If you know anything about an iceberg, then you know the part that you see above the water is just a small fraction of it. The majority of the iceberg is underwater. Hence the saying, the tip of the iceberg. This is especially true with your kids. If they are demonstrating a certain behavior that […]
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21 days to establish a new habit, right? WRONG!
We’ve all seen that quote — So that’s just three weeks. Right? Wrong! WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!!! That quote — the one that says it takes 21 days to form a new habit — is actually kind of a misquote. A quote that has mutated. Back in the 1950’s, a plastic surgeon named Maxwell Maltz noticed a […]
Sometimes you are the role model for your kids. Other times, they are the role model for you.
I have spent the past few months feeling like this panda. I haven’t completely stopped exercising or anything, but I also haven’t been training for any marathons or races, I’m coming out of a fairly significant bout of depression, and I’ve dealt with that and the stress of other stuff by eating. And eating. And […]
So let it be written.
I don’t have extravagant tastes. I’m not super concerned with keeping up with the Joneses or having the best of everything. I mean, I went to school to be a teacher, after all. But you know what? I’m sick and tired of worrying about money. Constantly. It’s fucking exhausting. And it’s not fun. And, well, […]
The greatest glory lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Yesterday I was exhausted. Worse than usual. I woke up thinking that maybe I should throw in the Lose to Win towel. Every single part of my body is sore. My house is a shithole. And I feel like I am missing out on time with my kids. But I managed to drag my ass […]