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Wonder by RJ Palacio – Book Review
Wonder is a story about August (Auggie) Pullman. August was born with craniofacial abnormalities. The story takes place as August enters the 5th grade. He had been homeschooled by his mother, but now he will join his classmates at Beecher Prep. Wonder is all about his journey through the fifth grade. I bought Wonder over a year ago. We were doing a scholastic book order through our school board and I asked the boys to pick out whichever books they wanted from the catalogue. One of the boys had circled Wonder. I ordered the book not knowing anything about it. When we got the book, I read the inside cover…
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Remembering Your Why
Remembering your why, your reason for doing what you are doing, is so important in life. So often we forget why we began doing what we are doing, or forget why we are aiming for the goals we seek. So often in life, we also strive for outcomes without even thinking about why we want that thing. Do you want financial success? Do you want freedom? Do you want notoriety, fame, stardom? Perhaps you are doing something because you have a message to spread or information you want available to a wider audience. Perhaps you want control. Recently, I teamed up with a few different Moms and did a collaboration…
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No-Spend Challenge: 1st Month Plan and a Book Review
“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” – Chinese proverb This quote sums up my feelings for where I am in life at the moment. There are so many things I wish I had done years ago, but instead of putting them off any longer, I am doing them. Today. This applies to so many more things than just finances and money, but for the sake of this book review, we will focus on the No-Spend Challenge. I had been considering doing another No-Spend challenge. I did one last January after feeling so overwhelmed with Christmas. In some ways it…
