How did you guys do on your first week of the challenge? I had quite a few of you commit to join me and I would love an update on how it went for you! Here’s how my first challenge (shred old papers) started: how it went… …and how it stands now! After all that…
Can you believe it’s already November? Did you set goals in January? How are you doing on those? (I completed EIGHT goals. Which may sound amazing. Except that I had 61. SIXTY ONE. Because Kari in January thought future Kari would be an entirely new person. January Kari always means well, but she’s dealing with…
UPDATE 3 YEARS LATER: I’m still off of Instagram and Facebook completely. It was rough at first, but man, it’s been incredibly freeing too. I don’t know the latest happenings with all my friends, and I don’t get the photos and updates and miss that, but it gives me something to talk about with my…
UPDATE 8 YEARS LATER: When I originally wrote this blog post, it sat on my blog without much interaction. Then it got picked up by Money Saving Mom and got pretty popular for a while. But through it all, it is still a list that has stood the test of time! Since we’re heading into…
You know how exciting it is in January when you think about all the things that you could do and how awesome you will finally be in the new year… and then how you realize that you entered into the new year with the same old you… and your goals seem like a crazy person…
Looking over my habit trackers for January, February, and most of March, I can see two areas I could use some focus and growth. One is physical: working out. The other is spiritual: prayer.
Week 11 brought in some sunny days and more rain here in Oregon. But on the sunny days we got to work on the garden expansion for Zombie Bottoms Garden (started in March 2020, when it seemed like Zombies could be a legitimate threat).
I made time to sit down and really think through some specific goals. I think this is the final-ish list. For now.
My words, or really phrase, for the year are ones I have been thinking about for months and I’m still learning to apply them in my day to day life. Wait well has been a theme I’ve been seeing all throughout the Bible for years. I’m realizing that God works in and through the waiting…
A while ago, a reader asked me about my morning routines…