Life Can Be More

  Have you ever been around complainers? Answer me this, during your conversations with them, do you find it hard to keep a positive attitude? Well, not only have I been around complainers, but I’ve been one! Full disclosure, I was in a complaining ‘tude earlier this week for two days, ugh . I just couldn’t be comforted, and it was hard to change my perspective. I started complaining on Sunday of all days and it carried to Monday. My father had the privilege of spending the day with me on Monday and my mother was happy she stayed home. LOL. I’m being honest here folks! We got to be honest in order to make a change within ourselves. Have you ever tried to change a complainer’s attitude from pessimism to optimism? How did it work out for you? It was quite difficult for my father to help change my perspective around. He even wondered “what jumped on me” on Sunday. LOL! If you want to know how complaining can shift the direction of your life, then let’s take a look at the journey of th...

  How ironic is it that I started going back to the gym on “National Quitters Week?” By the way, I did not realize it was National Quitters Week until I heard about it from listening to The Joshua Mentality podcast. My goal last year was to go to the gym 3x week and at least hit 6,500 steps per day. This goal might seem like nothing to the average avid gym goer and walker, but this was just perfect for me since I was relatively inactive. I was able to track my steps with my Fitbit and I liked the visual example of where I was at reaching my steps goal. There were some weeks that I hit my goal and some weeks I didn’t. I have a gym membership and I can pull up the app and see “my check-ins”. It kept track of my check-ins in 3 ways: it pulled up the calendar and the “check-in” days are circled, a percentage for the “past 30 days”, and a percentage for the month is shown as well. I thought that was a great way to measure my progress towards my goals and I didn’t know this feature exist...

  Have you ever been asked to make a list of your  boundaries ? If you haven’t, this blog is for you and if you have, maybe you can give me some pointers in the comments below! I have been dragging my feet about making my list partly because I’ve never been asked “what are your boundaries?” and I could not remember anytime where I talked to someone about overstepping my boundaries. According to the APA Dictionary of Psychology, the definition of boundary is “ a psychological demarcation that protects the integrity of an individual or group or that helps the person or group set realistic limits on participation in a relationship or activity.” I remember doing my 30-day devotional (which I mentioned in a previous blog post) and the entry was about  boundaries  and the activity was to  make a list of my boundaries . I must be completely transparent here and confess that I haven’t completed that list yet. I had been asking God,  why do I have a hard time comple...