by Becca Smith
There are things that I only say in my head ( and sometimes out loud- but I most definitely avert my eyes when I do) “Tomorrow is the day. The day I start eating better. I will drink my protein shake with the almond milk, the chia seeds, and the 28 essential vitamin and minerals […]
It’s October and the dumpster fire that is 2020 is still burning. It would take all of 2.5 seconds to Google “2020” and have an endless list of things that have gone wrong and so very little that has gone right. I will set the stage: End of February 2020 Covid-19 or Coronavirus makes its […]
I’m a tracker. I keep track of things. The miles I run (yog), the number of books I read in a month, calories consumed and thus need to be burned, the money I spend, and I have multiple calendars going at once, tracking my life by the hour, by the day. Now it’s the number […]
There is a saying that “roads are paved with good intentions”.. No- after googling it, “the road to hell is paved with good intentions” not at all what I meant. Also upon googling that quote I found that there are pages and pages about Travis Tritt and his song Best of Intentions.. who knew? Not […]
(Warning! A pity party in the making below, lacking humor and even sarcasm..Had to happen) Not sure how I found myself looking down the barrel of yet another year. I’ve clearly been an absentee parent to this blog… busy parenting my human children I guess. As with every new start there is that feeling of […]
You know when it happens, but somehow you never see it coming. That moment when someone is saying something to you and you’re smiling, and moments later you realize (smile still hanging on your face) that you’ve been dissed, smacked down, insulted, zinged, slighted, whatever you want to call it, but you just know, and […]
I don’t know about anybody else, but I find the idea of New Year’s resolutions really just a guaranteed way to disappoint and frustrate yourself. Yourself! literally self-inflicted guilt and shame. I’m a planner and I love the idea of setting up a game plan or making appointments to ensure things get done- but a […]
There are times you just have to suck it up. Grow a pair. Cowboy up – ok I’ve never said that, but people do. Grow a backbone, gut it out, or Just Do It (insert Nike swoosh here), but my very favorite one is Put your Big Girl Panties On. You know the ones of […]