by Alison Moore Smith | Feb 1, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
As I write this we are just a few days off from congress passing a bill to avert the “fiscal cliff” that they didn't read. You can't blame them for not reading it (they got the 154-page bill three minutes before the vote), but you can certainly blame them...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 31, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
When I began dating my husband (whom I had known for almost a year) in 1985, I was thrown for a loop. I was used to guys who flattered at the drop of a hat. They adored me and thought I was the most beautiful woman on earth and wanted to be with me forever, almost...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 30, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
I've talked about goals that are never completed, but just roll from year to year. Most of us have done that more than we care to admit. But at the root of most unfinished goals is a lack of commitment and accountability. Planning to do something makes us feel good....
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 29, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
We've all had disappointments and heartache. But it's easier to deal with when we can see a cause or when we are just experiencing a consequence of a stupid choice. It's when we are blindsided by something out of our control or hurt by the evil of another or when the...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 28, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
As I write this, our “public servants” just kicked the fiscal cliff two months down the road. This is the same congress that hasn't passed a budget in nearly four years…even though it's illegal. And all the while they point fingers at each other and take...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 27, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
Yesterday a friend posted a note on Facebook that said: So for the first time in my life I actually kept two New Years resolutions the whole year long. As I reflect on 2012, I'm pretty proud of myself! It was remarkable because it so seldom happens that we actually...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 26, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
Two decades ago, my little family headed out from our home in Boca Raton, Florida, for a week at Disney World. Orlando was a three hour drive and I was taking the kids up to meet up with Sam, who was already there attending an engineering conference. Driving long...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 25, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
We've all heard the idiom “practice makes perfect.” But it's not true. Consider a violinist who practices an hour a day using a cello bow. She won't ever perfect violin playing that way and probably won't even perfect violin/cello-bow playing because the...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 24, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
As I write this, it is one day after returning from a family vacation to California. We spent two days driving (one there, one back), one day at California Adventure, one day at the beach, one day having devotional and seeing local sites, and another at Disneyland....
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 24, 2013 | for Spirit
A couple of months ago—when I was scolding boys for slobbering over skanky girls—SilverRain said something that has come repeatedly to my mind: Alison, it is true that men are attracted to women, and this isn't per se bad. What is bad is when that attraction that men...
