The Lessons I Learned from Brian

FTC Disclaimer: I am one of the brand ambassadors for Arkansas Better Beginnings. In this role, I am compensated for helping to spread the word about their program. That includes blog posts such as this one. Howe

Yesterday I was one of hundreds of parents and educators in attendance at the Arkansas Early Childhood Association conference in Hot Springs, Arkansas. I was there in my role as a brand ambassador for Arkansas Better Beginnings (a program that is geared towards helping to ensure that children in Arkansas are afforded quality childcare,

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WAHM Tip: Have Goals and a Schedule

WAHM tip: Set goals and have a schedule! (Same goes for anyone who works from home)

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The allure of working from home is powerful! Trust me, I understand. However, so is the appeal of spending all of your time hanging out with your family and taking naps in the middle of the day (I have been guilty of both of those things!). One reason that working from home doesn’t work for everyone is that a lot of people fail to do two things:

1.

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Is Analysis Paralysis Holding You Back From Greatness?

Do you have a goal in mind and have an idea of how you can achieve it? Do you then sit there analyzing every single aspect of your plan?  Do you get bogged down in the murky depths of details, and research. Do you have to have a perfect plan that you tweak , retweak, and then tweak again – ll before you even take that first step?

You, my friend, are suffering from analysis paralysis.

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The Ferocious Fours?

So…we just got back from Hastings (where I got some really cute mommy planners, woohoo!) and Christian tested me. When we got to the checkout, he grabbed one of the inevitable pieces of chocolate that they put there to entice moms and kids into impulse buys (I seriously wish that stores and doctor’s offices would stop doing that). I told Christian he couldn’t have any and tried to pry it out of his hands. Whoever said that something is as easy as taking candy from a baby must have had the strength of Chuck Norris because Christian was not letting go.

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6 Lessons I learned from “Mom’s Night Out”

This past weekend I got a coupon code from Redbox that let me rent one movie and get another one for free. As usual when I get one of those deals, I let Christian pick a movie and I picked one for myself. Christian decided on Penguins of Madagascar. I fell asleep before it ended, lol. As often happens when I get a Redbox movie, I ended up keeping Mom’s Night Out for an extra night because I didn’t get a chance to watch it the first night.

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