First, I am working testing out my reaction to various foods as part of the elimination diet. Background info for those who haven't been tracking, I took a food sensitivity test in 2020 and I just finished 4 weeks without those foods I tested as being reactive to. Last week, I tested my sensitivity to garlic. Thank GOD! I didn't have a reaction. This w…
Read more"John Spencer Smith, 1769-1845" by Provenance Online Project CC0 1.0 If you are feeling lost, finding it difficult to find traction in your life, or struggling to create your goals for this year, try this exercise. Heck, do it as a time capsule thing for no other reason than doing it. Write a letter about how you've improved your life from your b…
Read moreIn Less Is Now , the Minimalist end with a challenge to reduce items every day for the month of January. Reduce 1 on the 1st, 2 on the 2nd.... 31 items on the 31st. I thoroughly enjoyed this challenge until the last week. One note is that I tried to keep this challenge to just my items. I would have had to reduce items that I love, use, or need if I had truly…
Read moreToday can be your Day 1. Day 1 of push-ups. Day 1 of meditation. Day 1 of green smoothies. Day 1 of living with less. Day 1 of positive self-talk. Day 1 of moving your body. Day 1 of enriching your mind. Day 1 of sobriety. Day 1 of self-prioritization. What's your Day 1 going to be?
Read moreThe single most important thing you can possess when turning goals into reality is consistency. It's not perfection. It's not luck. It's having the strength and courage to show up over and over again. The balls to get up over and over again. Baby steps when needed and giant leaps when the energy is there. That's all. Progress over perfection.…
Read more"Morning stretch" by Lottie's pets & stuff is licensed under CC0 1.0 As you consider new goals, either for 2021, the week, the month, etc... consider turning them into stretch goals. Stretch goals are to stretch you. Not necessarily achievable. How can you tell if it's a stretch goal? Can you currently map out how to achieve the goal?…
Read moreI have gone off the rails with my spending and feeling like "we deserve" and "everyone else" and every other excuse possible. As with all things, I needed a reminder of my main goal to be out of consumer debt people over things I thrive with less So to kickstart things, just like I did with the carnivore diet, I just completed a 1 week chal…
Read more"File:Africa-animal-big-carnivore-87410.jpeg" by Petr Kratochvil is licensed under CC0 1.0 < said in a booming voice > I declare 2021 as the year of challenges! < crowd responds in a southern belle voice while grasping chest > why I do declare! hahaha. So my first challenge of the year, for the 2nd week, was to eat only meat for a week. …
Read more"File:PCD-Containerbrand.jpg" by Abutoum is licensed under CC0 1.0 2021 will be just as shitty as 2020 for you. You are still you. 2021 will be just as awesome as 2020 for you. You are still you. 👏👏
Read moreMinimalism has been a passion and battle of mine for long while now. I find it one of the most challenging aspects of myself. I go from overwhelmed from too many clothes, too many options, to a nice, easy wardrobe in which I eventually buy more in my desire to own in all. It's an ongoing battle with myself. I am MUCH better than I was before, but it affects dif…
Read more"2nd Brigade 2018 Ranger Challenge" by U.S. Army ROTC is licensed under CC PDM 1.0 I am enamored with weeks. Weeks. Bizarre, I know. I love counting down. Dividing things into bite sized chunks. This year, I am focusing on weeks. We get 52 of them. Well, 51 when this is published. How will you spend your 52 weeks? One of the things I truly enjo…
Read moreWe have been neck deep in planning for 2021 and wanted to share the planner we selected for this year as well as ones we have used in the past. Let me know if you would like more information on any particular planner or journal! This year we are working with the Clever Fox planner: I chose this one as it is an A5 size and I liked the deluxe stickers, lol. Yes, …
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