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Consistency makes progress. Intensity makes a good story.

May 28, 2025 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

If your default mode of thinking, doing, and being is all-or-nothing, THIS IS FOR YOU! Black and white, all or nothing, perfectionistic thinking is a big obstacle for so many of us when we are trying to do just about anything. We jump into challenges like 75 Hard where the only thing that counts in […]

Filed Under: Developing Habits, Mental Health Tagged With: all or nothing thinking, black or white thinking, consistency over intensity, how to get organized, how to start exercising

This is What Determines Your Results

May 1, 2025 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

Your actions don’t determine your results. Every day you are presented with circumstances that you can’t control. The weather, your boss, traffic, your spouse, the practice your swim coach came up with, the wait at the doctor’s office, the person in front of you in line at the grocery store, your washing machine breaking, your […]

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You’re Supposed To Be Having Fun, Too

April 25, 2025 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

I used to do a lot of fun stuff. Then I got married and had kids and almost everything I loved doing came to a screeching halt as I prioritized everyone else and what they wanted to do over just about anything I wanted to do. Twenty years, five kids, and one divorce later, this […]

Filed Under: Mental Health, Self Care Tagged With: disc golf, disc golf in CT, making time for fun, setting boundaries

Holiday Ease 2024

November 1, 2024 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

Ever felt like you’re running on empty trying to make everyone else’s holidays magical? Listen… you can absolutely enjoy the holidays and prioritize yourself—both are possible, and you don’t need a PhD in Logistics to make it happen. But, let’s be honest—so often, we get stuck in the same cycle year after year: overcommitting, trying […]

Filed Under: Exercise, Mental Health, Moneysavers Tagged With: simplifying the holidays

Not Your Average FREE Bingo Series

April 30, 2023 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

Tomorrow is May 1st and there’s something about starting a new month on a Monday, right? It’s been a while since I ran a free Bingo series, so I figured now was the perfect time! What’s a Bingo Series? It’s just a fun way to start making sure you spend a little time focusing on yourself […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Mental Health, Self Care Tagged With: focusing on yourself, prioritizing yourself, self-care bingo

I’m Ready

April 7, 2023 by not your average mom 1 Comment

Hey Everyone ❤ (I started writing this as a Facebook post, but it kept getting longer and longer and longer, so I finally just copy and pasted it into a blog post and here we are.) I know I haven’t been around consistenly these last few months. The last few years, really. Also, before anyone […]

Filed Under: Mental Health Tagged With: introspection, owning your behavior, self reflection, taking responsibility for your life

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