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Hard Work Paying Off
This morning, I got a notification from my business Facebook account that I earned a spot in the top 3% of rising creators this week. I know it’s something little, but it really helped me to feel like the work… Continue reading
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Polar Vortex Day at Home
Today was so cold. The whole family just made themselves comfortable in the house. The youngest made cupcakes for a friend’s birthday. I made two batches of chex mix and started a painting to replace the winter one on the… Continue reading
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Goal Check In
My goals for January are to post every day on my social media and to write a blog post every day. I have one day where I missed posting anything on my social media, and one where I didn’t write… Continue reading
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Delivery Driving
With all the crap that has been thrown at my family in the last few months, I needed to find a way to make money that wouldn’t mess with the kids’ schedules. I decided to start doing deliveries. I can… Continue reading
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Komodo Dragons
I absolutely love lizards, especially monitor lizards. But my favorite is the Komodo Dragon. They are found on Komodo Island and a few neighboring islands of the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia. Although they reproduce through normal sexual reproduction, it… Continue reading
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Are You a Rule Follower?
I will be honest and say that I am not always a rule follower. In fact, I have a pretty difficult time following the speed limit, when not in a residential neighborhood. But business rules exist for a reason. Oftentimes,… Continue reading
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Respect
I sometimes wonder what happened to respect. I’m a big believer in giving respect to get respect. But I also believe that you give respect until given a reason not to. I tend to be a floor mat. I let… Continue reading
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Motivation and Goals
I jump into new projects with so much enthusiasm. I spend a few days or weeks super excited and ambitious. Unfortunately, that rarely lasts. Then I have these projects that I want nothing to do with anymore. That I have no… Continue reading
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Reading Trackers
In 2023 I set a goal to read 555 books. I didn’t make it. I read 391 books. Now, I know that part of that is because the books I read average out at about 312 pages, but in 2023… Continue reading
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Storage Unit
When my oldest was just over one, we lost our house. So we moved in with my in-laws. It was supposed to be for a year or two, while we saved some money and got back on stable ground. Because… Continue reading
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