Category: Focused Simplicity
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Save Time
Want more time in your day? Here is how you get it. Reclaim all the minutes you are wasting doing things that are not helpful to you or someone else. Stop telling that child over and over and over again to do that thing. They aren’t listening. Show them how to do it. Stop giving…
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Ever Have You Ever
Have you ever been so completely exhausted that even after a good sleep you are still tired? Me too! Sometimes I can attribute my exhaustion to my own bad decisions. In that case it is all my fault. Sometimes I am just plain tired and I need to snuggle my puppy or my husband. Other…
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Just Chuck It
There are those days when you just have to toss your hands up and be done. Sometimes you have to chuck whatever it is in the bucket and move on. I know you don’t want to hear this, but hear it anyway. Not everything or every one is meant for you. Not everyone will like…
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But why?
I hate waiting. I know hate is a strong word. My detestation of waiting validates the word choice. I have very little patience. Why does it seem that good things always take so long to happen and bad things are spontaneous? Slow: Nice cozy fire for snuggling in front of. Spontaneous: fireworks that terrify my…
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Fake It Until It Happens
There is a story. It’s source lost in time. It goes like this. One day all villagers decided to pray for rain. On the day of prayer all the people gathered, however only one boy came with an umbrella. He had faith. Now we can’t all be like that boy. Sometimes situations make us doubt.…
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Give Me a Break
Last time I checked I was a human being. I am not perfect. It was not me who walked on water. Why then do I expect things to be prefect for me? I am not perfect therefore my life is not perfect. We are perfect in our imperfection.~ Megan Mccafferty I make mistakes. I eat…
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Adventure is a Requirement
Life is hard. It will knock you down and spit in your face. You must be ready for anything. How do you make that happen? Make a conscience decision to put adventure in your life. Find challenges that stretch your mind. Bring the sense of wonder back to your day to day routine. Take control…
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Where You Are is Just Fine
There will be bad days and that is okay. Allow yourself to feel whatever you are feeling. I tell my family all the time, everyone is entitled to their feelings. Yes even the bad ones. Anger, gulit, sadness, frustration are all valid. What you are not allowed to do is set up camp and stay…
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Be Different
It is better to be different than to be like everyone else. Seems to me the new trend is to be differently the same. All over social media people suffer the same aliments and post about it repeatedly. When did having anxiety become a social norm? Wait….Before you go all crazy, look, I know that…
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Where Are You Headed?
There is only one way to live your life and that is your way. No one can tell you what to feel, what to think or what to believe. You have to decide that for yourself. No one can motivate you or teach you initiative. You have to motivate yourself to be better, to be…
Brendan & Lori O'Gara 