Meditation and dog training. It seems like one of those weird combination flavors that you see out in the world, but like pineapple and pizza-it totally works. In my last post I mentioned how our family welcomed a new puppy, Arya, into the family. If you’ve ever experienced the excitement of having a puppy then you may remember how exhausting it is to keep a constant eye on a puppy for potty training, plant-rescuing and carpet saving purposes. I’m no stranger to dog training, I’ve had three ...
Goals to Accomplish Roundup:2
Have you ever had one of those random goals or dreams that sits in the back of your mind and ruminates for days, weeks, months or even years? It’s a dream that you may not think about often, or even really try and pursue because it seems a little ridiculous or not that important. I’ve had such a goal for the past, oh let’s see, about 17 years. It’s nothing that was major on my bucket list, and something that wouldn’t have really been that difficult to achieve if I had just gone out and done it ...
Challenge: Gratitude Daily
Are you ready for a challenge? Nothing gets me more motivated than a challenge! I’ve done several over the years and have even managed to rope in my sister and mom to do some with me. I’ve done a 30 Day Plank Challenge, a 30 Day Crunch Challenge and even a 30 Day Jump Rope Challenge- I love it! In fact, I even have a Pinterest board dedicated to 30 Day Challenges. There’s something satisfying about taking just a short time out of your day, doing something that will make you better physically or ...
Focus on Gratitude: Look on the bright side
One of my daily goals this past month has been to focus on gratitude. It’s a small thing that makes a big difference in your life and making it a daily habit has increased my happiness dramatically. It’s not something I like to admit, but for the first half of my life I was a very negative person. For whatever reason I had a big chip on my shoulder and went through my daily life with a lot of aggression in my heart. There was nothing traumatic that happened to me in my childhood, I had no ...
Goals to Accomplish Roundup:1
It has officially been one month since I've started this blog, and I'm still in it to win it! Since I set that long list of goals to accomplish, I thought it would be a good idea to go ahead and give a run down of what I've been doing to actually achieve these goals. I hate to admit to everyone, including myself, that I'm not nearly as far along with these objectives as I'd hoped. Oh well. Baby steps are better than no steps, right? At least I made some progress, which is what I will focus on ...
Breaking Your New Goals into Bite-sized Chunks
The feeling of overwhelm in society is very real and very intimidating. From social media to our hectic schedules, sometimes everything just feels too much. When those feelings hit, it’s tough to even move forward in our day to day lives, and even tougher to try and focus on any goals we have set for ourselves. I know for a fact that it’s much easier to lose ourselves in a game on our phones or binge a good television show on Netflix or Hulu. However, I think I’ve come up with a hack to get ...