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11 Ways to Teach Your Children to Be Diligent Workers

October 25, 2011

As 2011 comes to an end, we’re sharing helpful lists to help you save money, stay healthy, get organized, creatively repurpose, frugally gift-give, intentionally celebrate and more in our “11 Things for 2011” series throughout these holiday months.
Written by Beth Corcoran, Contributing Writer
About a year ago, I was exhausted by the amount of work I [...]

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My Journey to Burnout: Proof That I Really Can’t Do It All

January 6, 2011

Burnout. It's a word that highly ambitious and driven people like myself often think that we are immune to.
I have struggled with over-achieving and perfectionism for almost as long as I can remember. At the tender age of 12, I worked a steady babysitting job every morning and after school, while balancing schoolwork, private music [...]

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Overcoming Scheduling Challenges: Bringing More Peace to my Day

March 19, 2010
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Image by Andreanna Moya
Flexibility. It is one of  the great skills that I have come to realize are a necessity for mothering.
Learning to go with the flow and figure out what to do as each new season of life arrives, full of unique challenges and opportunities, is essential.
I've talked recently about my desire to cut [...]

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Baking Day: Making Progress!

November 3, 2009
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So far, so good! It's almost 2pm and I'm on a roll with baking day. Just taking a quick breather to nurse the baby/eat cold leftovers/blog and tweet where I'm at.

Here's my progress so far:
2 loaves soaked, yeast bread (from Sue Gregg's grains book)- in the oven as I write!
Double batch of banana-cranberry muffins
Triple batch [...]

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