Focusing On What Matters

2018 is less than 24 hours away as I write this. Everyone is posting about New Year's Resolutions they are making and how 2018 is going to be different. Me...I don't make New Year's Resolutions. I never really have. Mostly because I've seen so many people make them with great intentions and then fail miserably. Almost 4 years ago we made big life changes. We decided within a few weeks to pack up our family and move from Colorado to Oklahoma. Since then life has been increasingly different. We live in the city...now we live on 10 acres. I was terrified of chickens...now we have at least 30 chickens at all time. In a few weeks we will be ordering more. We also have a duck, guinea, and 2 pigs! We had two wonderful boys...now we added a daughter and plan for one more sometime in the future. So life was normal. We were living the same way I grew up and we were happy until we realized we really weren't. Now we are! We have learned how important it is

Last week Briana with Bikini Body Mommy was hosting her last surge before Christmas and I was excited and fully on board to bust my butt and lose a few pounds before the holidays. I started the workout ready to have a great week. Then BAM...finishing up and my shoulder decided I pushed myself to far and I was done for at least a week. I wasn't sure how long it would take to feel better I just knew I needed to not push it further because 7.0 starts in a few weeks and I need to be 100% ready. I have a 50 pound loss that I want to achieve this year. It's actually a realistic goal and it feels like that I could actually achieve it this year but it seems every time I want to take a step forward towards making this goal a reality something like this happens. Back in September when I had successfully completed 2 surges and dropped a pant size I was motivated...then I had a vacation that helped me go back to old habits and all the progress and motivation has contiuned to go out th

I've always struggled with keeping up with any type of routine or schedule. Some schedules like when I was in school or when I was working outside the home were a forced schedule and I didn't have a choice but to follow it. But now I'm a wife and mom and homesteader. I make my own schedule. I don't have anyone telling me when to do what needs to be done. I have responsibilities. I have a husband that requires attention, children that need to be fed and taught, and farm animals that need cared for. But for the most part I can make my own schedule and adjust our schedule to fit whatever my needs are.  This has not served me well. I struggle to keep the house picked up and cleaned. I struggle to keep the kids on a school schedule. I struggle to keep my family on any type of a routine. I struggle to meal plan, prep or grocery shop if I'm honest. I struggle with keeping myself healthy and getting regular exercise. But I'm trying.  I've tried many things to he