Do you ever feel overwhelmed with life? Do you ever feel like a failure when the day is through and you haven’t accomplished everything you set out to do? Are you ever tempted to become a workaholic so you can finish all those things? I often feel all of these things. So today I’d like to […]
How to Let Go of Regret and “If Only” – Option Charts
This isn’t a podcast, but it’s listed as a podcast because of the recording. Do you ever say, “If only I hadn’t messed up”? Or “If only life were easier”? Or “If only I had made a different choice?” Or “If only I were more like so-and-so?” So often we live in the land of “if […]
10 Tips to Help You Stop Procrastinating
Do you ever find yourself putting off a dreaded task for weeks or even months or years? I have been known to procrastinate a ten minute job for ten years. Thankfully, I’m getting a little bit better. Here are ten tips I’ve been using to help me stop procrastinating. Hope they help you as well! 10 […]
New Year’s Bible Study
Yesterday at breakfast we were all sitting around the table – my husband and four kids and I – and I asked everyone a question, “If you could choose one goal for the year and knew you would complete it by the end of the year, which goal would you choose?” It was interesting to […]
9 Questions That Will Help You Stop Procrastinating
I still remember the look and the feel of the cookies in my college dorm’s candy machine. Great big sandwich cookies filled with vanilla cream. The perfect thing for avoiding homework. The perfect thing for gaining twenty pounds while avoiding homework. College was the place I learned to procrastinate, and food was my chosen vice. Instead […]
45 Bible Verses for Procrastination
Do you ever struggle with following through on your goals or your to-do list? I do. Sometimes I have a terrible time making myself do what I’m supposed to do. Here are some of my go-to verses for writing, but they should be helpful for anything you’re procrastinating. Note: These Bible verses can also be found […]
Bible Study: When You You Feel Like Giving Up
Do you ever get tired of working on your goal? Maybe you’re trying to lose weight. Or you’re trying to start a new business. Or maybe you’re trying to write a book or start a new habit. Whatever it is, things aren’t going as smoothly as you’d like them to go. It seems like one […]
4 Questions to Help You Use Your Time Well
Picture this. You’re on a float in the middle of your small town parade. Driving down the oak lined streets, you’re throwing candy right and left. Laughing kids are scooping it up and running alongside the parade, hoping to grab more. They told you at the beginning of the parade to pace yourself so you […]
When You Can’t Make Yourself Work On Your Goal
Do you ever feel like you just can’t make yourself work on your goal no matter how hard you try? I feel like that on a regular basis. Last week my list told me to do three hours of paperwork, and I was struggling. Here’s what I did: The Good and Bad List I made […]
Bible Study: Spiritual Warfare and Your Goal
Working on a spiritual goal is like working out at the gym with a guy standing next to you saying, Look at you. You’re a slob. Why not just give up right now and get it over with? On the way home you can stop and get a donut. The truth is, we have an […]