Personal Development in the Parenting Trenches

Goal Setting

Achieve what you want for your family, yourself, and your business by tapping into the power of goal setting. You gain focus and purpose – and you clarify what’s important in your life. If you’ve never set goals (or if you’ve set them and never achieved them) it can seem overwhelming at first. In fact, you shouldn’t start with your goals. Start by getting an effective routine going...

Time Management

As a mother and a business owner, time management is one of your top priorities. There’s just no other way to get everything done. Good time management doesn’t just let you to get what you want to done – with your children, with your family, with your home, and with your business …It also lets you feel a sense of control. When you feel in control of life and how things are going, you feel...

I Get Knocked Down, But I Get Up Again…

…You’re Never Gonna Keep Me Down. At least that’s how the lyrics to the song “Tubthumping” go. I happen to like that particular line a lot, though I can do without the rest of the lyrics. That refrain from the song has been running through my head this evening, however. I’ve come pretty close to tears a few times today because the last few days have been a huge emotional roller...

It’s Official

Milk and Mud, LLC is officially in business.  This is a whole new adventure for me My sites are doing well enough that I wanted to formalize my business a bit more.  Right now it’s pretty interesting figuring out how to get everything moved over to a business’ name, and applying for things for the business.  It really forces me to do and think about things in a more logical way.  That’s good,...

Learning New Skills and Gaining Knowledge

I find myself constantly needing to learn new things. I think most mothers do. Parenting and running a household both require a lot dedication, commitment, and good management skills. If you’re like me and didn’t really get an education in how to be a wife, mother, and manage a household, things can seem pretty overwhelming when you find yourself stuck with a kid or three, an entire home to care for,...
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