8 Reasonable Habits that will Make a Big Difference this Year

What I’m working on this year!

Hey Friends! We’re still working our way into this new year (that’s ok, right?) and today I am sharing straight from my honest life about 8 things I’m currently working on to make 2025 the very best year possible. I’m keeping this super real and raw, and hoping you feel like we’re chatting over coffee (or in beach chairs, if you come to my neck of the woods!)

The first four are indeed health related (it is New Years after all!) but I also touch on parenting topics (fresh chore charts anyone?) as well as marriage and work habits.  I have a feeling everyone can find something in today’s chat to relate to!

NOTES:

Join my Women’s Wellness email crew here!
My Oura Ring on Amazon. (I’m loving the sleep tracking especially!)

The Whoop tracker (Which I mention, my boys use.)
NEW!! — The Secret of Your Naturally Skinny Friends AUDIO VERSION

25 Things to Declutter in the New Year (I found/shared this in my New Year’s Coffee Date!)

Podcast episode with Andrew Pudewa (on reading aloud as a family!)

Praying with your spouse resources…

• Praying the Scriptures for your Marriage, by Jodie Berndt
• The Power of a Praying Couple, by Stormie Martian
• The Valley of Vision (the Puritan Prayer book I mentioned)

Our Chore-chart system! A most-read blog post!

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