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October 20, 2016

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Glasses make me feel smart. There I said it. 🤓
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New workout clothes make me feel excited to exercise. Just like new gym shoes make you “run faster and jump higher”. .
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A new planner makes me feel organized and ready to tackle the ever - moving parts as CEO of our family. .
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A new steamer mop makes our floors the cleanest they’ve been in months - not because of the mop - because I’m so stinking excited to use it. .
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An excel spreadsheet makes me happy my husband handles balancing the budget 🥴. .
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My blue light blockers may be working against the computer screen glare, but they’ve also reinvigorated my excitement to type out a whopper of a DIY post. .
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Whatever YOU gotta do to show up and handle the business today - DO THAT. .
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We are the choices we make. We are the habits we practice. We are the average of our best and worst days. What will you today to bump your average? .
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Share your choice or habit practice in the comments below 💯. .
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You can either be the victim or the victor - either way, it's your choice.
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You can choose to let three separate holidays be three single events or three months of over-indulgences and set backs. .
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You can complain about your lack of motivation to work out, the office treats impeding your best nutrition intentions, or your kids' Halloween candy calling your name from the cupboard.
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Or you can own it. You can decide that starting today puts you 60 days ahead of your New Years' resolutions. .
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Whether that's snubbing Debra's latest baked goods in the break room or treating yourself to one or two Halloween sweets tonight instead of a handful morning, noon, and night for the next two weeks.
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Here's a little brain buster for you - the candy tonight is literally candy you can BUY after you reach your goals. The baked goods, the turkey, the pies, the mashed potatoes - those happen every. single. year. Check your food FOMO.
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Victims complain. Victors celebrate. Either way - it's your choice.

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Wanna know the #1 design flaw of our closet turned butlers pantry?
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Locks. Definitely missing locks. .
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Those fruit snack wrappers are showing up in some of the oddest places and not one of them is a trash can. .
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Read all about how we transformed a cluttered closet to a butlers’ pantry - and learn what I never knew about wallpaper until months after the project - on Ooh La Laura today.
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This morning I won. My kids said I was “the best mom ever” - so obviously that’s true 😂but the reason for their exclamation will surprise you. .
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Cereal made a comeback. And apparently, “this is the first time we’re having cereal in this house!!” Or so Noah told me while jumping up and down. .
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Capt’n Crunch used to be a novelty reserved for grandparents’ houses - but not because I’m *that* far gone in nutrition land. .
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I couldn’t control myself around the sugary goodness. In fact, I couldn’t control myself around a lot of foods - like cookies or zebra cakes or chips or candy. .
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I thought controlling the pantry would be enough to control myself - but it wasn’t. It wasn’t long before I was overindulging on the “good stuff” and “healthy” treats like the overnight oats you see here. .
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The harder I white-knuckled, the more I cracked, and set myself back and beat myself up. .
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Until I read something mind blowing: “smoke isn’t the problem. You can’t eliminate the smoke without extinguishing the fire”. What the pantry was stocked with wasn’t my problem. What I’m stocking my head with is the fire. .
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So the cereal is back. And I’m the best mom ever. And I gotta tell you - that does a world of wonders for the mental stock I’m taking inventory of. .
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Is there a place in your life, mind or body where it’s likely you’re funneling energy towards the smoke? Where’s the fire? Share it in the comments below 🔥

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Pink. It’s the color you’ll see pro athletes rocking all month long. It’s the color of a ribbon someone has pinned to their lapel. It’s the lid of a yogurt container you’ll lick and dispose. It’s the awareness. It’s the anthem. .
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But when you find a lump, put on a pink gown and find yourself in the mammogram waiting room - the shade is a little less rah-rah-rah. .
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While you’re donating, walking, supporting, raising awareness and praying for a cure - be sure to do ONE more thing this month, and every month after: a self exam. .
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On the last day of our couples vacation last February, I stumbled upon a massive lump - a lump that checked all the boxes. Within a day (and an international flight), I received a breast exam by my ObGyn. Two days later, I was squished, squashed and prodded during an ultrasound and mammogram. .
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Early detection could be the difference between a major sigh of relief or the start of a battle and victorious ending. .
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After what felt like days of holding our breath, Taylor and I both exhaled (and maybe cried and heaved) while the doctor reported my lump was dense tissue build up. .
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Wear the pink, support the women who are in it, who have won it, the families who’ve lost to it, and most importantly- check YOUR breasts.

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You can't move forward with your foot on the brake and your eyes focused on the rear view. .
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You can, however, spend a lot of energy revving the engine, learning all about the mechanics of how, why, what will make the vehicle move, and find a fault in the system and shut it all down without ever leaving the lot.
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You can spend today giving energy to your best intentions, researching the best "diet" to fit your needs, buying the programs/trainers, and dressing the part. .
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But - intentions don't make changes. ACTION, even the smallest movement, creates change. You don't need to understand every fundamental to just. get. started. .
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If you want to catch your dreams, you'd better start running after them. Don't let the what ifs, I don't knows, and the size of the mountain keep you from taking one step toward them.
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Ps - all my clearance finds from stories are linked to this photo. Screenshot to shop via the @liketoknow.it app or head to the blog and shop the items there 🛍

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How did you two know how to do that?
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Google. You Tube. Pinterest. And plain ol’ Trial and Error. .
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We fell into DIY with a wish for a console table [for a wall I could never get right] and an engineer husband who said “I can do that”. .
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Taylor makes the cuts and measures twice. I come up with the wild plan that’ll inevitably make him remove his glasses, rub his forehead and take a few deep breaths. .
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I can’t seem to get the whole “building” things down, but I can wield a paint brush and envision the potential like nobody’s business. .
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Taking on the Newmarket house has been a lesson in how to eat an elephant. I spent most of the summer paralyzed and overwhelmed by everything that “needed” and actually needed to be done. .
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I decided to approach it the way I approach fitness and nutrition - less talk, more action and one little step of progress at a time. .
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When it comes to anything-we can let our thoughts hold us hostage or propel us to take action. Don’t be afraid to google, YouTube or pin HOW as long as you plan to IMPLEMENT what you learn. .
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What action is your brain begging you to take today?

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Turns out, I like a game plan, meal plan, and man with a plan. .
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We missed our meal prep Sunday last week and it’s like I forgot how to actually prepare dinner that involved more than peanut butter, jelly and bread. .
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Truly not our most nutrient dense week but it made jumping back into meal prep yesterday THAT much easier. .
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Sometimes ya gotta take a step back to re-evaluate or learn to appreciate the small efforts you make day in and day out. .
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Tay is packing a Turkey, Sweet Potato and Broccoli Hash and Chicken and Hummus adult lunchable this week. .
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What’s in your work week lunchbox?

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