March 10, 2010 by Marci | 1 Comment
This is a guest post from Annie @ SisterWisdom.com as part of our week long celebration and blog party here at Overcoming Busy. Keep checking back for great insight on keeping the busy out of our lives and great giveaways!!
Last night I snuggled down in our cozy bed next to my husband, thinking about how [...]
March 9, 2010 by Marci | 6 Comments
This is day two of our Overcoming Busy Celebration. Each day, different voices will share ways to overcome busy and why it’s so important. Thanks for joining us!
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Five years ago, I gave birth to an eight-pound boy who would rock my world. I had whimsical dreams of strolling through the park and singing him soothing [...]
March 8, 2010 by Marci | 9 Comments
Welcome to Day One of the Overcoming Busy Celebration! We are kicking off the new, updated version of Overcoming Busy with a week of guest authors and giveaways. Each day this week, there will be a new guest post and a giveaway post. Keep checking in and don’t miss the fun!
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You’ve probably thought about the [...]
March 6, 2010 by Marci | 5 Comments
Like the new look for Overcoming Busy? If you are reading this on a reader, you are gonna wanna click on over to the actually site! This is a whole new layout, but with the same practical insight on getting the busy out of your life. The one thing you can now count on [...]
March 5, 2010 by Marci | 1 Comment
Last week, on Start Overcoming Busy Right Now, I opened it up to readers to give their best ways to overcome busy. I was so impressed! I am posting these great reader ideas and words of wisdom this week so you can learn from them.
I feel that lately I make these massive to-do lists and [...]
March 3, 2010 by Marci | 4 Comments
I know!! My Goal Gathering Monday post are always on Wednesdays! It just works better in my schedule.
I have mentioned before that I hate New Year’s Resolutions. They never seem to make it past January 10th. Instead of large sweeping goals, I like to break it down into smaller, attainable goals that build up to [...]
February 26, 2010 by Marci | 9 Comments
Each Friday (well, most Fridays) here at Overcoming Busy, I have posted little things we can do right now, this very instant to overcome busy. There has been a post on being thankful, bed-time to-do lists, praying, early morning prep time and more. There are lots more ideas swimming around in my head. This morning, [...]
February 19, 2010 by Marci | 3 Comments
I don’t know about you, but our family doesn’t do well when we are constantly on the go. Things get forgotten. We all get tired. Nerves get frazzled. Kids get cranky. Parents get cranky. Busy does not bring out the best in us. That statement got me thinking. What does bring out the best in [...]
February 16, 2010 by Marci | 2 Comments
Laura, at I’m An Organizing Junkie, is hosting a 28 Day Organizing Challenge during the month of February. The challenge to readers is to declutter and organize a space in their home during February. All throughout the month, Laura and a talented group of guest authors, are serving up tips and tricks to make the [...]
February 12, 2010 by Marci | 4 Comments
This weekend, you will either be celebrating or ignoring Valentine’s Day. We’ve never been big on the Hallmark holiday’s either, but it does bring up a good point. At our house we tell each other “I love you” before bed and before work and other times when we are in trouble or just feeling mushy. [...]
February 10, 2010 by Marci | 8 Comments
I have always wanted my kids to realize that they are not alone in this world. It is not all about them. That is a hard lesson to teach little ones whose worlds are so small. I think the reason I want so badly for them to look outside themselves is that I struggle in [...]
Marci Goodwin is wife to an amazing husband and mother to two phenomenal kids. She is on a journey to get the "busy" out of her life so she can spend time on what's really important.
