The narrative for living in this blog is learn when to hit the reset button. I have a lot to catch up on with a busy store this holiday season. Good for sales. Bad for timing. Well not really. I am just pivoting. I'm making version 6.0 of my planner too. Check those out in my online store. https://www.theevolvingcompany.com/shop And to help promote my book, it is on sale for just $0.99 til Christmas Day! CLICK HERE to purchase. May your days be merry and bright. And may all

An evolutionary life turned evolutionary business. The Evolving Mother is becoming a reality. As I wrote in my initial writing over a year ago, It Takes A Vision, I am sharing what has transpired since then. My kids are seeing mom in a new light. They know me to be hard working and persistent but they are seeing adult-ing is harder than they envisioned. I am doing more of what I want to do. After all, my kids are adults now. Laugh with me parents. Journaling is still an ac

How many times do we look at a project and get overwhelmed? Some days it’s hard to even break it down into manageable pieces. I faced this as I played my Sudoku puzzle just now. OK! So I took a break from my project. I was overwhelmed. This puzzle lost its appeal quickly because I couldn’t focus from thinking too hard. Then I finally realized answers became clear when I didn’t think about anything else and used the process of elimination. Voila! Done. Finished. Complete. The

Do you aspire to achieve your dreams, or dream to achieve what you aspire? The answer depends on how you were raised. The result is determined by your current mindset. The main question seems to be whether you will achieve what you set your mind to. While I can sing the song from Disney about dreams really do come true, the reality was never imbedded. It’s no wonder why I played tennis. I was a natural. I lived a tennis game life. One day I was encouraged to make good grades.

I had this epiphany one day when I was so frustrated with myself on not accomplishing more work. More specifically not tackling what I knew I had to do. Being articulate is not a strength of mine but there are two words that are pretty straight forward in the English language. Perfectionism and Procrastination. If you are a person that thinks in clear terms, then you identify with either side of the spectrum these two words have as bookends. I urge you to rethink the number o

No matter which political party you affiliate with or whether you wear bifocal glasses, today will be a day of transition. I’m hoping you will see it my way. (WINK WINK) That is, you will SUBSCRIBE to my website. Many of you have and I am truly grateful. Thank you. This blog is my first to introduce you to my SHOP of Evolutionary Designs. I thought it fitting to launch on this notorious day with us leading into Black Friday specials already. And therefore, this blog will be s

At this point you know I love quotes. It makes finding the ‘right word’ easier. I am not a voracious reader and consider myself to have an average vocabulary. Sometimes, we overthink what a word means. There is no need to impress someone although at times specificity helps clarify intent. Which leads me to my thought process for today’s blog. What does it mean to have purpose? I’ve been an advocate for many people, a mother of two wonderful children, a supportive spouse, and

You have to train your mind to be stronger than your emotions or you will lose yourself every time. A wise friend shared these wise words with me recently. She has been trying to train me to allow myself just to be happy. Her words were simple yet profound. What I realized is that my expectations are really complicated. I worry about doing enough in my life and find living up to my own expectations are challenging. As I manage to find a way to evolve, I must first look at how

An Evolutionary Life turned Evolutionary Business. The Evolving Mother has been a thought of mine for many of my adult years. As the next phase of my adult years has approached, my children are saying practice what you preach. (Child rearing blog to appear later!) Having been raised with a different mindset than I raised my children, I now have to fulfill what I believe and taught. Which spurred my journaling into my first blog, Perfectionism vs Procrastination. Journaling

There was a time not long ago when I was feeling deprived. Even when I followed my daily routine, I felt a sense of longing. Then this thing called a pandemic happened. I just thought I was deprived! So for the first two weeks of the stay-at-home order, I didn’t accomplish much. Or did I? I sat in my family room looking at my back yard mesmerized for long periods of time. I WAS out of bed though. Smiley-face. I wasn’t satisfied. I found that I was feeling deprived because I h

I'm the youngest in the photo just wanting to get into the cake.--- You've probably said ‘When I grow up I am going to...' I am still saying it and I am in my fifties! Yeeks! When did that happen? Fifty years ago, right. I’m not laughing out loud but I am chuckling because I am generally good humored. And THAT is just one secret to life if you want to be happy. This writing is not primarily about what you are going to do when you grow up, it is about being happy and valuing