Revisiting slow as my word of the year is something I had planned to do mid-year. It is usually a good evaluation point for me. How is that word guiding my year? Was it the right choice? Do I need to make adjustments? I have been choosing a guiding word for about a decade now. It always seems to come to me around Thanksgiving or the beginning of December, what I want my new word to be. … [Read more...] about Revisiting Slow: My Word of the Year
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How to Plan in the Midst of Uncertainty
How to plan in the midst of uncertainty seems a little difficult, doesn't it? You don't know what is coming, so how do you plan for it. Today, I am going to talk to you about how to plan in the midst of uncertainty and how to not struggle with the unknown. If you have been here for any length of time, you know that I am a planner. The past year has been complete uncertainty for me. It … [Read more...] about How to Plan in the Midst of Uncertainty
The Girls Goal Planner – Cultivate What Matters
Goal-setting is one of those things that has come to the forefront of my everyday. I love to be able to sit down and flesh out my goals, and more importantly, the why behind those goals. You can imagine how excited I was to hear about the brand new Girls Goal Planner from Cultivate What Matters. I have been using the tools that Lara and her team over at Cultivate What Matters, makes for many … [Read more...] about The Girls Goal Planner – Cultivate What Matters
Uncertain Times: How to Cope and Move Forward
Living through uncertain times is a challenge for all of us. This past fall and into this new year all I have been thinking about is slowing down. How can we, as a family, get to a place where we aren't rushing to another activity, or feeling stressed to make things happen that aren't important to me. And then something happened. We were all forced to slow down during these uncertain … [Read more...] about Uncertain Times: How to Cope and Move Forward
How to Reassess Goals after Big Life Changes
Don’t forget to scroll to the bottom for an amazing goal planning giveaway for you! Goal planning is one of my favorite things. I tend to work on it two different times of the year, the start of a new year and then the start of a new school year. But, what happens when life throws you a curveball and you have to start all over? This year I tried to wait as long as possible to … [Read more...] about How to Reassess Goals after Big Life Changes
2020 Goals – When Plans go Awry
The one thing about goal planning that you cannot seem to plan for is when your situation changes. How do you continue on with your goals when your life takes an unexpected turn? That is what we will be exploring today. Why A Year of Slow? For all of my goal planning prior to the start of the year, I felt in my bones that this would be my year of slow. And while I can joke about how … [Read more...] about 2020 Goals – When Plans go Awry