One Simple Thing: Monthly Parenting Challenges for a Happier, More Connected Family
Each month this year, I’m sharing One Simple Thing to try to create a happier, more connected family! January: Daily Family Sharing February: Calm the Morning Chaos March: Discovering Your “Authentic” Self April: How to get Closer to your Kid in 5 Minutes a Day May: 3 Reasons to Give Your Kid a “WOW” Today:…
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Finding my Lane
Today is Day 28 of my Happiness Hacks series. As I get closer to the end of this series, I’m needing to dig a bit deeper to find my daily hack. Many of the practices I’ve written about, like going for a run, hugging, reading, walking my dog, and getting things done, I do just about every day.…
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Two “To Do”s
Today is Day 25 of my Happiness Hacks series. My simple happiness hack for today was having a realistic “to do” list. This morning, I looked at my schedule and knew that I would not have much time to get anything done between my scheduled meetings and commitments. And so, I only put two, very…
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Create a “Refuel” List
Today is Day 19 of my Happiness Hacks series. One of my over-arching reasons for doing this series was to get myself back on track and feeling more positive after a season (decades?) of too much work and not enough rest. I’ve been much more mindful about how I’m feeling. I’ve also been thinking a lot more…
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Walk my Dog
Today is Day 17 of my Happiness Hacks series. An upside to the flat tire currently being repaired on my car is that I’m at home all day today getting several small projects done. Although I felt like working non-stop, I took a quick 15 minute break to walk my dog Kate. The air was fresh after…
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Laugh
Today is Day 15 of my Happiness Hacks series. Laughing is today’s hack. On most days, I get at least a chuckle at some point, usually in a conversation with someone. But a hearty belly laugh? That is definitely not a daily occurrence for me. A few years ago, I discovered Pinterest. (Don’t even ask how badly…
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Coffee with a Friend
Today is Day 13 of my Happiness Hacks series. Doing this Happiness Hacks series has had an excellent side benefit. Because I need to have something to write about every day, I actually need to do something that makes me happy every day. This writing series is helping me learn to say “yes” to the right things. In my…
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Wednesday Date Night
Today is Day 12 of my Happiness Hacks series. Unless you include sitting next to each other at a soccer game as a date, my husband and I have not gone on many in the past few years. Typically, the only time we go out to dinner together is if we’re on a trip somewhere.…
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Plan a Trip
Today is Day 11 of my Happiness Hacks series. Today’s happiness hack was finalizing plans for a trip with two of my best college friends. We’re meeting in early December to celebrate a “significant” birthday milestone we’re all reaching over the next year. We’ve been emailing back and forth for about a month to figure out…
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Finish a Project
Today is Day 10 of my Happiness Hacks series. I don’t know about you, but I tend to have multiple projects going on at once. I’m just not a linear project kind of gal. My computer desktop and open tabs are a dead give-away that I’m not great at sticking with one thing from start…
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Gift an Experience
Today is Day 7 of my Happiness Hacks series. In my gift giving over the past several years, I’ve focused on experiential gifts more than material ones, because, I think, they’re so much more fun to give AND to receive. Today I’m heading on a road trip to a women’s conference. I gave this trip as…
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