I think my “rock bottom” moment was when I lost my home and moved into to a gross rental with nasty carpets. My divorce was devastating, but with divorce, it takes two to tango. But foreclosing on my house? That …
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Do you know what day January 17th is? It’s “Ditch New Year’s Resolutions Day.” Turns out it happens to be the day when a majority of people have given up on their goals. We’re well past that day and into …
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You know how after you buy a new car, you think every other car on the road is exactly the same as yours? Those cars were there the whole time, but you weren’t focused on, say, blue Honda Pilots until …
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That pretty much sums up 2020, doesn’t it? Sure didn’t go how I “wanted” it to go. Well, neither did Christmas. Funny, I just wrote a post about how planning your time away from your kids is really helpful on …
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I know the holidays can be tough, especially for single moms. Sharing our kids and splitting up the time is difficult especially if you’re as obsessed with Christmas as I am. You might not have the visitation schedule you want, …
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“6 Steps to Becoming a Successful Single Mom in 2021” was originally published on the Life of a Single Mom website, February 7, 2021. What is a success, anyway? What does it mean to be a success? I think “success” …
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Everyone talks about work/life balance. But I like the word harmony better because I think balance doesn’t really exist. Balance is when two things are weighted the same, and everything has exactly the same importance. What happens when you have …
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I think I was talking about hiking and my friend said, “Wow, you’re really goal-oriented, aren’t you?” I thought that was so funny. I know so many people who are working toward goals that I forget many people don’t set …
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I just heard about the study that a nurse, Bronnie Ware, did…she visited thousands of patients on their deathbed and asked them all what they regretted the most. The number one response was “I wish I would’ve let myself be …
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As I’m still coming out of my food coma from last Thanksgiving week, I’m marveling at how everything is determined by tiny steps and tiny choices. I just finished 75Hard – which is an intense 75-day program with so many …
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