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10 Ways to Stick to Your Resolutions and Goals

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If you are like the majority of us, then you spent the last couple of days in 2010 coming up with your goals for 2011. Coming up with our list of goals is not usually an issue… it’s sticking to them. Choose realistic goals. We need to make sure that the goals we are setting are actually attainable.

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Healthy Habits - Gamification Apps for Healthy Habits

Motherhood Moments

A Brown University Warren Alpert Medical School report underscores research detailing why gamification is proven to work, noting, “The most prominent categories of persuasive feedback involve goal setting, overcoming challenges, providing feedback on performance, reinforcement of positive behaviors, comparing progress and social connectivity.”

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My 2011 Goals Part 1

Saving SAHM Sanity

New Year, new goals! I love setting goals. I purposely set myself a lot of goals. This year I broke my goals down into four categories: Health, Personal, Money/Financial, and Household. Here are my goals for Health and Personal. I really liked this goal from 2010, so I'm doing it again this year.

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Kids Can Earn a Free Book by Reading

Couponing 101

Barnes & Noble’s Summer Reading Program gives children a free book if they read eight books and document their progress. To prove their accomplishments, all that children have to do is jot down the title, author, and their favorite part of each book in the printable reading journal from Barnes & Noble.

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Website Spotlight - TruPlay

Motherhood Moments

Dusing has been featured on CNN, Fox News, ABC News, The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, USA Today, Entertainment Weekly and other news media. Our goal is to normalize a life of faith that even the youngest child can aspire to. But that’s the beauty of the TruPlay platform. To hear TruPlay’s mission please visit [link] watch?

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Staying Positive in a Bad Situation

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Life is made up of small moments and each moment gives you the choice to see the good or the bad. If you need to, enlist a friend or loved one to give you that extra boost in the right direction. Set Some Goals – Look at some simple things that you can do to change your life for the better.

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How to Change Bad Habits to Maintain Healthy Ones

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Keep a journal for a week or so and note down how you are feeling, what you are doing etc. Some habits are best broken down into small chunks, making gradual changes to ultimately achieve the goal. When you kept your journal, you probably found that there were several triggers that helped you keep the bad habit alive and well.

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