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 […]
Lessons I've Learned
They’ll Do It When They Are Ready
Most of you know I was serious swimmer all the way through college, and then after college I started coaching swimming. Actually, I started coaching in the summers at a country club while I was still in college. And over the past 30 years I’ve coached in some capacity at some level. I’ve been an […]
Are Your Rules Still Serving You?
Sometimes you start doing something with a specific goal in mind, and then you end up going in a totally different direction. Sometimes you have an idea and you set a goal for yourself and you work your ass off, and then in the process of working your ass off, the idea you had kind […]
More Lessons From Number 4
Number 4 still FaceTimes me just about every day. But now that school is busier and swim practices have started and she’s made lots of friends, we are down to one FaceTime a day. Somtimes she calls in the morning when she’s getting ready for school. Sometimes she calls in between classes. Sometimes she calls […]
I CAN TOTALLY DO THIS
Today was hard. Really hard. Like I-don’t-think-I-can-do-this hard. Run away hard. Numb-yourself-with-food hard. Snap-at-your-kids-and-project-your-anger/frustration/worries/fears onto them hard. Doubting yourself hard. Questioning everything hard. Complete-and-total-overwhelm hard. Fetal-position hard. When things kind of came to a boiling point, I had a minor panic attack. Okay, I had a major panic attack. I allowed myself to completely flounder […]
NO MORE STUFF
It’s Number 7’s ninth birthday today. Since she’s being homeschooled right now, one of her gifts was to not have any school today and have fun with Number 6 (who is also being homeschooled). For one of her birthday presents, Number 7 wanted me to take her to Walmart and pick out a present for […]