The Flip Side of New Year’s Resolutions

Raise your hand if you have never written a New Year’s Resolution, never started SOMETHING new in January, never thought to yourself, “This time I’ll ________.” For example, “This time, I’ll remember that only old school (ahem) writers still double space at the end of a sentence, so I will remember to discipline my left…

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New Year, New You, No More

Mark Twain said, “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” I love this quote. When I first heard it, it stuck in my head. Twain’s words make me think about what I believe are the two greatest beginnings in life: a…

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A Patchwork of Beginnings

  It’s January. Time for new beginnings. Like trying to get my act together. I’m going to give that a go. Again. And by “getting my act together” I mean: eating healthier being physically active creating an organized house doing a better job of sticking to my budget being more intentional about my relationships devising…

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The Strength to Begin

Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. ~ Philippians 1:6 Do you have a word for the year (My One Word)? You may or may not have heard of the alternative to resolutions. The problem with resolutions? They…

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