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Wrong Priorities?

What a sad ending to what should have been a happy day and night, I thought, as I read of the Spanish woman who spent her wedding night in jail after she hit a policeman trying to break up a brawl between her family and the groom’s family. Several things occurred to me. The first being, that this woman has got her priorities out of whack (excuse the pun) that she was prepared to endanger her wedding night to become involved in a family brawl at the wedding reception. It struck me that the wedding night with her new husband … Continue reading →

What is Wrong With Not Looking?

As many of you know, I have been a single parent for a long time. I’m into it, as a friend of mine would say. I am not a social recluse and I do get out and about and have a life. However, there probably isn’t a week that goes by that someone doesn’t ask me something like: “Are you seeing anyone?” or “Anything new in the romance department?” or “Aren’t you getting out there and looking?” I get it from friends, family, co-workers, even my mother cannot resist asking me once a month or so. I am not hiding … Continue reading →

You Priorities or the Lord’s Priorities

Do you ever find yourself wondering why things are just not working out the way that you want them to? This can be an extremely frustrating thing to happen, especially if you tend to plan things out and arrange them perfectly in your head. I am a detail-oriented person who loves to plan my life out in advance years at a time. I often get frustrated because things do not seem to go the way that I think they should. I often find myself telling the Lord what I want done, and how I want it. As I have grown … Continue reading →

RS/EQ: Priorities and Preparedness

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When we study the principle of self-reliance, we tend to think of it as a worldly law. And yet, the scriptures clearly tell us that Heavenly Father has never given a law that is temporal; all commandments are spiritual in nature (see D&C 29:34). How, then, is a law regarding our worldly state spiritual? President Kimball clearly states that “the highest achievement of spirituality comes as we conquer the flesh.” As we overcome our earthly bodies and worldly desires, we grow to be more spiritual beings. We generally think of this when we consider overcoming habits, but it applies to … Continue reading →

When Your Goals and Priorities Change

I wrote earlier this morning about the importance of developing a strategy for running your home business, but I also wanted to acknowledge that nothing is cast in stone. It is incredibly common for us to not only be affected by external factors, but to have our goals and priorities change from within our own lives and personal interests. One of the hallmarks of a successful business is flexibility. Being able to adjust to internal changes, progress and shifts in the market place is what makes one business succeed when another might flounder and flail. Even when those changes might … Continue reading →

Setting and Monitoring Priorities

It is so easy and typical to get caught up in the every day when running a home business–doing the immediate tasks at hand and juggling necessary activities (putting out fires)–we don’t always take the time to set priorities and keep on top of whether or not we are meeting those priorities. While priorities and goals may seem like the same thing, priorities are actually more of an overarching guide for what we are trying to achieve with our businesses. Setting priorities doesn’t just mean business priorities–especially when you work from home, are taking care of a family, and maybe … Continue reading →

What Should A Good Parent’s Priorities Be?

I asked my husband “What should a good parent’s priorities be?” His first response was “The well-being of their children.” Yet many leading experts say that a parent’s first priority should be to their spouse. Why? The reason is simple if you have a good marriage you are more likely to be a good parent. Counselor Peter Gerlach found that in consulting with over 1,000 couples that those who do not make their marriage a priority ultimately fail. We all know what divorce does to kids. So a parent’s first priority should be to their marriage. Andrew Mullins, author of … Continue reading →

Overcoming Fitness Challenges during the Holidays

Life is busy.  There is a lot to be done to prepare for the holidays.  It might make sense to put exercise on the backburner.  After all, there is always the New Year, right?  Wrong. Let’s face it.  We can always come up with an excuse to not exercise and to indulge ourselves in unhealthy food choices.  The holidays are just a convenient time in which to do this. It can be hard to stay motivated during this time of year.  But there are ways to overcome the challenges. First, you just might have to accept the fact that exercise … Continue reading →

Why Part 4

After we decided that Christmas Eve with my in laws was getting us home too late for our traditions we asked my mother in law to move the time up and maybe do a brunch. Everyone is off on Christmas Eve so it seemed like a good compromise but it was not good for them. It seemed like every alternative we came up with just would not work so we just stopped going on Christmas Eve even every other year. WE started asking my in laws for a date that we could get together with them and do Christmas and … Continue reading →

Preventing Arguments About Money

It is a well known fact that money is a common cause of arguments for couples. Sometimes the best way to avoid money arguments with your significant other is to talk about finances as freely as you talk about everything else. Even if money is tight and you are having trouble making ends meet, talking openly about your finances just might prevent a major blow-up later on. If a couple rarely discusses finances, each may think that the other knows what is going on with the family finances. Each person may also think that the other person knows what the … Continue reading →