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🎗 Awareness 🏡 Home 🗂 Productivity 🥗 Wellness 🧗 Growth 👨👩👧👧 Family
👨👩👧👦 Would you agree that with the bar of motherhood set so impossibly high, there really is no doing it right, all the time, in every way?
“Every job is hard if you’re doing it all-day every-day with no end in sight, the way most of us with children are… or at least that’s the way it feels.” ReadWhy Do We Always Feel Like We’re Screwing Up As Moms?
🧗 Do you hold yourself to impossible standards that make you want to give up and stop trying to improve?
“Here are five views of imperfection that can help you to soften your expectations of yourself, embrace your incompleteness, and hopefully create more room for beauty, compassion, and contentment as a whole.” Read 5 Ways to Embrace Imperfection.
🎗 Have you ever considered that books have the power to change your mind and outlook completely?
“Reading about the life and times of people who live or lived in different circumstances from you can make it easier for you to understand and relate to those who are different from you.” Read15 incredible benefits from reading every day.
🗂 Would you read more if you felt like you could concentrate better?
“In this busy world where everyone is constantly trying to get work done, the benefits of reading are as overlooked as reading itself.” Read What are the benefits of reading and can it help boost your productivity?
🥗 Have you ever considered the health benefits of listening to podcasts?
“From the soothing sounds of meditation to heart-pounding true crime stories, podcasts are more than just background noise.” Read How Listening to Podcasts Can Benefit Your Brain.
🏡 Do you feel at home when it comes to podcasts or is it something you haven’t yet dabbled in?
Rachel and Amanda actually look forward to getting things done around the house thanks to the option to listen podcasts while they do their dirty work. Read A Beginner’s Guide to Finding and Listening to Podcasts.
Why It’s Important to do the Right Things, Most of the Time