by Alison Moore Smith | Feb 4, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
One of the lessons my parents made sure was engrained into me was to demand quality. And by quality I do not mean brand names of high expenses. For decades my mother subscribed to Consumer Reports and I devoured it. Even when I was in elementary school, I was...
by Alison Moore Smith | Feb 3, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom records one of the most profound human responses I've ever seen outside of deity. She and her sister, Betsy, had read in this Bible verse: Rejoice always, pray constantly, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of...
by Alison Moore Smith | Feb 2, 2013 | 100 Day Challenge, Lifestyle Design
Adaptability is the willingness and capacity to change and improve. Anyone who is always setting and achieving goals has this in their DNA. I love the look for ways to make my character and life better and then move toward it. The problem I have with adaptability is...
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...
