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Bullet Journal Trackers to Mark Bucket List Progress

Filed Under: Bucket Lists, Bullet Journaling, Life Hacks, Planning

              I talked in my last post about how I’ve been using a bullet journal recently and have been discovering just how well it works for bucket list living. One of the layouts common to bullet journaling that lends itself well to those trying to check off items from their bucket…

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What Could You Give Up to Have More of What You Want?

Filed Under: Choice, Life Hacks, Self-improvement

I tried giving up sugar once. I drank my tea and coffee black, skipped carbonated drinks, avoided desserts. And I read labels, checking for insidious ingredients like corn syrup and artificial sweeteners. But the prevalence of sugar in the foods we consumed became so overwhelming and my desire for sweets so strong, I gave up…

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Nesting and Bucket List Experiences

Filed Under: Bucket List Travel, Bucket Lists, Life Hacks Tagged With: bucket lists, multi-tasking, Planning

What does a crafter do in advance of a bucket list experience? Create something! I realized that this has been happening a bunch in my life lately, so I thought I’d share a little about it with the thought that it might inspire you. When you’re preparing for a bigger event in life, like a…

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Deciding When to Splurge on a Bucket List Experience

Filed Under: Bucket List Travel, Bucket Lists, Choice, Life Hacks, Planning Tagged With: bucket lists, Good food, Planning, priorities, purpose

The nine days my husband and I recently spent in Italy were filled with dream-come-true events. Just being in that country and seeing the sights I’d heard so much about would have been enough. But the extra tours (and a class) that I booked, along with some first-class travel and hotels brought the trip up to…

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The Appeal of ‘Just Once’

Filed Under: Choice, Holidays, Life Hacks, Parenting Tagged With: bucket lists, Children, expectations, love, motherhood, priorities, treasure

A handful of years ago, when my daughters were preschool- and elementary-aged, I surprised them with a Valentine’s Tea. I set out my china, made tiny cucumber sandwiches cut in the shape of hearts, baked cookies, and brewed up some hot tea. When they arrived home at the end of the school day, instead of…

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Winter Survival Bucket List

Filed Under: Bucket Lists, Life Hacks

One January when Evelyn, our youngest, was in preschool, we took our kids to Disney World in Orlando. It was a bucket list trip (our second as a family, but the first for Evelyn to really experience it) and I expected that the real excitement would begin when we stepped through the gates of the Magic Kingdom….

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Simplicity: What Is Your One Thing?

Filed Under: Choice, Holidays, Life Hacks Tagged With: bucket lists, expectations, goals, priorities, purpose

What is your one thing? The goal, experience, skill or what have you that you would love to throw yourself into accomplishing? Or the theme around which you could imagine centering your pursuits? I ask this because one of the dangers we all face in writing our bucket lists is getting so bogged down in experiencing…

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Ever Felt Overwhelmed By Life? Me Too!

Filed Under: Bucket List Living For Moms, Life Hacks, Planning, Time Tagged With: family, future, goals, multi-tasking, Planning, priorities, self-improvement, time

Yesterday I expected to have time to run out for groceries after I arrived home from work (I work several days each week in a church office). Except that there was the dentist appointment an hour later that I had forgotten about. Dinner ended up being “”baked potatoes & toppings bar” since I was relying…

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Life Dreams, Work & Discovering Your Calling: An Interview with Jeff Goins

Filed Under: Books, Life Hacks, Relationships, Self-improvement Tagged With: Books, bucket lists, family, goals, priorities, purpose

Last week I had the privilege of interviewing Jeff Goins, author of the new book The Art of Work, about work, calling and bucket lists. I have followed Jeff since his first e-book The Writer’s Manifesto in which he sets forth the mindset for embracing the calling of being a writer. His other (awesome) books…

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Holiday Helps for Harried Moms

Filed Under: Bucket Lists, Holidays, Hopes, Life Hacks, Planning, Uncategorized Tagged With: family adventures, future, goals, motherhood, multi-tasking, Planning, priorities

It’s the most exhausting time of year! For moms the duties of kid schlepping, meal cooking, and overall household management, are joined by holiday baking, gift buying, card sending, and party coordinating. Put it all together and you end up with many mothers who are barely surviving. I’m right there with them! Why does it end up…

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