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Hello week #3 of 2024. It’s time for me to fess up about something. My life for the last several months has been a bit of a whirlwind. Not complaining really, just being honest. I’ve done a half-way decent job trying to keep up with it all but to be honest…most of 2023 is a blur. And life is about to get kicked up another notch over the next several weeks. I thought now was a good time to bring…
It’s a brand-new year and I thought I’d start 2024 with a simple tip just to get us going. I usually use those last few weeks of the old year and the first of the new to sit down and reflect on what I want for the new year. Not just what I need. Several years back, I started picking a word of the year to help me focus on what I want to accomplish. And it works oh so…
It’s now 2024 and I want to say “Happy New Year” to everyone. But I know the start of a new year doesn’t bring positive feelings for everyone. Especially when so many of us are reflecting on the past 12 months as perhaps not so enjoyable. There are more than a few strategies that can help you reframe the new year, or, at the very least, make it easier to cope. Today I’ll give you some ideas… Resolutions I’m not…
Here we are, Christmas is over except for those of us who celebrate Christmas through to Epiphany & beyond. We have arrived at, in my opinion, the strangest time of the year — nominally still the holidays, but also the opposite of a holiday, a blank space stretching between Christmas and New Year’s Eve when nothing seems to make sense and time tends to lose its meaning. For many of us, this is the only time of year when it…
Whew…we’re in the homestretch now. Christmas will be here in 6 days. Today I want to focus your attention on the importance of making & keeping memories. Memories are a very important part of our lives and make us who we are. However, they can also be quite fickle and fleeting. Even the memories of big events (like Christmas) can deteriorate over time if not tended to properly. This is why it’s so important to preserve your memories. Without preserving…