So a month ago we decided to surprise my brother for his 30th birthday by showing up in Newfoundland to celebrate with him and my family! The surprise was successful and he was so excited that we were there… but of course we had to take things one step further…
Read MoreHey friends!
I have been reading through the book of Daniel this month and I have the second instalment of my thoughts on chapter two! To get the most out of this blog post, I encourage you to read Daniel chapter 2 here first:
Here’s the summary of what’s happening in the story:
—> The King has a dream that is perplexing him and he calls on all of the “wisemen” of the day to try and
Today I want to talk about two things.
TONE & DOORS.
TONE.
You get to set it. For your day, your week, your year. So get intentional! You’re in control here.
Read MoreSo I know that the popular opinion these days is to hate on New Years resolutions and the whole new year new you approach, and I get why…. but at the same time I have experienced that goals, dreams, aspirations, and NAMING those, help us in determining our direction for the future!
Read MoreWe all know a cake will only turn out WELL when the right ingredients are mixed in.
It’s important that we take the same intentionality as we do when preparing FOOD as when we’re preparing our actual DAY.
Read MoreIf you’ve been following me for any amount of time, you’ll know that my husband and I just recently moved into our first home! We are absolutely in love and are starting to put our personal touches throughout the space! A part of this is…. FURNITURE ASSEMBLY! Oh the joys LOL.
But my husband and I have slightly different approaches to putting together furniture. For me, I’m a kind of, look at the photos, okay I’ve got the right pieces and I’ve got a good enough idea of how they should go together so let’s dive in.
My husband is a little more detailed and meticulous LOL. He thoroughly reads step by step, keeps the instructions close at hand, screws the screw until it won’t go any tighter, makes sure things are snapped perfectly into place. And it takes a lot more TIME.
But what I had to do much more often than my husband was re-trace my steps and start over. You see I’d take a shortcut that seemed fine at that point in the journey of creating the finished product, but before I knew it, I was at a phase of the project that was dependant on the proper installation and preparation of a former piece, that would not fit together until the previous pieces were properly cared for and put together as was originally instructed.
Are you picking up what I’m putting down? I was thinking about how important this principal is in life. Sometimes we can opt for a shortcut that seems fine and dandy right now, but we realize a few months down the road, or sooner or later, that that short cut has made it next to impossible to properly take the next step in your growth, your goals, your “finished product”.
It’s way more effective and efficient to do it right the first time rather than have to disassemble and re-build. So here’s your reminder, and my reminder, to take your time, be diligent, and invest in doing it right the first time. It sets the foundations for step 2, 3 and 4 resulting in a beautiful end vision established and created.
XOXO
Ash
So I recently upped my reading on family foundations & kids & pregnancy as do most expectant moms. One of the books I’m reading is Stephen R. Covey’s “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective FAMILIES.” I had read his habits of effective leaders and it’s a must read for any leadership team, so I figured that this book would bound to be a good read.
Read MoreIf you don’t love your life, it’s never too late to start again.
Sometimes it’s easy to find ourselves in a bit of a “rut routine” the rut becomes the routine and we begin to accept it, allowing it, and almost… well, really, choosing it. If you are finding yourself there, it’s never too late to BEGIN again.
STEP ONE
It starts with defining what you’d LOVE your life to look like. Write it down, dream big! We’ve only got one life here on earth so we may as well GO FOR IT.
Okay, you’ve got the beautiful life on paper? Great.
STEP TWO
Now, I want you to write out a separate list for each thing that you want in your life. This list is going to be actions or activities that logically would help you achieve or see those things come to fruition.
STEP THREE
Now I want you to write out everything you usually do in a week currently. Great, done? Now, I want you to cross our everything that DOESN’T help you get what you want, things that are out of line or detracting from what you actually want. Those have to go. (Now if it’s something like laundry, okay we all need to do that, those are actually day to day things that WILL lead to the life we love because I think a life we love all includes wearing CLEAN CLOTHES) So be logical here!
STEP FOUR
Now, we’re going to work on your calendar. Your NEW calendar. Because your everyday life becomes your life. Let’s make sure we start to LOVE our day to day plans. Let’s start pencilling into a week’s routine the activities that we wrote down that will help us achieve the life we want.
NOW…
This is where we have to be committed. It’s up to us to actually push through the tough days and actually DO THIS THING! It’s not always going to be easy, but it’s about longevity and consistency and you’ll start to see the fruits of that life you want!
Maybe you wrote down you want better friendships— it’s going to take more than 5-6 awkward hang outs to all of a sudden have a best friend.
Maybe you wrote down you want to be fit? Three months to really see results, and that’s CONSISTENT working out.
So what I’m saying is give it your all and give it time!
“The way you choose to fill everyday and exert your energy will determine your life’s entire direction. Where you end up next year or in 10 years is determined by the choices you make now! “
— ASH
XOXO
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