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{Self-Care Challenge} Day #7 – Get A Hobby

Read all the challenges here.  Until this point, I've been sailing along with this challenge. I bought myself an accessory, I cleaned up my bedroom, I'm doing well. But today's challenge is stumping me and I'm not even sure why. Day #7 - Get a hobby The trick with this hobby is that it is supposed to be something fun for you. Not something that benefits the kids or makes you money, … [Continue reading...]

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{Self-Care Challenge} Day #6 – Write 100 Things You’re Grateful For

Read the rest of the challenges here. So. I talk about gratitude a lot. We just had a #SurvivalGuide chat about it a few weeks ago. I shared with you my gratitude project of 2011. And I'm back at it again. Because I know it's hard to be super positive and happy all the time, especially when you're having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. Day #6 challenge - Write 100 Things You're … [Continue reading...]

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{Self-Care Challenge} Day #5 – Sleep Like A Baby

Read the rest of the challenges here.  The quality of my sleep for the past five or so years has been pretty crappy, as I'm sure you can relate. I put the kids to bed around 7:30, they call out for me around 8 complaining of thirst, I get them to go to sleep, then I settle down to work. I get into a rhythm, I get a snack, I knock out a bunch of work. But then my eyes can no longer stay open and … [Continue reading...]

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{Self-Care Challenge} Day #4 – Post Three Affirmations Around Your House

Read the rest of the challenges here.  I can admit freely that I am not a "glass is half full" kinda gal. I want to be and I really, really try, but most days I'm shaking my fists and muttering under my breath, "Why can't anything go right??" But that changes now. I've got a lot on my plate and there's got to be some way to survive it all. How can I maintain a more positive attitude, keep my … [Continue reading...]

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{Self-Care Challenge} Day #3 – Identify A Daily Pick-Me-Up

Our challenge is coming right along. Make sure you check out the challenges from day #1 and day #2! Day #3 - Identify a daily pick-me-up. When life is getting to be a bit much (the kids won't stop screaming, you got stuck in traffic, your husband/boyfriend is getting on your nerves), what do you do? How do you relieve that stress? Two things to note: 1) It has to be pretty accessible. … [Continue reading...]

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{Self-Care Challenge} Day #2 – Write Yourself A Love Letter

Sometimes in the mornings, I can count five negative statements before a positive one rolls off my tongue. "Ugh, my hair is too dry." "Shouldn't have eaten that cinnamon roll." "When's the last time I painted my toenails? They look a mess." "My boobs just ain't what they used to be." Enough is enough! I want us to start thinking and speaking positively about ourselves. Day #2 … [Continue reading...]

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{Self-Care Challenge} Are You In?

I had a meltdown over the weekend due to some mounting stress that I had no outlet for. You see (and this is hard to admit), I have no life outside of my children and my husband. I rarely hang out with my friends anymore, I'm working long hours and I spend 80% of the day with a 5-year-old and a 3-year-old. Don't get me wrong - I love my kids and my family is thriving right now. But I'm not … [Continue reading...]

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Challenge #10 – Plan a date with your kids

So much of motherhood is stressful. The baby pooped right as you were ready to head out the door, you forgot to pick up diapers and now your kid is sitting in a roll of paper towels while you run to the store. You snap at your partner because he decided the five minutes before dinnertime was the perfect time for him to veg out on the couch watching SportsCenter (YoungDaddy, I'm talking to … [Continue reading...]

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