Changing my life … one habit at a time

Happy Birthday Boobaloo!

I define self-control, in the beginning of life, as the choice of achieving what I really want by doing things I really don’t want to do. Once this becomes a habit, discipline becomes the choice of achieving what I really want by doing the very things I now want to do! I really believe that a disciplined life becomes a joy–but only after we have worked hard to practice it.–John Maxwell   I...

Saturday, February 20th … So, How’d I Do?

Last week I realized that, while I had done quite well on setting and keeping two new habits every week towards achieving my goals, there were a few that were iffy.   One that I hadn’t maintained consistently was to write every day for 15 minutes. So, to address that, instead of adding a new habit this past week, I changed that habit to “Blog posting every day.”   I’m psyched to tell...

Mommy, Do Angels Sleep?

When my youngest daughter was three years old her great grandmother died.  I traveled to from Philadelphia to Michigan for the funeral and it was the first time I’d ever been away from Abbey overnight.  Because, in many respects, as a victim of Alzheimer’s, my grandmother had been gone for several years prior to her death, the funeral was a wonderful celebration of the life of a gracious, charming...

Break Away From Old Ideas

Today was such a busy day that I’m just posting an article from one of my favorite motivational guides, Brian Tracy.   By Brian Tracy December 30, 2008 Excerpt From:  Personal Success Highly creative people tend to have fluid, flexible, adaptive minds. Here are three statements that creative people can make easily and which you learn by regular practice.   Admit It When You Are Wrong The first is...

My Goals for 2009

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. ~ Woodrow Wilson   I have always loved Tony Robins’ Goal Setting Workshop from his Get the Edge Workshop.  Tony encourages you to begin your “Massive Action Plan” by writing down everything that you want to accomplish in your life.  So,...
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