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My new years resolutions are pretty much the same as they have been for the last couple of years. I have achieved most of them but they are life long commitments centered around health, finances and career that I continue to focus on year after year. In 2022, I resolve to… Save More. Spend Less. Eat heathier. Exercise more. Be thankful for my job(s) whille… Building a wildly successful business. I lost 35 pounds last year with a monetary incentive from HealthyWage. You can read all about my  experience by clicking here. I have put a few pounds back on and I am going to start intermitten ..read more

You may remember me telling you earlier this year about a wellness company called HealthyWage. With motivation from this program, I lost 35 lbs in 6 months and won a cash award of $1,084! I have now signed up for a new HealthyWage challenge and I would love for you to join too! Let me tell you all about it! I am very excited about the $12,256 Holiday Stay Strong Sweepstakes. This contest is designed to help you beat the holiday weight gain! No purchase or payment is needed to enter or win. There are many opportunities to earn entries for the grand prize drawing of $12,256 includ ..read more

I was often reminded by my (now ex-)husband that the Bible warns us not to go to bed angry. I usually replied with “I have to, I can’t stay up all night.” If he made me mad early in the day I (sometimes) had time to get over it but it was especially hard when he made me good and angry late at night. I didn’t understand how anger differed from morning to night. All I knew was that he didn’t quote this because of his devout beliefs. He knew he was wrong and this admonition was his only hope of avoiding my wrath. When I came across the scripture recently, I decided to study it a little deeper. Fo ..read more

According to my plan, I was supposed to purchase a home this year. I had been preparing for about two years by building my savings, reducing my debt and increasing my credit score. Then the rental I was living in was placed on the market so I needed to move sooner rather than later. A home purchase isn’t something you can rush so I started looking for another rental. I was fortunate enough to find a small home in my budget only 1.5 miles from the beach. I was the first person to show up to see it. That seemed like a miracle to me but I guess someone has to be first. The true miracle was findin ..read more

When things are going good for me I am on top of the world. I believe I can do anything. I see and study my vision board and 1 year plan constantly as I turned them into a decorated poster that hangs on my bedroom wall. Then setbacks happen when you least expect them and when you are least prepared for them. I felt like I had my life together. In a matter of weeks I found out my job is going away this fall and my home that I have rented for 3 years was being put on the market. My savings got sucked up by unplanned expenses. I was excited to advance into the next season of my life but I had hop ..read more

This blog post contains affiliate links to products or services. I may receive a commission for purchases made through these links. I’ll never put anything in front of you that I don’t 100% believe in. If you see me promote someone else’s event, course, product or service, understand that I am only doing so because I believe it will add massive amounts of value. Like many other people, weight gain was one of the consequences I saw in 2020. I don’t blame coronavirus. Snacking and lounging have always been my favorite hobbies. I would not have believed that in a year I would be writing a blog ab ..read more

We serve a supernatural God. With God’s help, I can do something great. If you get serious and do things God’s way, you will have a life so amazing you won’t hardly be able to take it all in. Your life is a result of the choices you make. Be obedient in the little things all through the day. Don’t try to figure out the why’s. God is our Redeemer and Restorer. What the devil means for harm, God will work out for good. Resist the temptation to criticize and judge, thereby enabling yourself to enjoy blessings instead of judgement. The real us is not what can be seen, it is what goes on in our he ..read more

Last week while vacationing in TN, my family and I went to the cemetery. We visited my dad’s grave and the burial sites of many other family members on his side of the family. I noticed the grave of a distant relative who has a wife buried on either side. As I have done on many occasions,I stopped in front of this headstone and contemplated this mans current situation. I use to wonder how is he getting along in heaven?  I wondered which woman is his wife in heaven and how does the other one feel about that? Which one does he live with or do they all live together? I also wondered how the ..read more

Five years ago, this month, I was trying to empty out the last of my belongings from my home in Pulaski, Tennessee. I was packing, selling, donating and cleaning. I spent my nights in a nearly empty living room containing only a chair, a tv and the complete series of Frasier on DVD. I was scared but ready to give up the season of struggle that I had known for so long. I wanted to leave behind the memories of my house, my neighborhood and my hometown. After years of heartache, I was going to follow my dream of moving to Florida. I was looking for happiness. I was looking for wealth and success ..read more