enJOY it
an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.
Category: goal setting
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I have shared a lot about goal-setting over the years and something I mention often is that I like to have a few little goals and a few BIG goals in progress at any given time. Variety helps keep me interested and interesting and I work best with a few different things on my plate.…
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Last week we finished up and sealed our outdoor patio and I am SO thrilled with the result. The bulk of this project was completed in January (you can read more on the decking there), but we needed a jigsaw to cut the Ikea PLATTA decking to fit around the brick curve. Paul created templates…
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My word for this year is WHOLE. It feels so much more abstract than my past words. Whole what? Whole personal life? Whole business life? The "Whole-y" Grail a.k.a the impossible "balance" between the two? Whole body? Whole grains? Whole house decorated? Yes, please. All of the above. I am not sure where this word…
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Last week at Play! in Anaheim, I had the pleasure of listening to Tracey Clark talk about fun photography. She said a lot of good things, but the one thing that really stuck with me was her encouragement to get out of "snapshot mode." "Snapshot mode," according to Tracey, is standing up straight, facing your…
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I am so excited to share some progress on the backyard jungle. We've had a plan for awhile now, but while my parents were in town the past few days we were finally able to make some progress. And what satisfying progress it was. My dad spent Tuesday and Wednesday turning up and leveling the…
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I'm not that big on resolutions but unless you're just visiting for the first time, you know I've very big on goals. I set monthly goals, birthday goals, business goals & yearly goals. I set big goals, small goals, overly ambitious goals and simple goals. I even wrote an ecourse on goal-setting. My focus on…
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Thank you for following along in this space. My blog turned EIGHT on Christmas Day. That's eight years of memories and photos and thoughts and stories. After millions of words, and nearly 3000 published posts, it's still an honor and a joy to write here. I appreciate so much that you drop by to see…
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The past two years, I have committed to running one mile everyday from Thanksgiving to New Year's Eve. It's been one of my favorite exercise goals. I have found that sharing my progress on Instagram (by taking a photo of my running shoes and using the hashtag #mileaday) has kept me inspired and dedicated to…
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I am pretty happy with how September shook out. We didn't get outside nearly as much as I would have liked (seriously, I am no good at handling a heat wave and a baby at the same time) but I did get my library card and dove back into reading. And I am thrilled…
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In the early days after Ellerie was born, I was in love with her but also exhausted, in pain and overwhelmed. I was also clinging to anything that resembled my old normal. Every night I choose three things that I would get done the next day. Before falling asleep (for the first of many times),…
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