Category: 52 Weeks to Bettering Yourself in 2013 – One Week at A Time

52 weeks to bettering yourself in 2013 – one week at a time

Bettering Yourself – Week 29 – Jul 15-21, 2013 – Decide What’s Important to me, and Focus my Energy on That

At the end of some days, I feel exhausted and scattered, and the reason is that I did nothing that was fulfilling to me, although I may have done a lot of things. So, for this week’s bettering yourself challenge, I am going to write down what’s most important to me, and focus on doing… Continue reading Bettering Yourself – Week 29 – Jul 15-21, 2013 – Decide What’s Important to me, and Focus my Energy on That

Review of Week 28 – Dealing With My Plan B

  “Life is What Happens to You While You’re Busy Making Other Plans” John Lennon For this week’s bettering yourself exercise, I looked at how good I am at dealing with plan b, the unexpected.  I learned that I am much more resilient in mid life in bouncing back after a loss or setback than… Continue reading Review of Week 28 – Dealing With My Plan B

Bettering Yourself – Week 28 – July 8-14, 2013 – Dealing With My Plan B

On Marilu Henner’s website, Marilu.com, I read this piece of wisdom: One thing I’ve learned over the years is: “The key to your life is how you deal with Plan B.” You can aim for Plan A. You can arrange for Plan A. But “Plan B” is what actually happens to you. It’s your resilience… Continue reading Bettering Yourself – Week 28 – July 8-14, 2013 – Dealing With My Plan B

Review of Week 27 – Watching My Thoughts

  For this week’s bettering yourself challenge,  Watching my Thoughts, I learned that my thoughts are more positive when I trust in my nature, like Wayne Dyer says.  My own nature knows who I am and why I am here, but when I don’t  trust my nature,   fear and frustration creep into my thoughts. When… Continue reading Review of Week 27 – Watching My Thoughts

Bettering Yourself Week 27 – Jul 1 – 7, 2013 – Watching My Thoughts

“Change your thoughts, change your life”     This quote by Dr. Wayne Dyer, has inspired this weeks’ bettering yourself challenge.  I am going to watch the many thoughts I think each day and see how those thoughts are creating my life. It doesn’t mean that a thought is true because it pops into my… Continue reading Bettering Yourself Week 27 – Jul 1 – 7, 2013 – Watching My Thoughts

Review of week 26 – Cleaning out my closets

I made many discoveries while cleaning out my closets for this week’s bettering yourself exercise.  I found my lucky shamrock key chain from The Flamingo Hilton in Reno, an anniversary card from someone who has passed away, and some pants that were too tight.  By going through these items it helped me remember the past… Continue reading Review of week 26 – Cleaning out my closets

Bettering Yourself Week 26 – Jun 24 – 30, 2013 – Clean Out My Closets

I have been de-cluttering objects in plain view for months now, so I am digging deeper in the process for this week’s bettering yourself exercise, and I am going to clean out my closets. Some objects like costume jewelry and letters have been stuffed in Rubbermaid containers for years – some neatly stuffed, and others… Continue reading Bettering Yourself Week 26 – Jun 24 – 30, 2013 – Clean Out My Closets

Bettering Yourself Week 25 – June 17- 23, 2013 – Commit to Myself

For this week’s bettering yourself challenge, I am going to commit to myself. As a mom, I often commit to my children and family, and do what needs to be done, but forget to support and assist myself in my own goals and dreams. This week I am going to commit to supporting myself in… Continue reading Bettering Yourself Week 25 – June 17- 23, 2013 – Commit to Myself

Review of Week 24 – Spend More Time in Nature

“Nature is fuel for the soul, ” says Richard Ryan, professor of psychology at the University of Rochester. “Often when we feel depleted we reach for a cup of coffee, but research suggests a better way to get energized is to connect with nature,” he says. This week, as I spent more time in nature,… Continue reading Review of Week 24 – Spend More Time in Nature

Review of week 23 – Bettering Yourself – Stop Waiting

For this week’s bettering yourself challenge, I decided to stop waiting for things to happen and made lots of things happen. I cleared the stuff out of one room, and discarded or donated what I no longer needed, and then created some extra storage in the process. I also booked some appointments for the vet… Continue reading Review of week 23 – Bettering Yourself – Stop Waiting

Bettering Yourself – Week 23 – June 3 – June 9, 2013 – Stop Waiting

For this week’s bettering yourself exercise, I am going to stop waiting for things to get done, and enjoy my time more. Every day I think about some things that need to be installed around the house, and chores and deadlines, and I am in constant waiting mode until those things are complete. This week… Continue reading Bettering Yourself – Week 23 – June 3 – June 9, 2013 – Stop Waiting