by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 28, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
It is easy to justify just one more piece of chocolate. What could it matter? It's just a few more calories. No big deal. It is easy to justify taking a pen from the office. What could it matter? It's just a few cents. No big deal. It's easy to justify cutting in...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 27, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
Very often the biggest barriers to success are paralysis by analysis, fear of failure, and lack of self-masters. In those cases, giving ourselves a serious dose of motivation is all that is needed to move to the next level. Sometimes, however, there are real...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 26, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
Two days after Sam got his PhD, Sam, Jessica, Belinda, and I, moved to Boca Raton, Florida, for our first post-college shot at the real world. We rented a three bedroom townhouse, moved in our first set of real furniture, and started saving up for our first home. We...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 25, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
The first time I spoke at a convention in Utah over a decade ago, a woman came up to me and said, “It's so nice to see someone who looks so professional and takes homeschooling seriously.” I thought about her comment for a long time. As I walked around...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 24, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
As a very young child I was taught a story from the Gospel of St. Matthew in Sunday School. I came home with a little paper necklace that said, “I'm a Second Miler!” And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. 2 Nephi 12:41 This is a...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 23, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
My husband and I like movies. After a hectic week of working, we love to grab some popcorn and settle down in a theater to watch a great flick. Enter the modern age of incivility. Almost without exception, watching movies in a theater includes other patrons who: Talk...
