Today is my thirtieth day in a row of blogging. That is a really big deal for me, which I explained at the start of this challenge. I am doing a year worth of 30 day challenges all in attempts to better myself. Challenge one: Whole30 Challenge two: Thirty days straight of blogging. Challenge three: Undecided, but you should join me. We can start on November 1st. Here are five things I have learned from challenging myself for 30 days. 1. No mental acrobatics. The decision ...
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The 30 Day Challenge
In September, I did the whole30. You can read more about my experience here. It was amazing to me to see the difference 30 days made. I was talking this over with my brother and he said you should do a year of 30 day challenges. He suggested things like 30 days without TV or 30 days of cold showers. My first response was, how about you take cold showers and not watch TV for 30 days? amiright? A few weeks after this discussion I found myself still thinking about his idea to do a ...
When You Want It All
I have been struggling lately. I love this blog. I love my readers. Today when I got on the computer after being absent for a week--or more, who knows, I lost track-- my heart sank. 566 pageviews yesterday. For those of you who don't blog, that is like logging into your bank and finding out you have $5. My heart sank, instantly. It is an odd phenomenon, because I haven't blogged or pinned or shared via social media. In other words, I haven't been putting anything in the bank. Yet there I was, ...
I Thought You Should Know…
I honestly cannot tell you what drove me to start this blog. I had already picked a name and half tried once before, gotten frustrated and given up. Then my sister was moving to Georgia and starting a blog, I had just had a baby and was staying home and it just seemed like the perfect time to give it a try. So I dove right in with no clue of what I was doing. I didn't know what a widget was. In fact, I kept referring to it as a gadget when I was talking to Ross. Anytime I asked him for help, I ...
