How to Create the Perfect Work at Home Mom Schedule That Makes Your Life Work Better

As I transition into becoming a work at home mom, having a schedule that works became extremely important to my success. There are a billion things to do each day. How do I get them all done? And which things should I do first? And in what order? How do I keep myself on task? It is only me here, usually, so do I need a schedule? At first I thought I did not need a schedule. I can do all the things, sure. Nope. That did not work at all. I might be here alone for six hours a […]

Goal Planning Broken Down into the Easiest Steps Ever

When I say I need goal planning to be broken down into the easiest steps possible, I mean that whole-heartedly. I have always loved goal setting and planning, but I’ve had to work on breaking it down into tiny steps as I have gotten older and have so many responsibilities as a parent. I need every cheat sheet in the world. What I want to share today is how I break down a goal into tiny more achievable tasks. What we all need to turn our goals into reality is a solid, doable plan. I spent a large amount of […]

You Gotta Try Out this 7 Day Personal Growth Challenge

If you ever feel like your life needs a change, then you have got to try this whole personal growth challenge thing. I promise it will help you feel way more motivated and even excited. In this post, I am going to tell you all you need to run a successful personal growth challenge of your own that is going to make you feel so accomplished and refreshed. Feeling motivated and excited about my day is something I have spent many, many years struggling with. Most of my adult life, feeling self-disciplined and motivated has been a challenge for me. […]

7 Favorite Things to Do When Life is OverWhelming

Moving this year has me feeling like a hundred layers of overwhelmed. And what do you do when you feel too overwhelmed to do anything at all?? Today I decided that sometimes the answer is to watch a Hallmark movie. Every day has plenty of work to do. Can you ever actually run out of work to do? I don’t think I have run out of work to do in seventeen years. It has to be seventeen years, because that is about how long ago I had my first baby. Is this just me justifying enjoying free time? Oh well, […]

7 Soothing Bible Verses You Need to Know

Some times life is overwhelming, and we all need a little soothing. It reminds me of when we had babies, and the experts would talk about how babies have to learn how to self-soothe. As life goes on, it feels like I keep leveling up on the stress game. Okay, you know how to handle a baby now? Try a toddler. Okay, you survived the toddlers, here are some new and different challenges, uniquely made, just for you. Life can be an epic obstacle course. I mean think about it. If it isn’t a challenge, it is just a boring […]

How We Unpacked Our Whole House in a Week

Guess where we are. We are on the other side of the move, and we basically unpacked our whole house in a week. Most of it was even finished in three or four days. I don’t remember how long it took me to do it on my own last time, but it was way longer than this. Video One Is the Week Before the Move. This was my July 14th update, and it has a few moving tips. If you do not need moving tips and only have time for one video, skip the first one and watch the second […]

The Whole Truth About Moving Stress & Anxiety

This is my whole truth about coping with moving stress. I am not doing an amazing job. No, I am not even doing a good job, not even a decent job. In fact, let’s be real. I am at a fairly low point. Notice I did not title this article “how to handle moving stress.” That was on purpose. I would have no business writing that. Why am I so stressed? I don’t fully know. As a whole, this move, which started out extremely shaky, is going MUCH better now. Finding a house was a nightmare. But that’s done. We […]

How to Have a Successful Personal Monthly Planning Session

This is another one of my FAVORITE new ways I have found this year to truly feel like I am getting my act together: the monthly planning session. I originally called it my monthly meeting with myself. But to sound more sane, we will just say “monthly planning session.” The idea of setting aside time to do a monthly planning session is another tip I learned from vishakablone.com. What do I mean by personal monthly planning session? I’m glad you asked. This is a time during the first week of the month where we plan out the whole month that […]

A New, Fun Life Hack: The Monthly Reflection

This is a new habit I am adding in this year: the end of month reflection. I was surfing Pinterest last week, while I had all that time in bed with covid. Of course, it is Pinterest, so I found tons of cool things and new blogs to read. Side note: Did you know almost all of Pinterest is blog posts? Yep. It’s the number one place to search out blog posts on any topic. When there’s something you need help with, Pinterest and YouTube are the places to be. It’s just important to take all those perfectionist Pinterest images […]