If you asked me what the number one most important quality for a person to possess in order to be wildly successful in any area of life, I wouldn’t say it was book smarts. I wouldn’t say it was discipline. I wouldn’t say it’s attention to detail. I wouldn’t even say it’s focus. Those are
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A Different Kind Of Thanksgiving
When I was a kid we had these huge Thanksgivings at my great grandmother’s house. They were awesome. My grandmother and her sisters and my aunts and uncles and cousins were there and my great grandma would sit on the couch watching Lawrence Welk while my Gma and aunts cooked Thanksgiving dinner. And then we’d
Homeschool Today
Number 6 and 7 are being homeschooled until school returns to normal. Sometimes homeschool is structured. We practice math facts and learn new math concepts (in the new ways and the old ways), we do worksheets and practice map skills and read and write. We also practice cursive just about daily because after watching Number
This Could Be A Gift
One of the biggest gifts to come out of the pandemic is the ways in which my life has been simplified. It has put a big spotlight on how crazy life was before March. And it’s helped me figure out what is really most important to me. We are 9 days away from Thanksgiving (in
Seven Down, Ninety-Three To Go
Last week I wrote this post about how I have developed some really horrible sleep habits over the last 15 years and how my sleep hygiene is terrible and how I am addicted to watching my iPad in bed in order to get to sleep and how this routine is preventing me from getting a
50,000 Opportunities
Did you know we average like 50,000 thoughts a day? That’s more than 2000 thoughts an hour. And experts estimate that 70% of these thoughts are negative. That’s a lot of f*%$ing negative thoughts! The good thing about this is that you get to choose what thoughts you believe. Let’s say someone who has never