It's like, go take a little break. Step back from it. Get fresh eyes and then come back again. Take a break in so many ways, not only for our kids. This is a beautiful gift to learn how to take breaks step back to refresh and then try again.

Things I've let go of and things I've shifted or changed. Hopefully, just one of them will be useful for you in your life, permitting you to just do your life. How you want to and what works for you and your family.

“Anxiety is the thing that can keep us alive, right? It's the thing alerting us. It's not broken. It's telling us something feels unsafe here and let's just tune into what that is.” - Dara Denton

Anxiety is a misfire in our natural defense mechanism. And it can be turned off.

When you’re in the decision-making process, trying to decide yes or no, it’s taking up so much brain power. So the quicker you can make decisions, the quicker you can get out of indecision, and the more energy and brain power you have back for other things.

What is that one thing you’ve always wanted to do, dreamed of learning or doing, and have always felt held back because of kids? How can you add fun to everyday things? What types of things are fun for you? It’s interesting because it will be different for each of us. Fun has a different meaning for each of us.

I encourage you to do something like this in your life. It’s amazing to look back and reflect on your year, process the lessons, and notice all the experiences that went well. And then dream about the next year.

Most of everything I wrote down last year has come true! It shocked me. I’ve written goals down before. I’ve dreamed before. But I don’t know if I’ve ever gone back and looked at what I’ve written down to see what our lives look like today.