It’s the last Monday of 2015. I thought that although I haven’t blogged in months that I would put up a Motivation Monday post today. I may actually schedule a few blog posts while I am off work. I plan on blogging more on a regular basis in 2016. I really do enjoy it, even if for myself.

Today’s inspiration all comes from the website SimpleReminders.com. I follow them on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook and really enjoy the graphics and inspiration that they post on a daily basis. Check them out if you are looking for inspiration. The website also has articles and they have a daily inspiration newsletter as well.

I know that the majority of their posts on Facebook make me smile and a number of them just speak to my heart so I have a lot of their graphics saved for a rainy day. Never know when you may need some inspiration to get you out of a funk.

As I said in my One Little Word post, I have been struggling for what seems like the majority of 2015 in just about every aspect of my life.

I am ready to move on from that. You may see that theme in today’s inspiration.

© Simple Reminders.com

© Simple Reminders.com

© Simple Reminders.com

© Simple Reminders.com

© Simple Reminders.com

© Simple Reminders.com

Do you have motivation to leave for me this Monday? ~ do so in the comments! Hope you have a wonderful week!

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Unfortunately, I have not been posting as often as I would like, or even at all since like, July I believe.

Life…it kicks you in the balls sometimes. Sorry, but it does….and that shit will bring you straight to your knees. Every. Fricking. Time.

In 2015, I had chosen the word “GROW” as my word for the year. Honestly, I felt like I focused on my word for most of the year but then spent the rest of the year wanting to be curled up in a ball in my bed. I had good intentions. Really, I did. But life man…right in the balls.

You can read about my 2015 One Little Word here.  And…if you are interested, my 2014 word was “SHINE” and you can read about that here.

So, 2016 is on the horizon and I’ve got some time off of work and have had time to think about my word for 2016. Like this year, one word keeps popping up in my head and heart:

My One Little Word for 2016 is HOPE.

Before I go into the definition and synonyms of my word, let me explain the symbol. In 2014, the symbol I associated with my OLW, Shine, was a star. In 2015, with Grow, it was going to be like a family tree or flowers. In 2016, for Hope, my symbol is going to be an anchor. Now I am not a Nautical deco type of girl, but there is a quote…which I will get to below…that explains it.

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hope \ˈhōp\

:  to desire especially with expectation that the wish will be granted
:  a particular instance of this feeling
:  to look forward to with desire and reasonable confidence
:  to believe, desire, or trust
:  to believe in the future occurrence of (something)

Synonyms: anticipate, await, watch (for)

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I picked the anchor because I ran across this verse: “We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure.” Hebrews 6:19

I decided that my symbol would be an anchor with the word being HOPE. I truly have hope that 2016 will be better than 2015…in every way. 2015 kicked my ass and I need to get myself back together. I have a Pinterest Board devoted to my OLW as well this year. Click here to check it out. If interested, click for 2015, and 2014 Pinterest OLW boards also.

Here are some other hope related goodies I found online.

Do you choose One Little Word to focus on each year? Leave your words in the comments!

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Monday again! Hope you had an AWESOME weekend!

This Monday marks me returning to work and bringing my new positive mind to my outside life. I am going to need to practice daily affirmations in order to get through it, but with practice I know I can!

This week’s  goodies come from the website Live Happy and were posted on Facebook. I went back through their Facebook page and found the ones I found the most helpful.

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Live Happy Facebook Page

About Live Happy from their website:

Live Happy is leading the global movement to make the world a happier place. We are dedicated to promoting and sharing authentic happiness, inspiring people to live purpose-filled, healthy, meaningful lives. We’re a magazine, website, resource and movement about a timeless quest: Living a happy life.

Happiness empowers us to make a positive difference in our lives and in the lives of others. Happier people are healthier, more satisfied with life and their relationships, and they live longer. Come with us on our journey to live happy and spread that joy to our readers. Happiness is a journey anyone can take and it starts with just one step.

Make it a GREAT, HAPPY, POSITIVE week!!

If you have any positive, happy sites to share, please do so in the comments!!

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Happy Monday!! Hope everyone had an awesome weekend!!

I am trying to practice positivity and happiness and bringing positive things to me by changing my thoughts. Different for me, but I am really working on it. So my inspiration and motivation this week is about being positive and being happy.

I hope it helps you to start off your week on a positive foot!!

Two of these graphics came from Joy of Dad. I found them on Facebook. The middle one I made.

Have a GREAT and AWESOME and HAPPY week!!!

Do you have some happiness to share?? Please do so in the comments!!

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Tomorrow is Mother’s Day here in the United States! It’s a day set aside on the second Sunday of May when we honor our mothers.

Shouldn’t we honor our mothers every day though?

Tomorrow I am celebrating Mother’s Day with my own mother and my mother in law and my in laws at a special Mother’s day brunch. Both of my sisters live out of town and my in laws invited my mom to join us for the meal and celebration. It should be a good time.

After the brunch we are going to my In Law’s house for drinks and when we get home from those festivities my mom and I are going to watch 50 Shades of Grey. That’s my Mother’s Day gift to her.

I found some quotes that I really thought summed up how I feel about my own mother and motherhood in general.

Hope you have a fabulous, wonderful Mother’s Day filled with happiness, hugs, and lots of love!

If your mother has passed or if you are mourning the loss of your child(ren), I wish you/hope you find peace this Mother’s day.

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Instead of Motivation Monday, I decided to celebrate May the 4th of with the rest of the Internet.

This day, May the 4th is otherwise known as Star Wars day. I work with a few ladies who have never seen the original Star Wars movies!!!

WHAT THE?!?

How is that possible? They need to get on that…STAT.

I mean, I haven’t seen the ones they made to prequel the original three…I saw some of them but I can’t tell you which once I’ve seen or not seen. One of them, regardless of when I attempted to watch it, would put me to sleep by the end of it.

Need a nap? Watch whatever number (1-3) Star Wars movie! lol

But the new Star Wars movie: Star Wars: The Force Awakens looks pretty awesome!!

If my husband wants to go and see it. I think I’ll go and see it with him.

I may need to brush up on my Star Wars knowledge and have a marathon watch of the movies. Are those first 3 really necessary though??

What about you? Are you excited for the new Star Wars Movie? Leave me a Comment!

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Can it possibly be Monday again? And we’re also over half-way through April…time sure is flying by!

More goodies this week for you. I found these lovelies on a website called Simple Reminders. It’s awesome if you need a little pick me up or want to send some uplifting words to someone else. I spent a lot of time on this site and will be sharing their graphics on Mondays for a while. Click the graphics to go to the pages where the graphics came from.

Hope you have an awesome week!!!

Do you have any inspiration you’d like to share? Leave a comment!

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It’s Monday again! Hope everyone had a great week! I am trying my hand at scheduling a few of these Motivation Monday posts and see how that goes.

This week’s motivation comes from Facebook! I have a number of friends on FB who post inspirational pictures on a regular basis.  I did link back to the original source when I could find the links.

The theme this week is to love and care for yourself and also don’t forget to live this life we’ve been given.

Thanks for reading and I hope these find you inspired to continue your week.

As always, click the images for the credit links.

Do you have some inspiration to share?? Please do so in the comments!

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Hello… so, my last post in this series – for lack of a better word – was in November, 2014.

At that point, I had lost over 50 by eating healthier, following Weight Watchers, exercising, and really living healthier.

I could go into 1000 excuses or reasons as to why I stopped. But I won’t.

I am beginning again.

I didn’t gain all the weight back that I had lost. I did gain some back and honestly, right now I don’t know what the number is.

It doesn’t matter what the number is.

All that matters is that I am starting again. Anew.

My journey begins again.

This time, I am planning on also writing my feelings during the week as well as my eating/food/weight watchers part. I think I focused on that moreso last time, and this time I want “weighing in” to mean more than just weighing in at the scale.

I want it to mean weighing in on my self, my emotional state, my well being as well as what the scale says.

It all goes hand in hand, ya know.

My loose plans are:

• Start back at Weight Watchers – this week we start over. Thursdays will still be my day…and now I have no conflicts to keep me from going and staying for the meetings.
• Exercise – start walking again! I was so committed to walking on a daily basis and I completely stopped. I need to get back to it.
• Check out a gym – Doing this soon…hopefully before the month is over.
• Walk this puppy – he has a lot of puppy energy and needs to learn to behave on a leash and I need to walk. 2 birds, 1 stone.

So that is where I am at. New beginnings… even in the 4th month of the year.

How about you? Are you on a healthy journey as well? Link up your blog, instagram, twitter, tumblr, whatever! in the comments so I can follow you and your journey. Have some tips for me? Leave them in the comments as well.

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