Tag: Adulting

• Goals Not Resolutions

  I dislike New Year’s resolutions. How many times have you made a resolution that ended in a fiery disaster? It is not your fault. Resolutions are a form of “cultural procrastination,” according to Timothy Pychyl, a professor of psychology at Carleton University in Canada. Humans assume willpower is a character trait you’re either born with…

  Lori O’Gara

  January 16, 2023

  Dreams, Indie Author, Lifestyle, Purpose, Transpicuous Life Tips

  Adulting, Authenticity, Change Your Life, Choices, Courage, Determination, Dreams, Emotional Intelligence, Everyday Life, Happiness In Life, Life Goals, Life Lessons, Motivation, Priorities, Self Discipline, Self Improvement, Self-awareness, Time, Truth, Weight Loss

• Your Stomach Rules

  

  Yes your heart and mind are the primary driving forces in your life. It’s a balance between logic, intuition, faith, love and trust. You make decisions on the information from the mind and heart in a dance of thoughts and ideas. You might think that is how you get through life and it is for…

  Lori O’Gara

  November 28, 2020

  Lifestyle

  Addiction, Adulting, Everyday Life, Food, Health, Honesty, Humanity, Life Lessons, Peace, Reality, Self Care, Simple Living

• Sometimes I Miss You

  

  Dear Friend No More, Sometimes I miss your face. I miss the history we share, the past that was just us. I miss the fun times with our children when people thought we were all one family. I miss the late night talks over wine and cheesecake. I miss the all day old movie marathons…

  Lori O’Gara

  October 20, 2020

  Dreams, Lifestyle, Purpose

  Adulting, Friendship, Life Lessons, Reality, Relationships, Respect, Women

• Arguing with God- Pt 1

  

  God: I need you to do this thing. Me: (whining) There has to be someone more qualified than me to do this thing. God: No, you are the one. Me. (again…whining) but why? I don’t want to. God: You can choose not to do it, but the consequences are my choice. Me: ugh….(stomps foot) no…

  Lori O’Gara

  August 8, 2020

  Christianity, Purpose

  Adulting, Choices, Free Will, God

• How to Affair Proof Your Marriage

  and it is easier than you realize. I have read so many articles claiming how difficult it is to be married and how much work it is to stay committed. I have read that there is no such thing as an infallible marriage. They are correct; however, I can tell you that it is possible…

  Lori O’Gara

  April 8, 2020

  Lifestyle

  Adulting, Honesty, Marriage, Respect, Time Management

• Kids These Days

  Every generation has its version of this complaint. For my grandparents, it was, “Kids these days don’t know what love is” when my parents were part of the free love hippie sixties. For my mom and dad, it was, “Fashion? We had to wear homemade clothes. Music? We had to listen to one radio station.…

  Lori O’Gara

  August 18, 2019

  Lifestyle

  Adulting, Family, Life Lessons, Parenting, Responsibility