After reading my last blog post on the 'permission slips of life', my sister had some interesting points to add to the conversation.

I enjoyed group running games as a child, because I was less likely to lose at them. But how do you win at achieving your goals as an adult when it's it's difficult to even begin - and you don't necessarily have a team to support you?

How are bucket lists and anti-bucket lists related to each other? Let me show you with a Venn diagram example!

Life happens. To everyone. So when life gives YOU lemons, you can learn to be ok with sour things - or you can look for the sugar. Or you can hate lemons. What will you choose?

What is your natural tendency towards facing fear? Are you a fighter? Are you a runner? Do you freeze up? Knowing this about yourself will help prepare you better the next time you have to face one of your fears.

You've recently been successful at something - congratulations! Now you might be wondering how you can reward your success. Here's my list of things that make me happy that I turn to when I want to reward my own successes; maybe you will find something from here that works for you too.

Looking for anti-bucket list examples? I have an example of my own personal anti-bucket list right here. Over 40 ideas you can use as inspiration for your own list!

If you're wondering, "Should I continue with my goal, or just quit?", this article offers some advice for you on how best to decide.

When I was student teaching, I learned to ask my students these three questions. Now I ask them of myself whenever I'm facing decisions too.

So you have a friend who is facing some fears. What do you say to them? How can you talk to people about their fears - without insulting them?