Goals: the basics
If you don’t know where you are going, how will you know when you get there? As our new year approaches, it is entirely appropriate to examine your life and see what you can and should change. Setting...
View Article52 week challenge: 52 weeks to YOUR organized Jewish home
You can’t get an entire household organized overnight. It would be wonderful, but I’m sorry to report that you just can’t! Over time, though, you can attack different problem areas and even tighten up...
View Article52 week challange Week 1: Goals
If you aim at nothing, you’ll hit it every single time. I strongly believe in having written goals. I find that if I don’t, I let the madness of life take over and I run around putting out fires...
View ArticleOur entryway in photos…
This week, our challenge is the entrance to our living spaces (see here for more on the 52 week challenge.) Here’s the entryway at my house, hopefully for some inspiration for you. Our entryway really...
View Article52 Week Challenge week 4: Shabbat
Six days a week we run around and manage our businesses, families, schools, and life in general. Things can be (OK, often are) crazy. And one day we can relax and rest from those duties. But that rest...
View ArticleWeekly goals
I’m trying to be intentional about my life and my home, without letting everything slip by. I want to grab hold of my time and get what I want out of it. And that means goals. If you’re a regular...
View Article21 days: Realistic goals (and my no-fail meals list)
Welcome back to day 4 of the 21 Days to a More Disciplined Life challenge. (See what the big deal is here, and buy the book to follow along here.) Today, we’re looking at goals. You know the old but...
View Article21 days: Put your goals on paper
Welcome back to the 21 Days to a More Disciplined Life challenge. (See what the big deal is here, and buy the book to follow along here.) Today is day 8 – more than a week in! Your objective is not...
View Article21 days: Bite sized pieces and a cheerleader
(Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife) So I didn’t post about this yesterday because…well, I didn’t do a piece of my mega-project. I got caught in a school project with my boys for 2 hours longer...
View Article21 Days: Discipline demands focus
Welcome back to the 21 Days to a More Disciplined Life challenge. (See what the big deal is here, and buy the book to follow along here.) So here we are again. I have to admit that I’m not used to...
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