When I am feeling overwhelmed by the war going on in Ukraine, 

I have a tool that helps me to handle my emotions

and function in my daily life.

I call it Circle with Love and Let Go.

I did a previous episode on Circle with Love and Let Go

but today I share it more specificaly with this current situation. 

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Someone posed this question to me, and it caused me to stop in my tracks.

Longing – such a powerful word.

Not what do I want or what do I need.

But what do I long for?

Sometimes I long for deep connection with others. 

Not surface conversations, though those are needed and appropriate much of the time.

But deep heart felt conversations.

Sometimes I am longing for peace and quiet

To be all alone in my house 

And read a book, snuggled up by the fire.

Sometimes I long for my family to gather round the table and play a game

See the boys laughing with each other

And relish in these boys and men

And just love them. 

Sometimes I am longing for a hug.

I am lucky enough I have people here I can ask for a hug from. 

It is very telling to pause and ask yourself this question

What are you longing for?

Your answer may change everything. 

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Yep…. This is where the 1/24/50/24/1 comes in handy. 

Though sometimes it really can be 50/50 or 99/1… each day is different.

It is so interesting, because in reflecting on my life most of my days that have been the scariest and best days have all be about Devon.

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I was watching WyzeGuy (what I named the vacuum) moving around the house and was really getting irritated by how he was vacuuming.  It didn’t make any sense.  It didn’t seem logical.

I was sort of yelling at him and telling him there was a better way to do it. 

Then I realized I was yelling at a robot; with artificial intelligence whose only purpose is to vacuum. 

It hit me; I have a control problem.

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I was nervous to move to the mountains where there was so much snow.

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I learned this tool last year

and it still amazes me how much it has helped me

get more done

and enjoy my day more!

If you only had 1 thing to do in a day….

chances are you would get it done.

But most of us want to get more than one thing done!

So what if our day really had 3 days in it?

I have 3 “days” in mine

So I have 1 thing I want to do in each of my “days”

it really has changed how I think about things and helped me so much!

Listen to the full episode to learn more. 

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In this episode I review 4 different habit trackers

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It is so much easier to find joy in the journey when you are not stressing about money.

So today I am going to share my favorite money tool.

It is YNAB – which stands for You Need a Budget.

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I usually just throw my dishes in the dishwasher after scraping them off.

No rinsing, or scrubbing.

This is how they say to do it

and frankly, it usually works.

But sometimes, you get the stubborn stuff

stuck on, that doesn’t want to come off.

I usually put it back in the dishwasher

in hopes this time it will work.

Sometimes it does.

But sometimes, after 3 or 4 tries

I finally get the scrubby brush out

and with a quick swipe or two

get it clean.

Here is how that can apply to finding joy in your journey!

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I loved Elder Dunn’s talk in October Conference called One Percent Change, he talked about the British Bike Team and how horrible they were for many, many years.  And how positive change only happened when they had someone come in who focused on making 1 percent changes at a time.  From how to put socks on correctly, to tuning their bikes a certain way.  These 1 percent changes over a very short time made them into a winning team.  

I want to you to harness the power of setting 1 Percent Change SIPS goals. 

With SIPS standing for Spiritual, Intellectual/Mental, Physical and Social/Emotional Goals.  

So how can having 1 Percent goals help in these areas?

As Elder Dunn says, “every effort to change we make—no matter how tiny it seems to us—just might make the biggest difference in our lives.”

My prayer for you today is you walk away from this episode with 1 to 5 - 1 percent - SIPS goals, that can help make changes you want in your life. 

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