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Celebrate when You Realize Your Dreams

We single parents have a tendency to be rather focused folks. Add to that how we may be striving for some pretty challenging dreams AND the possibility that we might have high expectations and be somewhat hard on ourselves and we may forget to celebrate and acknowledge our accomplishments along the path of life. We need those celebrations, however, and we need to model for our children how to take a break and celebrate when we reach our goals. I have a confession to make, when I finally got my bachelor’s degree as a single parent, it was barely a … Continue reading →

Losing Steam

We talk often here in the home business blog about finding ways to stay motivated and keep up the energy level and focus when it comes to operating a home business. For most of us, this is a genuine concern and something we truly wrestle with. I know there must be people out there who seldom lag or slack, but I haven’t met them yet! As for myself, I am learning that I can only sustain things for so long and then I just lose steam. It doesn’t do me any good to berate or kick myself for the ebb … Continue reading →

Losing Sight of Your Vision

Perhaps you have been at this home business endeavor for a while–you started out with great focus and idealism and now you are just holding it together and wrestling with all the details on a daily basis. Have you lost sight of your vision? Have you forgotten what you wanted to accomplish when you started your home business? Are you having a hard time staying motivated since you’ve lost the “zest” or spark that makes you want to get up and get to work in the morning? First of all, there is no reason to get down on yourself–it happens … Continue reading →

Weight Loss Blog Week in Review July 16 through July 22

This past week has been exciting in the weight loss as I’ve personally declared war on nonsense diets. To lose weight the equation is simple: eat less + move more = weight loss. Join me in my Mission Impossible series as I chronicle my weight loss journey to show everyone that it is not necessary to starve yourself in order to lose weight! July 16 Mission Possible: My Confession This is the first in the mission possible series and I confess that I need to lose weight. But I am determined to prove that you do not need a fad … Continue reading →

From Ho, Ho, Ho to Oh, No, No!

Shopping with young children can be an extremely stressful ordeal. That goes double if you are trying to get through your list during the holiday season when the crowds are anything but merry and bright, and your inner Scrooge is out in full force. With Christmas chaos well underway, I am not the least bit surprised one dad lost it last week. And by “it” I mean his 6-month-old son. And by “lost” I mean forgot. If the drama of the holiday season has you feeling as though you are losing your mind, take heart. When you learn what the … Continue reading →

Home Month in Review: November 2008

Is your home ready for the holidays and winter? Now that November is over, it is time to gear up for the December ahead. Take a look at last months articles and see if there is anything you missed! November 1st Home Blog Month in Review: October As I sit here looking out my window at the backyard, the birds are hovering in the pine tree against a strong wind and steady rain. The temperature is chilly today, and the calendar reminds me that we have left October behind. November 2nd Fall and Holiday Decorating with Nature 2 Isn’t it … Continue reading →

Are There Things You Haven’t Tried Yet?

Have you really tried everything you can think of to make your business a success? I know that while I have been working on my business for nearly three years, there are definitely things I haven’t tried. Partly because I haven’t figured exactly out how yet, and am lacking confidence; others because I haven’t been able to find the time; and I know there are plenty of ideas and projects out there that I don’t even know about yet! We can get downtrodden and exasperated, feeling like we have tried everything and are still struggling. The truth is, however, we … Continue reading →

Enjoy Being an Individual

One of the great things that happens on a personal level when we embark on operating our own home business is that we move away from the pack–we start to live a more individualized life and stand out on our own. This can be scary, of course, and feel incredibly foreign if we are used to working a traditional job and being “ordinary.” But, I do think we can celebrate this unique path and learn how to enjoy being an individual doing things our way! There are going to be those who think your independence and home business endeavors are … Continue reading →

Giving Some Weight to How We Think About Weight Loss

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I talked about apathy the other day and I got a great response from Fit4Life on the subject of why it’s hard to write about weight loss motivators. Hats off to you for providing such great insight to the topic. A lot of us don’t necessarily know what is motivating our weight loss. It may be that we’ve experienced a health issue or bad diagnosis. Maybe we tried on those jeans we used to be able to wear and we can’t snap the button anymore. It could be we just don’t like what we see in the mirror or we’re … Continue reading →