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Is Multitasking Harming You?
Multitasking. Ah, how I used to brag about my ability to do so. In my mind, it was a “mom thing” or, at the very least, a “woman thing”. I felt pridefully superior to my husband and pretty much everyone else in our home because I “could balance” so many plates. I was the image of Efficiency. But once I realized that – not only was my balancing act a sham (we sure had a lot of broken plates over the years) – but also that I was completely drained of energy at the end of every day, I began to think my husband was right. You see, he would…
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Am I More than Just the Average of Every High and Every Low?
“Am I more than just the average of every high and every low?” More than a ridiculously long blog title, or an offshoot →(for copyright reasons) of a catchy rhyme from Lauren Daigle’s song You Say, this is something I think most – if not all – of us struggle with on a daily basis. It’s something that’s plagued me for awhile, if I’m being honest, and I’ve never been able to put words to it until this morning while making coffee. I didn’t have a great epiphany, there was no image of the savior appearing in my morning toast – no, nothing like that. I just happened to wake…
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Nothing New Under the Sun
Seasons change. That’s something we can all agree on. Seasons of the year, plainly seen by all in the changing trees, sunrise and set, and the weather around us… But also, and more importantly, seasons of life. Seasons of life, some linger like an unforgiving winter with no end in sight, while others fly by like a leaf caught up in the swift wind tunnels of early spring. Can anyone relate? I think we all experience this, which isn’t a shocker – for the bible tells us so. When we were children we coveted nothing higher than simply growing up. We anticipated adulthood like it was some sort of medal…
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Doubt Monster
By now, we’re friends right? That is, unless you literally just found my blog, in which case, let’s be friends! Ok, now that that’s out of the way… Did you ever have one of those days, you know the kind I mean… Where nothing is going right, and everything’s a mess? The kids destroyed the house, your husband is blaming everything on you and you’re fairly certain the cat just peed on your couch – again! This won’t be one that ranks high in SEO or readability scores. It won’t even be one that I’m going to edit to make perfect. It’s going to be raw, and real, and completely…
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How to Take Action Against Fear
Dictionary Definitions from Oxford Languages · Learn more Fear noun Fear is a strange thing, isn’t it? Think about it for a minute here… a feeling concerning the outcome. The likelihood of something happening. Fear is caused by us worrying about something that not only has not happened BUT something that may not and most likely won’t ever happen! And it can actually paralyze us. Now, in hindsight, we can probably laugh at 99% of the possible outcomes we fretted over and feared, right? But, in the moment, when fear has us shuddering at the What Ifs and the You can’ts, it’s a terrifying feeling. But sometimes, we have to…
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How do I find my Why
Find your Why! This sounds so basic, doesn’t it? But, friends, any successful person (in any sense of the word) will tell you that It Is Essential to know your Why in order to succeed! What does that even mean? Your Why is who you are. It’s what you do. It makes you, you. Your Why gets you out of bed in the morning. If you live out your Why to it’s fullest potential, it stops you from hitting Snooze as many times as you can get away with, and helps your feet hit the floor running with a great purpose and fervency. Your Why gives you a reason to…
