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Celebrate You! 2016 Day 14

Learn more about the 31-Day Celebrate You! Challenge Frankly, I’m not all that comfortable with the word “weird.” I always preferred the word “unique.” You see … I was very unique. Probably still am! Anyway, when I was young, I had a really hard time celebrating my individuality … while still being very bad […]

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Celebrations 2016, Day 12

OK, it took me 12 days, but now I’m in the groove. Yesterday was pretty darn swell! 1. In the financial challenge I’m participating, the daily activity was to take a good look at your debt and create a plan to pay it off. I was really pleased to see that I could have all […]

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Celebrate You! 2016 Day 13

Learn more about the 31-Day Celebrate You! Challenge I am a firm believer in looking for the silver lining in bad situations. In fact, my fiance likes to tell the story of the first thing I said to him when he came to see me in the hospital the nigh of my accident. He came […]

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Give Yourself Credit for Your Accomplishments

Many people believe that being humble is a hallmark of kindness and esteem. However, many people take this to the extreme and don’t recognize themselves when they do well. They don’t understand that you can be humble while still giving yourself credit for your accomplishments. When you’re proud of what you’ve done, the building blocks […]

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Celebrate You! 2016 Day 12

Learn more about the 31-Day Celebrate You! Challenge Many years ago, I did an experiment. I decided to try not only thinking about myself before others for a change, but also accepting compliments when given. It was really hard at first. I was so used to being a “second class citizen” in my own life […]

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Celebrations 2016, Day 11

Today I’m excited about planning … plans coming along and plans forming. My wedding planning is moving forward. Today I ordered a really cool banner that I’m looking forward to surprising Christopher with. I haven’t decided where it will hang, but it will be really cool, in line with our theme and I got it […]

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Celebrate You! 2016 Day 11

Learn more about the 31-Day Celebrate You! Challenge There is something to be said about people being able to “smell your fear.” We don’t actually smell it per se, but when you bow your head, avoid eye contact and the like, you do communicate fear, submission and lack of confidence. And therefore, people will react […]

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Celebrations 2016, Day 10

Today I celebrate bargain hunting. After work, I went to the Good Will, Target and The 99 Cent Store in search of items for our wedding. This is what I found: A photo album to put the 100 cards Christopher is giving me through our wedding day listing all the ways he loves me. Only […]

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Growth Mindset: How to Cultivate One

There are two kinds of mindset you can have. One will make your life easier and more effective, the other one won’t. These two mindsets are Growth and Fixed. A Growth Mindset Someone with a growth mindset takes on challenges as a way to expand and grow. He believes that there is room for hard […]

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Celebrations 2016, Day 9

Wow, I’m really falling down on the job this year! I’m so busy, going from one task to the other, I often get lost in the day. So what did I celebrate yesterday? Hmmm. Well. I got some work done, but not as much as I wanted. I participated in a focus group. It was […]

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