Every year is a new challenge, but why not set smaller challenges for 30 days at a time? Erin and Sarah share ideas from an expert’s list of 30 day challenges and chat about how the ideas might (or might not) fit in their own lives and the benefits they could see come from the goals.  “Man alive! If we could devote time to that thing that we love for 30 days, wouldn’t the month look a lot brighter?”-Erin

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For 30 days set a goal to focus on something you want to try, like a side business.  The 30 days don’t have to start and finish a whole project, but might be the very beginning of planning the steps and learning what the new project would take.  Part of a challenge that adds to your time commitments might include other goals of cutting out time used in other areas like watching TV or scrolling social media.  It doesn’t all have to happen at once, use each day in the 30 day block time and focus.

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Identifying what you’re grateful for or being nice to others isn’t a one-size fits all for each person or each day.  Being genuine in thoughts and expressions is what is important to finding joy and change in our lives.

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More me time!  Some ideas might be working out, reading (uninterrupted), or yoga programs.  Don’t limit the activities to your own ideas; use the resources out there to organize or guide your activities like Yoga with Adirenne’s 30 Day Yoga Journey.

Resources shared in the show:

Fifteen 30-Day Challenge Ideas That Will Change Your Life by Christina Tiplea

Yoga with Adirenne’s 30 Day Yoga Journey

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Erin and Sarah are moms who enjoy each other’s unique cul-de-sac “mom perspectives” so much they want to share their thoughtful and sassy ponderings with other moms around the world.  Collectively they are moms to 4 school-aged kids, and world travelers in their journeys as United States Marine Corps spouses. Erin is a homeschooling mama of three munchkins who loves running (slower than most people walk), traveling, and can recite the alphabet backwards while opening a bottle of wine. Sarah is a curious minded mama of one small human, enjoys writing, takes forever to read a book for leisure, and can order McDonald's at a Japanese and German drive through.

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How does a Mom set realistic goals for all that a new year (especially post 2020) will offer? Erin and Sarah talk about the fresh start of a new year by looking back to find joy and making plans to build on those positive (and negative) feelings in the new year. “2020 was an absolute crap show. But, we did learn a lot from it!”-Erin

High hopes for 2021, what are the possibilities for the new year?

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Research says 50% of the Western world comes up with a new year’s resolution and 10% keep it for more than a few months. What is the reverse of this? Do you make worse goals for yourself just to keep the goals and be better than the 10%?

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Start this year by making a pros/cons list of what had an emotional attachment to your life last year. What brought you joy in the year and what had negative emotions?

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Planning for the future can generate joy before the event or activity actually happens. The act of looking forward to something can be a positive experience before it actually happens!

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Moms aren’t planning just for their own future, they have others to motivate or hold them accountable. Try setting personal and family goals that everyone is on board with in the new year. Erin shares her family’s 2,021 goal!

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Moms Unschooled New Year’s goal setting tips:

“Don’t throw the whole stroller off the cliff tomorrow... you can start with something else.”-Sarah

Resources shared in the show:

Tim Ferris Blog “Forget New Year’s Resolutions and Conduct a ‘Past Year Review Instead.”

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Erin and Sarah are moms who enjoyed each other’s unique cul-de-sac “mom perspectives” so much they want to share their thoughtful and sassy ponderings with other moms around the world. Collectively they are moms to 4 school-aged kids, and world travelers in their journeys as United States Marine Corps spouses. Erin is a homeschooling mama of three munchkins that loves running (slower than most people walk), traveling, and can recite the alphabet backwards while opening a bottle of wine. Sarah is a curious minded mama of one small human, enjoys writing, takes forever to read a book for leisure, and can order McDonald's at a Japanese and German drive through.

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This episode was inspired by sitting on the patio with other Moms realizing everyone was dressed like “Mom Bums.”  Erin, Sarah and their guest Sarah talk about definitions of Mom style and how personal preferences come to be.  “You can wear whatever you want to wear whenever you want to wear it….if you feel good in it!” - Sarah

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Why are moms pigeon holed into “Mom life” in every aspect of their life? An article from Classytrendy.com says their wardrobe capsule of 22 pieces and 100 outfits is “Perfect for Moms, retired ladies and anyone that needs an all casual wardrobe.”

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Every Mom, including Madonna and other celebrities, has a choice of what she wears and has her own unique style that others (including children) notice.

“Madonna is a Mom, do you think they are pigeon holing Madonna into the stay at home wardrobe capsule?”- Sarah

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Even with unique personal style, staples in the Mom wardrobe exist, but have variations based on individual preference.  The “expert’s” staple list from Lauren McBride’s blog include specific types of shoes, pants, a denim jacket, t-shirts, leggings, but every Mom has her own specific likes and dislikes about each staple (like disliking the functionality of peeing in public while wearing a fashionable romper.)  #legitMomstyle

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The Moms Unschooled wardrobe capsule includes:

Resources shared in the show:

https://classyyettrendy.com/

https://laurenmcbrideblog.com/

https://blog.natalieborton.com/

https://www.thredup.com/

https://jane.com/categories/jewelry-accessories/jewelry

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Erin and Sarah are moms who enjoy each other’s unique cul-de-sac “mom perspectives” so much they want to share their thoughtful and sassy ponderings with other moms around the world.  Collectively they are moms to 4 school-aged kids, and world travelers in their journeys as United States Marine Corps spouses. Erin is a homeschooling mama of three munchkins that loves running (slower than most people walk), traveling, and can recite the alphabet backwards while opening a bottle of wine. Sarah is a curious minded mama of one small human, enjoys writing, takes forever to read a book for leisure, and can order McDonald's at a Japanese and German drive through.

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Music from YouTube Audio Library [Aka YAL] Music provided by RFM: https://youtu.be/Ia6NYheR8Eo

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