None of these are huge, earth-shattering ideas, but 3 things will help you start 2019 off well. Unsubscribe Start by culling your email lists. After Christmas, when every single online purchase requires my email address for confirmation, I suddenly realize I’m getting 32 emails before I’m even out of bed in the morning. And...
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Let It Be What It Is
To be responsible for my life means I have to let it be what it is. Not what someone told me it was. Not what others think that it is. Just what it is. Instant Pots I really like my Instant Pot. It has worked for us, and I have found some meals that...
Freezer Breakfast Sandwiches
Taking responsibility for my life has mostly happened in my head. Sometimes, though, it’s entirely practical. Like freezer breakfast sandwiches. I actually make these for Eric to take to work with him. He has an hour-and-twenty-minute commute each way. So he is gone before 6 a.m., coffee in tow. But he usually waits until...
Control and Responsibility
Learning to own your life begins by facing your beliefs about control and responsibility. At least, that’s been a vital component for me. Control and Responsibility We are not mistaken, of course. There is a direct connection between control and responsibility. If you are in charge of something–a car, a meeting, a classroom, a...
Taking Responsibility
I want to engage my life. I want you to engage yours. And I am slowly grasping the truth that engagement is all about taking responsibility. The Choice In The Matrix, Morpheus offers Neo a choice: two pills. One will return him to his floating-in-the-goo existence where his whole life happens only in his...