Family: Learning To Let Go Of High Expectations

Learning To Let Go Of High Expectations

Written by Alyice Edrich

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Learning To Let Go Of High Expectations By Alyice Edrich

Twice a month my children meet other kids and young adults to play Hero Clix. It’s an action figure game hosted by Wiz Kids and our local collector’s shop and it last five hours! I’m not comfortable leaving my 10-year-old daughter with a bunch of boys, so while they play, I spend repparttar 110145 afternoon sitting in my car, catching up on work (with an occasional peek inside). Today, I read several short books which I had been putting off reviewing. And to my surprise, repparttar 110146 time flew by. My husband even surprised me by showing up and taking me to lunch, next door.

But something strange happened when I returned home with repparttar 110147 kids 2 ½ hours later. I walked into repparttar 110148 house, sat down to check emails and went from relaxed, carefree mom to instant stressed-out mom. All of a sudden, repparttar 110149 successful month I had last month didn’t matter. It wasn’t good enough.

I had to take a step back to see what triggered this reaction.

What in repparttar 110150 emails I read sent me in a panic to find a way to earn more money? What made me feel as though I wasn’t a success? And why did I allow this to happen? Why am I not content with where my life is and where it’s headed?

Gift Baskets - Create Simple Easy Gifts For the Person Who Has Everything!

Written by Donna Hamer

Have you ever thought about giving a personalized Gift Basket?

Is it just me or do you also get excited when you give a gift to your friends and family and you know they love it!

The downside you give a gift and you just know they hate it! Unfortunately you can’t always get it right because what seems right and repparttar appropriate gift for you isn’t always right and appropriate for repparttar 110143 person you are buying for.

Take my mother for instance, if you don’t buy her a gift say for Mothers Day you will be in repparttar 110144 bad books for weeks. Now before you agree with her, let me ask you this “What do you give someone who has everything”? If you could walk around this ladies house you would understand my problem!

Well over repparttar 110145 years I have learnt how to stay in her good books by creating something different and unique every year. I also like to make it a gift that I make, so its personal and comes from repparttar 110146 heart. Yes you guessed it a personalized “gift basket”.

Leading up to repparttar 110147 occasion, I take some time to think about things that Mum has said she liked over repparttar 110148 year and things that she has pointed out in a book that she might like. Then I go about looking for items that would fit into a theme that I can put together into a “Basket”. She loves “glass bowls” so I try to use a glass bowl as repparttar 110149 “basket” for my gift and then fill it with items that she likes. It could be as simple as some pampering items or a night out to repparttar 110150 movies such as popcorn, candies, a drink, chocolates and two movie tickets etc.

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