What kind of conversations do you have with your kids after you’ve reached a bucket list goal? What does your “debriefing” look like? Over Spring Break our family took a few bucket list adventures. Our eldest daughter spent three weeks on a school-sponsored exchange trip to Spain. The rest of us visited the LEGO Discovery…
Self-improvement
From Bucket List Wish to Legacy: A Review of the new book The Art of Work
Recently I had the opportunity to read an early copy of a new book by Jeff Goins called The Art of Work (coming out next week, March 24th). I have followed Goins’s writing for the past few years, but what impressed me about this book was how well it dovetails with the concepts in my book, Bucket…
How Enjoying the Journey Today Will Better Help You to Reach a Goal Tomorrow
The temperature reads -3 degrees on my Weather app. The flag outside the grade school behind our house whips furiously in the wind. School itself is cancelled because of “extreme cold temperatures and dangerous wind chills.” Yet I still plan on heading out to the gym today for a workout. In fact, I’m pumped about it….
Costumes, Bucket Lists & Your Future: A World of Pure Imagination
This week I am putting the finishing touches on my daughter’s Halloween costume. None too soon, I know! She is dressing as her favorite movie character: Arwen Undomiel from The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Can I say that I’m a bit jealous? I wouldn’t mind having my own elf princess costume (complete with pointy…
When Super Moms Make You Feel Small
[Editor’s Note: This post originally ran in 2013, and was well-received. I wanted to share it with you again to remind us all of the importance of being brave enough to be ourselves.] I’m waiting at a stoplight when I see one again: an oval sticker on the back of a minivan that reads “26.2”…
Confessions of a Reluctant Scrapbooker
A vacation cottage within walking distance of the beach. No kids to care for. No meals to cook. No laundry to fold. Six other women to hang out with. And a house full of scrapbooking supplies. It was my second trip away with this group for a scrapbooking weekend. Forget the beach or the nearby…