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The Last Trip To DC

May 18, 2025

We have officially closed another chapter. Marit’s 8th grade trip to DC was last week. There were lots of parents walking their kids to the busses when they dropped them off at the middle school at 6 am. Not me. I pulled up to the sidewalk, Marit got out of the car and grabbed her

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Trick Your Brain Into Liking It

May 17, 2025

The primitive part of your brain doesn’t like change.It likes comfort. Familiarity. The path of least resistance. If you want to stick with a new habit, you’ve gotta use the evolved part of your brain to trick itself a little by making that habit look really, really good. The more attractive it is, the more

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Tiny Rewards, Big Results

May 16, 2025

We like results. We like progress we can see. If we are making ourselves uncomfortable and doing hard things, we at least want something to show for it. When you’re saving money, you can see the balance grow or watch a jar fill up. It’s visual and we can actually see our progress. This makes

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Start With One Minute

May 15, 2025

Most of us set ourselves up to fail before we even start to develop new habits or make changes because we start too big. We are so focused on the result we want – lose 20 pounds, run a half marathon, declutter the house, finish a book a week – and we forget that results

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If You Can’t See It, You Probably Won’t Do It: Make It Obvious

May 14, 2025

If you have to remember to do your habit, it’s already too hard. Want a new behavior/action/task to become automatic? Start by making it impossible to miss; make sure your environment isn’t working against you. When you’re working on a new habit, Make it Obvious. Put your water bottle where you’ll trip over it.Leave your

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The Sneaky Trick That Makes Habits Stick

May 13, 2025

Between work, kids, laundry, and 250 new emails a day, it can feel impossible to find time for anything new, especially the new habits we can’t seem to make happen – drinking more water, stretching, strength training, organization, wathever. But there’s a way to make new habits feel doable – even on your craziest, busiest

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