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This week’s challenge idea comes from an idea in the 1st chapter of the “Dream Big” by Bob Goff – Don’t Go Alone. Last week I challenged you to start dreaming big with your ambitions. Those big scary butterfly in your belly dreams is what keeps us floating toward the future like a balloon. The […]

Ambition: a strong desire to do or to achieve something, typically requiring determination and hard work. I just finished reading “Dream Big” by Bob Goff. The book is all about dreaming big, discovering your ambition, and going for it. That’s what these next few blog posts are going to be about: Know What You Want, […]

In the movie Gremlins, there are these cute little animals with the warning not to feed them…. Why? Because they turn into… This is exactly what we do in our minds with our thoughts. Our mind is a POWERFUL place. Your internal world of thoughts becomes your external world. If you CHOOSE to feed the […]

“Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.”‭‭Philippians‬ ‭4‬:‭6‬-‭7‬ ‭NLT‬‬ You probably read the title and […]

Most of us have a thousand things running through our head of things we need to do and places we need to go. You may feel like you are living in chaos with no light at the end. You don’t feel confident you have it together, you feel like you are taking it hour by […]

If you are a goal getter, you probably have some lofty goals that take time to achieve. The problem that we sometimes run into is that we start out full steam ahead, but over time our motivation starts to dwindle a little bit. That’s where this week’s challenge comes in! The challenge is to reflect […]

Some people call me crazy for moving my body everyday with either a Bodi workout and/or walking workout. As we get older, our body craves that movement. I can tell when I didn’t do my workout in the morning by feeling tired and just plain stiff. On those days it’s like counting down the hours […]

This week’s challenge is about how we are living our day to day lives. So many of us are focused on crossing off all the items on our to do list that we forget sometimes why we are even doing it. I know I am guilty of this. I make my plan for the day […]

Did you know the Grand Canyon didn’t start out like the huge massive structure it is today? It started out as a brook and just kept pushing and digging until it became what it is today. That’s the challenge I have for you this week. I want you to think about your ambitions. Dream Big! […]

Wowsa…it’s June already!! This year is flying by so quickly. I want to challenge you this week to think about those goals you made New Year’s Eve. What did you want to accomplish this year? How was this year going to be different than last year? Maybe you didn’t make any goals….well now is as […]

Until it’s possible. Until we do it or someone else does. What are you telling yourself that you can’t do, but have the consistent nagging in your heart to do? You feel like you are being called, but fear of the unknown, of failure, of being laughed at keeps getting in your way. This week’s […]

That’s the lie I told myself when I thought about sharing God’s word with someone who isn’t a Christian. It’s a scary thing sometimes. What if they ask you a question you can’t answer? What if they say something that makes you question your own faith? Those were excuses for me not to get out […]

The challenge this week is inspired by my Uncle Jim who passed away this past week. His life of service and commitment to family is just an inspiration. The impact one person can have on so many lives can be seen by a church full of people saying goodbye. That’s the thing about this life […]

You know when you set these good intentions of doing something, but then you just….don’t. Well gang, that’s where I have been with this Simply 75 challenge. If you have been killing it – KEEP GOING!! For those who have been half-assing it like me…it’s time to reflect on why and start again. That’s what […]

Sometimes life just gets in the way and things happen out of your control. That’s what happened this week to me. I was going strong with the Simply 75 challenge until I hurt my bicep muscle Monday afternoon. After spending all evening into early morning in the ER and then trying to do all the […]

Starting out with the first habit in the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is being proactive. What does this even mean? It’s starts with the limiting belief that we are conditioned to respond in a particular way to a particular stimulus. Such as the Pavlov’s experiments with dogs. But here’s the thing…we are humans. […]

With the Simply 75 challenge, it is a perfect time to get back to the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. This challenge is about creating the habits that build the kind of character you want to have. Habits are patterns we do (consciously and subconsciously) throughout our day that express our character and make […]

This is going to be my Simply Succeed version of the 75 Hard challenge. It’s 75 days of discipline and creating healthy habits. What do I have to do? Here are the 5 things you will need to do EVERYDAY. Tracking Food I am going to use the MyFitnessPal app (free version). There are other […]

This week I challenge you to really think about what food you are eating and when/why you are eating it. Are you eating to fuel your body with nutritious food or are you eating for other reasons? This is definitely a challenge for me. I am a bored, stressed, lazy eater. Now am I this […]

That’s what I told myself forever. I have always been a cat person since I was little. My sister in laws all had dogs and I never got it. My thoughts were: dogs smell, they are needy, and they are so much work….. Then about 1.5 years ago we dog sat for Sammy while Joe’s […]