I started raising kids nearly 14 years ago. When I became a parent there was already a movement in full swing where children were to have their self-esteem bolstered and protected. I was and am in full agreement with that train of thought. However, the methods that some parents and other adults have taken to [...]

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Etsy has a thing on their site called Treasury. The way it works is etsy users lurk out a spot to make a treasury, and then they gather images from designers that they love and name their collection. I don’t have a bunch of time to lurk out a spot, so I usually do my [...]

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My husband always talks to me about the 10,000 hour-rule. It’s a theory that says we can become experts at anything by just committing 10,000 hours to it. I thought about how that relates to another theory that says we don’t just end up anywhere in life. Instead we work very hard to get where [...]

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