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apayne1002
- Sep 3, 2017
- 3 min
My 5 back to school resolutions
Can y’all believe it’s back to school time already? In just a few short days my alarm will ring far earlier than I’d like, school buses will be back to slowing down traffic and polluting the air, and kids will carelessly dash out in front of my moving car because they don’t realize how slow my reflexes truly are. Still, I love the start of a new school year. I decided to approach this school year a little differently. I thought about setting a theme word to anchor me when all
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apayne1002
- May 21, 2017
- 2 min
Why you may not be crushing your to-do list
You go to check your business email, which Google has so considerately organized under the Primary tab, but then you see 17 new notifications on the Social tab. “I’ll just take a quick look.” Click. YouTube tells you some of your favorite gurus have posted new videos, a blogger you follow has a new post, and Facebook tells you Keisha posted a new photo. “I wonder what she’s been up to.” Click. A quick scroll through the comments and you see Tonya Hut posted a comment. “I have
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apayne1002
- Mar 20, 2017
- 2 min
Finding Joy in the Mess
A jumbled pile of tennis shoes in the foyer. Cheerios in front of the pantry door. An iPod face down on the sofa, inches away from a balled up Dora the Explorer blanket....and that was all before I even reached the stairs. Sound familiar? Once upon a time, I would follow my children around the house picking up toy after spilled snack after clothing item. Now that they're older, I pick up less. I mind less. I never thought about why...until the other day. Not too long ago, I h
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