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Prepare for Back-to-School Schedules | Reduce Mom Overwhelm Using Cozi
The fall mayhem is stressful for busy moms. A family schedule is the single most important organizing tool to prepare for back-to-school schedules. Finding a way to share the planning role simplifies life and saves time for busy moms. As a busy mom myself, I understand how important a family schedule is for keeping my sanity. I also know that preparing for back-to-school is much more than just getting school supplies. August is always filled with mixed feelings for our family. We want to continue enjoying the relaxed schedule but need to start preparing for the school year. The pending school start brings on preparations so we are ready for back-to-school…
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5 Habits Hurting Career Goals | Make the Decision to Improve Your Career
There are 5 habits hurting career goals and impeding productivity at work. Most people automatically think habits are always bad, but they aren’t. The truth is we have many habits in our life that help us get through the day without suffering from complete brain exhaustion by lunchtime. Habits are powerful routines that the brain loves, but they can be either extremely good or harmful for you. There are many habits we can delve into but that would distract me from the goal of this post (see what I did there? – pun intended). Habits Hurting Career Goals Honestly, there are many more habits I could add to this list…
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Back-to-School Preparation Tips for Parents | Reduce Overwhelm for the Family
Back-to-school preparation tips for parents are more than what school supplies to get and meet the teacher. Finding ways to simplify life for you and your child is essential for a successful school year. Now that you have found ways to not overschedule your family, I thought you might like some of my back-to-school preparation tips for parents. These are the techniques and tools my family uses to help reduce overwhelm during the school year. I’m a working mother of 3 kids and my husband and I found that life could get pretty crazy during the school year. There were years that we had 3 kids in 3 different schools.…
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How to Slow Life Down | Creating a Lifestyle That You Will Love
It is easy to get caught up with the busy life and become overwhelmed with everything that “needs” to get done. It is also easy to live your life doing the same thing day in and day out and find yourself sucked into boredom, potentially leading you to depression. Learning how to slow life down is one way to start living your life again; enjoying life, building strong relationships, and truly be happy. Boredom Depression Overwhelm Anxiety The mind is powerful and when we aren’t enjoying our life, any of these states of mind are very real. When we are in this whirlwind we aren’t living our life fully. Relationships…
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20 Ways to Simplify Life | Clearing The Clutter In Your Mind To Start A Simple Life
You don’t need to uproot the family to simplify your life. There are many ways to simplify life just by clearing the clutter in your mind. When life is busy endless tasks are constantly bombarding us and making it difficult to take small moments to enjoy our life. As a busy working mom myself, I found it difficult to relax long enough to enjoy my family and my life. I was constantly stressed about what needed to get done for the family, the house, work …. the list goes on and on. I found small ways to simplify life for us, and each time I made these changes life got…
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How to Manage Stress | Useful Tools that Reduce Stress & Simplify Life
Living with stress is a delicate balance between it helping productivity and affecting your career, health, and relationships. Truly learning how to manage stress is the only way to maintain a healthy lifestyle. There are many articles that give you ideas for relieving stress symptoms, but relieving the symptoms doesn’t change why the stress is happening. Don’t get me wrong, self-care is important but it is only one main ingredient when learning how to manage stress. It helps relieve the symptoms but when you only practice self-care you are putting a mask over the issue and not resolving it. As an engineer and a mom of three kids, I know…
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How To Simplify Life | Making Small Improvements for Big Impacts In Your Life
There seems to be a misconception that to simplify your life you need to make the big changes like: move the country and start homesteading, sell everything and move into a tiny house, or live in an immaculate home that looks like a magazine cover. If it isn’t about the big lifestyle changes then what is it? Learning how to simplify life is a journey of personal development and small improvements over time. Everyone’s simple life journey is unique. It all starts by sorting through the chaos of your life bit by bit. Sound simple? (I hear you laughing from here…) If life is chaotic at times for you then…
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3 Life Lessons from Old Dominion | Helping Families Know Life Is Good Together
Old Dominion’s song, “No Such Thing As A Broken Heart”, is one of our family favorites. It is not only a catchy tune but there are 3 life lessons from Old Dominion embedded in the lyrics. When you can find a song that helps you parent teens it can be a lifesaver. This song hit the radio waves when we had a teen recovering from a heartbreak. It was the perfect way to engage in a conversation to help him through it and open up conversations with our other kids. As busy parents sometimes we are overwhelmed with life and it can be hard to notice the little signs that…
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Where is Happiness? | Finding Inspiration When Life is Hard
Where is happiness when life sucks? Looking for inspiration during challenging times is comforting. Being reminded of what happiness is during low periods of your journey can lift you up and bring clarity and focus. When life is busy and throwing you curve balls, dark clouds can often overshadow your journey in life. It is during those tough times that I look for inspiration. It isn’t always easy opening yourself to others, and sometimes you might be surrounded by a lot of negativity or stress. Finding ways to bring positive influence in your life will help bring clarity to what matters most for you, and renewed focus for achieving your…
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Imperfection is Beauty in Relationships | How To Build Strong Relationships
It’s Canada Day and it is a tradition now for me to post this picture on my social media. The maple leaf is a symbol of Canada, but in this picture, it is imperfect and torn, yet still beautiful. In many ways, this picture represents relationships with family and friends. Learning how to build strong relationships has more to do with accepting imperfection to find the beauty within each other. There is so much hate on social media and the news. People always quick to judge others. Are we bringing that mentality into our personal relationships too? It was this very reason that I try to shield myself from negativity…
