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Doing the Thing Now Is Changing My Life

October 27, 2025

I’m going to bed with a clean kitchen for the 28th day in a row tonight. 4 weeks. That might not sound like a big deal, but for me, it’s huge. I have never EVER done this. NEVERRRRRRRRRRRRR. My default brain setting is “do it later.” It’s not because I’m a lazy person. I’ve run

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Starting the College Swim Recruiting Process Late? Here’s Why It’s Not Too Late

October 18, 2025

Three years ago, I was less than two years into my divorce, navigating life as a single mom, and struggling just to survive. Kristofer was a senior in high school. He wanted to swim in college. When he started his senior year, we hadn’t started the college swim recruiting process and we hadn’t visited any

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Easy, No Tools Required, Window Shelves

October 12, 2025

I have a dream of living on a homestead, growing most of my own food, and having lots of animals. But right now I live in a condo with no private yard and a 1 dog/1 cat animal limit, so I need to start really small. I have been wanting to start an indoor herb

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99 Days

October 10, 2025

I quit drinking on July 3, 2017. Over eight years ago. But I haven’t been totally sober since then. Over the last five years I started smoking weed on and off. In the last two years the off parts started getting shorter and the on parts started getting longer. I have a hard time with

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The Less I Do, The Fuller My Life Becomes

October 8, 2025

For as long as I’ve been a parent, I’ve taken on too much – way too many expectations, obligations and responsibilities. I’ve compared myself to what other people are capable of doing (or what they appear to be capable of doing). I’ve compared myself to families with one or two kids, families with significantly more

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The Curveball Is Coming

October 6, 2025

Last Tuesday I managed to meal prep for the week, get dinner ready before I left for practice at 2 pm, and go to bed with an empty sink and a clean kitchen. This was a major accomplishment for me, and I was super proud of myself. I wrote a post on Facebook to celebrate

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