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The Importance of Gratitude
Hello! Are you starting to gear up for the holiday season? I haven’t yet – as part of the season, I am driving to my hometown to work on selling my parents’ house. Since it is not the ideal use of my time, I’m not completely happy about the turn of events. Therefore, I am the perfect person to pay attention to the topic today. Gratitude! While I don’t want to drive 12 hours to another state, I’m grateful that I can spend time with my father. I’m grateful to be able to visit my family in the state. See I found things to make the ride better! It helps!…
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Self-Analysis: Scary but Good for You
[disclosure] Happy Friday! Happy November! I hope everyone survived Halloween and are quietly plowing into their candy stashes. LOL Here it stormed for most of the day on Halloween. I decided not to buy my typical bounty of candy this year because: last year, no one came, and we still have candy from last year –no one is eating it! and the weather was questionable – who would be out and about? Surprise! The kids started knocking before it got dark! It had stopped raining… I panicked! Each kid only got one piece of candy. I couldn’t allow myself to run out! I anxiously monitored my rapidly dwindling bowl…
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Grab a Pen: Journaling Prompts for Everyone
[disclosure] Happy Day before Halloween! Over the past month, I have touched on several topics in journaling. There are so many different types of journals and specific niches that we could discuss! It’s a rapidly growing area, and I will revisit the topic pretty regularly moving forward – for good reason! I am so into this topic that I plan to design a few journals myself! I will keep you up to date on my progress. On to today’s topic… The habit of writing in a journal every day or a few times each week can be fun and helps you manage emotions and stress. This is as true…
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Who are the Most Important People in Your Life?
[disclosure] Happy Friday! Tomorrow is our 17th wedding anniversary! We got married in Atlanta — don’t we look young and fresh before children? LOL– Just kidding, children! Thomas and I are doing some low-key celebrating Saturday afternoon and evening. I have been pretty busy so I haven’t spent a lot of time planning anything so my husband came up with some cool things in Houston to visit. We haven’t seen a lot of Houston so it should be fun. Thinking about our 17 years together made me think about relationships — this is definitely the longest one I have ever been in other than with family. There are so many…
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Journaling Tips: The Mindfulness Journal
[disclosure] Mindfulness. This has become a very commonly-used word these days. Mindful living, mindful eating … Are there other ways you can incorporate this philosophy into your life? Mindfulness is a complete body, mind, and spiritual practice. Through meditation and contemplation, you begin to remove negative energy from your life. You also begin to see what is triggering you and how your body reacts. One way to manage this is with a mindfulness journal. Here we look at how to create a mindfulness journal and how to effectively use it every day. The Set-Up A mindfulness journal resembles what most would call a devotional journal. In many cases, people use…
