Category: Minimalism

Worry Not — Get Back to the Basics

I believe sometimes I overly complicate life; at least for me. Maybe it is the same for you. Lately the chorus of a song that keeps going through my head. I’m pretty sure God is trying to send me a message. The lyrics are from a song written by Mark Harris of the group 4 …

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Monday MoJo – Define yourself

Tomorrow we start the first of December. I will be working on making the next 31 days very productive and very rewarding for those around me. When I started the 5.0 process I wanted to get rid of the keg and find a 6 pack, well I found the 6 pack in August and the …

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Gratitude Day 30 – a Shield

30 Days of Gratitude but every day I will be thankful. I encourage you to be grateful for each day that you are present. I encourage you to be present in every day that you are here. This is a time to celebrate time with family. It is not about the gifts, it is not …

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Gratitude Day 29 — Discipline

One of the hardest habits to get into is becoming disciplined. When I got ready for surgery back in September I let go of a discipline that helped me get back to where I wanted to be, the discipline of working out regularly. I got lazy kept eating at the same pace I was when …

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Gratitude Day 28 – richly blessed

Wow Black Friday is behind us. I kept to my goal of not even getting out. This year in the interest of spreading the mentality of minimization most of the ones I get gifts for will be receiving gift cards for restaurants. Most of the ones I know have all that they want so why …

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Gratitude Day 27 – Black Friday Madness

No I am not up for the Madness of Black Friday; I just wanted to get this post done. I hope you didn’t get caught up in the madness of trying to keep up with everyone else. All of this consumerism is getting way out of hand. The past couple of years we have been …

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Gratitude Day 15 – Don’t Reject Correction

I am grateful for my daughter. She is my middle child and for her protection she is sandwiched between her brothers. She may not enjoy the protection but I don’t have to worry about troublesome young men; her brothers take care of it for me. Yesterday driving down the road my driver front blew while …

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Gratitude Day 7 – Keep my Word

I am so grateful for my Father and my Grandfather they taught me to always try to be a person of my word. I was taught to have my yes’s be yes and my no’s no. No was also one of the hardest words for me to master. To be perfectly honest; I still have …

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Gratitude Day 6 — Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is only 21 days away. Images of food, parades, and football abound. Some stores for some reason don’t care about family they want to be open to try to get some money out of the consumer. They open early on Friday for what it’s called “Black Friday” My challenge for you this season is …

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In Order to Have It You Have to Own It

The thought kept going through my mind; “In order to have it, you have to own it”.  What does it mean? I just finished a discussion with my eldest son on responsibility or more like it is someone else’s fault. Ahh the light of the 100 watt bulb comes on; to teach responsibility and accountability …

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