A Weird Soul
You can read my other posts about the Abundant life here and here. But today I wanted to talk a little more between the difference between AN abundant life and THE Abundant Life. I think AN abundant life is possible for everyone but THE abundant life is something totally different. But let’s start with AN. …
I used to be really good at keeping a Journal. I’d write my dreams every morning, and any time I was having a lot of feelings, I’d write those down too. It was great because I was journaling my journey to becoming the better me with The Abundant Life. But, over the past couple of …
So one of the best things I think any parent can do is help kids verbalize their emotions. Each time we get kids in our home, we focus on feeling words. Books are obviously a great way to do that and these helped our kids a ton. Here are 6 children’s feeling books that both …
The organization is a big part of living a focused life. As much as I would love to float through life and do whatever I feel like at the moment, I also don’t want my life to end up being pointless. So I have to plan and be organized. Some days it’s more complicated than …
Self-care is all the rage right now, and I don’t see that as a bad thing. Anything that is done in excess can be bad, but usually, something becomes a focus because it was ignored for too long. I struggle with self-care. Not necessarily because of the typical issues like time and money, but because …
So this year, rather than make a couple of goals or set resolutions, I decided to try something new. I went through every list of habits, productivity, projects, to-dos, and anything else that has been a thought in my head, and made one master list. This list is probably bigger than one year’s worth of …
“I don’t know how you do that” is a common sentiment that most foster parents hear through their time fostering. It’s usually followed with I couldn’t do that, I’d get too attached. The not-so-secret secret is: so do we. We get too attached. Our hearts break for our kids. And yes, they will always be …
One of the most important things you can do for abundant life is set your priorities. If you don’t decide what’s important to you, the world will decide. So one of the things that can be helpful to do from time to time is set a weekly time block. Basically what you do, is write …
Declutter Day is how I take care of the clutter that just creeps into my house. With 3 kids here plus my house being the babysitting house, it just sneaks up on you over time. And unless you’re the best of the best, your house probably gets a little cluttered from time to time too. …
So part of having an abundant life is making sure you have time to live your abundant life. This means it’s time to get your calendar under control, because if you don’t control your calendar it will control you, and no one wants to feel out of control. So first of all you need to …