LIFESTYLE
Posts that look at lifestyle issues.
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Learn How to Make Mistakes
This is an additional post about the steps to trusting yourself. One post covered ways to learn from others and another considered the reasons why you may not trust yourself. Mistakes play a role in that process as well. One reason why you don’t trust yourself is you are afraid to make mistakes. It’s a common situation for many people. However, it could be holding you back in your success. When you learn how to make mistakes, you will have taken a significant step towards better trusting yourself. Post-Mortem Evaluations of Errors You may have heard people say that nobody is perfect. You should make it a rule to live…
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Why Don’t You Trust Yourself?
A previous post on this blog looked at Trusting Yourself and using tips from others to get there. And that’s a good start. But as part of learning to trust yourself, you need to understand WHY you don’t trust yourself… Many people don’t trust themselves for one reason or another. Knowing the cause can help you break the issue down and begin to change. Once you discover the problem, you will be well on your way to learning how to trust yourself. Kids’ Stuff Start with your childhood. No, this doesn’t mean you have to spill your guts to a shrink lying on a couch. However, if you think back…
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Quick Tips for “Social” Social Media
Social media has invaded everyone’s lives. People are willing to share many aspects of their lives on social media, from cute pictures of their cats, to what they had for breakfast. While not everyone appreciates these constant updates, when used correctly, social media can be a great way to show the world all the small things that you appreciate. Group Boards Pinterest is a big search engine. If you have never used Pinterest before, start setting up boards about your favorite items. It could be songs of your favorite bands. If you have great recipes that you have tried in your past, create a board for that. You can even…
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What Is Functional Fitness?
Happy Friday! If you have been reading my blog for any amount of time, you may remember that I like to post about different forms of exercise. One, I find them interesting and two, sometimes I learn something and might add an exercise style to the list of things I want to try one day. So what’s the exercise today? Let’s Get Functional Functional training, also referred to as functional exercise, is any workout that adapts or develops exercises that allow individuals to perform activities of everyday life more easily and without risk of injury. The truth is that just because you can lift heavy weights at the gym and…
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Is Self-Care Eluding You?
Today is a big day! Last year, on this day, I published my first post! It’s been a busy year! I celebrated the first anniversary of my kidney transplant so I had a lot of doctors’ appointments and blood work. My mother passed away and my father has moved in with us (he’s having surgery today so please send up a prayer!). My husband has also started a work project that means he is out of town most of the time! Then 2 teenagers — one with special needs — I am happy to still be standing! All of this along with a new blog! It has been a new…
