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Could adjusting to the new normal actually be good for us? It’s been just about six month since shelter in place was instituted to help curb the spread of Covid-19. It has been six months of a terrible economy with millions losing their jobs, many hundreds of thousands losing their lives due to the virus, and untold amounts of hardships for many. Whether you lost your job or are able to WFH, life today looks very different than it did six months ago. I have struggled to write any blog posts before now as I feel like life is so different for so many and in so many different ways.
How much time do you spend thinking about your investments? If you are like most people probably not a lot. To take it further how much time do you spend thinking about how you invest in your self. Probably even less time. And yet every moment of every day is spent investing in ourselves in different ways.
Dry January…Is it worth the sacrifice?
To start out my year, I jumped on the dry January bandwagon. I wanted to see if not drinking for a month would increase my energy, health, happiness, or anything else. I have more than a few friends who have talked about how much better they feel by not drinking, so thought it would be worth trying.
So how did it go, you may ask?
I love new year’s resolutions. I feel like it is a fun excuse to try some new habit, challenge myself in a small way. But, let’s face it, resolutions are made to be broken. Less than 50% of people last 6 months with their resolution, with 30% not even lasting one month. What if instead of resolutions we set goals for the year…would they be as easy to break? Would they be 10x more inspiring? Would we really change our lives?
As a working parent, it is hard not to have stress…there is so much to do and not enough time in the day. It reminded me of why I left the corporate world in the first place…there was too much stress in my life and for our family and it landed me in the hospital. Now it won’t land everyone in the hospital, but it still affects your health. In thinking about this issues, I was looking back at old blog posts from Hope Post Kids and found this one that I wrote about stress. It applied 3 years ago and applies today, especially with the holidays coming up and stress naturally increasing during this busy time period.
There is an incredible number of things that we tolerate every day and don’t even notice. Some are a big deal (poor friendships) and some are less of big deal (clutter), but they all suck our energy and happiness just a little. Some tolerations suck more energy than others. But imagine, if you could free up the brain space and energy you waste thinking about these tolerations and how much freer you could feel?!
As the kids return to school, routines get started, new activities are enrolled in, is September the new January? Our kids are starting their “new resolutions” for the school year, now is a great time for us adults to also start new resolutions. New routines for families give more time and impetus to create new individual habits for us adults or also to have a little more time to make a change in our lives with anything we are unhappy with.
Summer has arrived and it brings with it all the good, the bad, and the ugly. I love summer. The long days, the walks to the ice cream store, trips to the beach, lazy mornings. There are so many wonderful things about summer, but as a parent there is also a lot of bad and ugly of summer. Without a regular routine, or just a different one kids behaviors can be erratic and not in a good way.
What do you do when you are beyond frustrated with your kids? These five magic words can solve any kid frustrating situation and boost your happiness.
What happens when you give up your favorite social media app? Find out what surprised me most about giving up Instagram for a month and beyond.
What really makes us happy? It’s not necessarily what you think. Here are Dr. Laurie Santos’ top 10 insights from her course on the science of well-being. And all of them you can start today.
Need to spark more joy in your life…Marie Kondoize it! Declutter your life and live more joyfully!
After big D arrived and I went back to work, I had the typical mommy guilt. The feeling of not having enough balance in my life, not enough time with my kid (then it was only 1). Big D was always one of the first kids at daycare and one the last kids to get picked up. Ten to eleven hours at day care, a long day; I felt so bad. I started the conversation with my manager then. “I want more time with my kid”, “I want a more flexible schedule” “I want to work part time”. Although there was no one in our company doing it, my manager was totally open to the conversation (surprising) and totally supportive (even though she didn’t have kids herself). AMAZING! I told her I could be patient, but I wanted to start the conversation now.
It is so easy to get stuck in the cycle of feeling guilty about what we are not getting done, but that doesn’t actually get us any closer to getting started.