Procrastination is a liar. I probably have known this all along, but I diverted my eyes to avoid being forced to look at the truth head on. Procrastination says I am just waiting. Procrastination cajoles me into compliance by making me think that I am only putting something off for another time. Procrastination fills me…
#GrowingHOPE Podcast Listen to today’s broadcast by clicking the play button at the bottom of the page Procrastination is a trickster and a liar and will attempt to get me to see that not doing is a benefit. I have to see beyond the lies and take steps to combat the results that come from…
Breaking up with procrastination gives me the freedom to walk out my possibilities The power to live in my potential will never be be found in procrastination – no matter what procrastination tries to tell me. Procrastination is a liar. I think I probably have known this all along, but I diverted my eyes to…
Getting it done is as simple as just doing it. I first wrote these words over five years ago and I am still working on learning that lesson right now. I am a procrastinator by nature (or by nurture) and that is a HARD habit to break. My realization of the importance behind “just do…
“I made so much more money working for someone else.” Every freelance writer that I know cries out on this subject at some point and time. The money that you thought you were going to make may not have ever materialized. It may just be that the work you get spaces out so far that…
Writing about encouragement and speaking about encouragement are two of the purposes I have been led to accomplish. There are three boys that are not cooperating with their homeschool that is making my journey a little tough at this moment. It can be easy to focus on the circumstances and let my eyes drift from…
“I wish that I felt like doing something around the house when I get home.” If ever I needed an excuse to smack my husband in the head then this was the perfect excuse. Maybe he did not intend for his words to be so insulting, but they were. I did not hit him. With…
There are days when I willful walk past a sink full of dirty dishes. I see them but I pretend that they are not there. My real hope is that the elves living in my walls and under my floors will come out and clean the dishes instead of spending all of their time and…
The inspiration came from a question over at Christian Writers. The day can speed past without one word written, particularly when I work hard or my reasons NOT to write. Have you ever had a reason not to write? Reasons NOT to Write 10. The three year old is awake. 9. Someone needs to cook….
The last several days I have set a schedule that requires me to dig right in to my work. It is only later in the morning as the family begins to stir that I take the time to check my emails or send out a few tweets. This morning I skipped the schedule since I…