One of the top reasons that we find ourselves stressed in life is due to our inability to identify our current season. Life is seasonal and continually changing, therefore, we must be continually adjusting to new seasons. Adjusting to new seasons will require us to be able to discern the season we find ourselves in. Taking the time to identify our current season, will empower us to make any necessary adjustments that need to be made. This awareness requires reflection, prayer, and quiet time. There are some season changes that we can anticipate, such as becoming a newlywed, a new parent, or an entrepreneur. There are other seasons, however, that…
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Attack Your Week: 5 TIPS
I don’t think we fully realize the importance of a week. We tend to focus on either the big picture or the day-to-day, but I want you to look at your week a little differently. I encourage you to begin to attack your week. Attack Your Week I believe if we begin to really assess our progress in life, or lack of it, we must begin to focus in on the week. Often, our week is what will get us. I’m encouraging you to adjust your perspective on the week for various reasons: Our time at work is broken down by the week. We tend to reset each week, with…
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Hold Yourself Accountable
Do you hold yourself accountable? Most of us struggle with this, which is why we often fail to keep our word or achieve our goals. I’m definitely a proponent of support groups, coaching, and accountability partners; yet, I also advocate that we grow in the ability to hold ourselves accountable. Why are you unable to hold yourself accountable? This is the key question. Being honest about our current state is the only way to move forward in true growth, leading to real results. We often fail to ask ourselves these key questions because deep down we already know the answer, yet we’re not quite ready to face it. I get…
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LIFE & WORK: Stop Adding New Goals
Setting goals is not always the problem. A lot of the time, our follow through on goals is the problem. Out of frustration at our results, due to the lack of follow through, we often resort to adding new goals. This is not the answer, however. Stop adding new goals, and start focusing in on the follow through of your current goals. Stop adding new goals. I get it. Sometimes it’s hard to nail down the root of the issue. While scrolling on Pinterest today, the book title “The Mountain Is You”, caught my attention. What if the issue standing between us and accomplishing our goals is us? Not the…
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SIMPLIFY YOUR LIFE & WORK
Would you say you live a simple life? I think most of us would laugh at that question. Nowadays, there is more to do than ever, while it seems that time is also moving faster than ever. What do you do when it feels that you’re going nowhere fast? I encourage you to simplify your life & work. Simplicity doesn’t necessarily relate to what you’re doing, but rather how you’re doing it. We mustn’t exchange simplicity for complex in the name of progress. We can, and should, aim to progress in life while keeping things simple. Simplicity breeds true progress, while chaos and overload breed stress. We live in a…
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How To Keep Moving Forward in Life: 5 Tips
One of the things that I think we all try to figure out is how to keep moving forward in life. We fight to figure out what we want, then we wrestle with figuring out how to make it happen. We know we want to move forward in life, but we just can’t crack the code on how to make it happen. How To Keep Moving Forward in Life: 5 Tips 1. Quiet Time. There is no way that I would’ve made the progress that I’ve made in life up to this point, without my quiet time. I truly, truly value quiet time. Most everything worth value has come to…
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Dealing with Anxiety: 5 TIPS
Statistics show us how real of an issue anxiety is. These times, filled with so much uncertainty and unfamiliarity, tend to really fuel anxiety. We have to know that as followers of Christ, there is a solution to anxiety. We must learn how to deal with it, by responding to it in a faith-filled, Godly way. Dealing with Anxiety: 5 TIPS 1. Determine the source. We must get to the root of the anxiety. Why is it there? Why am I feeling like this? Don’t let your feelings have the final say. Instead, consider them the starting point. Take the time to identify how you’re feeling and then focus in…
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Happy 2022: Making Adjustments in the New Year
It’s a new year. How new do you feel? Does your life feel new? Likely not. Though it is a new year, we must begin making adjustments in order to experience the new. Making Adjustments in the New Year Many people begin the new year with New Year Resolutions. We create lists of what we want, what we don’t want, or what we want to see change in our lives. This is good and this gives us a starting point, but so often this is all we do. We declare what we want without the follow through of how we’re going to make it happen. In order to see lasting…
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Keeping First Things First
As we journey through life, it is imperative that we learn to keep first things first. No matter the season that we find ourselves in, our priorities will always be challenged. If we are going to experience the full blessing of God in our lives, we must understand the importance of keeping first things first. Keeping First Things First: 10 Tips 1. Set rules for yourself. What is the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning? What’s your personal order of operations? We must be intentional to not quickly throw ourselves into our day without first throwing ourselves at His feet. 2. Remain humble. For me,…
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Maintain Your Momentum: 3 Tips
It’s one thing to start your day strong, but it’s another thing to be able to maintain your momentum throughout the entire day. Take a moment to reflect on your days: What takes you there? Disturbs your peace? Messes up your energy? Today is my last day of 35 and the Lord is actively teaching me how to maintain my momentum- regardless. He’s making me extremely aware of those little things that mess up my energy, disrupt my joy, my flow, my peace. If we are going to be all that Christ created us to be, and do all that He has for us to do, it’s imperative that we…