Where I’ve landed: Thoughts on Unconditional Parenting
Tuesday, 6 May 2014
As much as I love new years and fresh starts, I always feel the need to hurry up and take care of my long list of projects right away in January.
Maybe it’s because I can’t leave my house since it’s -40 degrees out there some days, or because I want my home in order after being gone on vacation. I’m not sure. But I was starting to wear myself out trying to get it all done. So I’ve slowed down a bit, but still feel the need to conquer a long list.
One of my biggest projects has been ridding my home of all the extra stuff. I’d say junk, but some of it isn’t junk….just items we don’t use or need. Read More
I LOVE New Year’s. LOVE.
Fresh starts, reflecting, dreaming, planning. It makes my heart so happy.
Once upon a time I taught a college class that focused on goal setting, and every semester I got a fresh start with new lessons and new students. It was the perfect job for me because I seriously love this stuff.
On New Year’s Eve, I took some time away to sip on hot chocolate in the Barnes and Noble Starbucks and fill my journal. I walked through Lara Casey’s 2014 Goal Setting series, which I’d say is perhaps more vision casting, but I love her approach. Read More
So, about this Christmas thing coming next week….Wow! It came fast. Guess that’s what happens when Thanksgiving falls a little later than usual.
I was actually a little stressed about fitting everything in during the month of December. We head out this Saturday, so I had only three weeks to fit in all the family Christmas fun, shopping, decorating, wrapping, Christmas music listening, card addressing, cookie baking, parade watching…..you get the idea.
Well, I tackled so much in the first week during my frenzy that these last two weeks have been pretty calm and peaceful. (Ok ok, I’m leaving out the few hours on Saturday morning where I freaked out about only having a week left and I thought I’d never get anything done.Then my list was done the next day.) Read More
I think it’s about time I start spreading the word about one of my most favorite things: Google Play Music.
My husband, the Google lover and fanatic he, is told me I would want to use Google Play instead of Pandora. He introduced me to it in September. But you see, he introduces me to new apps all. the. time. He can’t help it, it’s what he does in his spare time. And I never want to try something new. I liked my Pandora stations thankyouverymuch. I’d been working to perfect them for several years now. My classical piano station, the kids music station, my worship music station. They were all very very good to me. WHY would I want to change?
Well…it grew on me. Read More
I’m not sure what’s taken me so long to write about this book. It was the start of me realizing I can’t be perfect. It helped me let go of trying to achieve “Perfect Mom” status. I lead a small group this summer centered around the book. I love this book and the hope it brought to my life.
I discovered the book via Shawna on Styleberry BLOG during one of the many cold dreary days in February. The title struck me immediately. YES! I’m desperate! I need to breathe. I need something to give me life again. So I downloaded it and dove in.
Where did this idea of perfection come from? You know, the idea you need to be the perfect wife and mom and have the perfect body, eat perfect meals and have the perfect home. When did those thoughts begin?
Did it start in elementary school when we started getting grades? We worked for the A. The 100%. Did that warp our thinking into striving for an A in our personal lives? Do we think we’re being graded on how well we cook or decorate?
Should we blame the internet for feeding the need for perfection? I know it played a big role in my life. If we didn’t have blogs and Pinterest and Facebook to show us all the ways we should be perfect, maybe we’d all be a little happier.
I’m not sure where it comes from, and each of us have different roots our perfection stems from. But I do know I’m learning to overcome this need to be perfect. Read More
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