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All About Goal-setting and Achieving
Why Goal-setting and Achieving? Primarily, my intent with this blog is to create many series of posts that are focused around different goals. Each initial post will explain what the goal is, why I am working towards it, and how I intend to achieve my goal. I also want to share general goal-related tips with…
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Two Scars
This is the crook of my right arm. Every time I look at it I see my two scars. The one on the left is from a burn I got in a car accident in 2014. My sleeve caught fire and gave me a severe second-degree burn about the size of a baseball card. The…
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How I Accomplish My Goals
The New Year is quickly approaching and with that comes New Year’s Resolutions! I know that for me the idea of 2021 holds a lot of potential and excitement! Every new year does! I love the idea of evaluating what I want to change or alter to improve in my life. Here’s the way I…
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Suffering: Good or Bad?
This week I was listening to The 5AM Club by Robin Sharma and one part talked about Nelson Mandela and other great movers in the world. This part of the book really caught my attention: “All the best men and women of the world have one thing in common: extreme suffering. And each of them…
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“It’s not my fault!” Wait. Yes It Is, and I’m Going to Learn Something!
When I started this challenge I thought, “I’m going to be perfect at this! I’m setting myself up for success by having accountability every week. I’m going to get something finished every single day and it’s going to be perfect! We’ll have the house ready to sell before you know it and everything will look…
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Overcoming What’s Comfortable
Week three is complete! As I think back on what I’ve worked on over the past three weeks it doesn’t feel like much until I start looking at my list. Then I’m able to see how much I’ve accomplished! And it’s amazing! I’ve finished so many things I’d been putting off for so long! I’m…
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Small Steps Create Big Results
Report for Week 2 Day 8: 11/5/2020 I caulked the gaps on my back porch. We have an enclosed back porch that’s convenient because it keeps things dry and protected from the sun, but it’s not insulated so it gets very warm in the summer and very cold in the winter. There are a lot…
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Completing Feels GOOD!!!
Report for Week 1: If you missed last week’s post, go check it out to get a better understanding of my objectives here! Day 1: 10/29/20 I planted paving stones to line my front flower beds! Paving Stones Cost: I bought the pavers over four years ago at Home Depot, but I don’t know how…
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Master of Procrastination to Queen of Completion
Master of Procrastination It’s a title I’ve given myself for a LONG time. I remember putting off a project in my eighth grade honors English class. It was a Tom Sawyer report and I put it off day after day until it was the day before the assignment was due. I remember going to the…
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Procrastination List: House Edition
Outside ⬜Finish the trim outside-Front Windows ⬜ Finish the trim outside – Front Eaves ⬜ Finish the trim outside – Right Eaves ⬜ Finish the trim outside – Right Base ⬜ Finish the trim outside – Left Eaves ⬜ Finish the trim outside – Left Base ⬜ Finish the trim outside – Back Eaves ⬜…