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Affirmation Day 279

Why You Must Celebrate Others' Success 6 Reasons to Celebrate Other People’s Success 5 Ways To Stop Resenting Other People's Success

Affirmation Day 224

5 Reasons to Clear the Clutter Out of Your Life 12 Steps to Clear the (Mental and Physical) Clutter From Your Life Clearing the Clutter It’s Time for some Emotional Decluttering 12 Surprising Ways Clutter Is Ruining Your Life

Affirmation Day 201

5 Reasons Why Having Persistence Pays Off Does persistence really pay on the job? James Dyson: How Persistence Leads to Success

Affirmation Day 156

20 Definitions Of Success You Should Never Ignore The First Step Toward Success Is Defining Success For Yourself Your Personal Definition of Success – What Motivates You Each Day? What does Personal Success Mean to You – The Ultimate Guide

Affirmation Day 119

Create a Daily Plan to Work More Efficiently How To Follow Through On Your Plans Right Now 7 Ways to Make Yourself Follow Through Why You Aren’t Following Through On Your Plans And Goals

For Sunday, April 14: What happens when you are the Mommy but you need your Mommy?!

When you find yourself locked in the bathroom, sobbing on the floor because you've just had enough, that does not mean you have failed as a mother.  Being a mother is hard.  That is not failure. That is fact.  Remind yourself of that.   Unknown Can I get a witness?  If you are a Mom you may have found yourself in a similar position at some point.  I know I have.  Usually I'm not curled up on the bathroom floor (I have issues with that) but usually I am curled up figuratively and I am sobbing at the most inopportune times.  Like in front of people, while driving, in the shower (the best place as far as I'm concerned), in the middle of a sentence, etc.  You get the picture and maybe you have your own inopportune time story. Sometimes the fear I get from parenting in today's world threatens to completely overtake me.  It's tough and I'm not sure I have the energy for it.  Scratch that.  I'm not sure I have the confid...

Getting set up for success

Fair isn't everybody getting the same thing, fair is everybody getting what they need in order to be successful.   Unknown Yep.  Let me say that again, yep.  I'm just like everyone else, I want things to be fair - for me and for others.  But that isn't the way things work and truthfully fair in the sense of everyone getting the same thing isn't for the best.  It's not the best for people, work places, parenting, pretty much anywhere. For example, in parenting.  At first Lanny and I started off doing the same thing for both girls.  If the oldest got a privilege then the youngest got the same one.  Over time we've seen that perhaps that isn't the best - in fact we have seen it isn't for the best!  They are two very different girls with very different personalities, needs, giftings, etc.  So what we do for one, to set her up for success, isn't necessarily best for the other, for her success.  Right?  Put that way you ...