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Mantras

January 1, 2023 by D. A. Wolf 3 Comments

A useful mantra, especially reflecting on the first day of a new year.

Filed Under: Featured, Morning Musing, Women and Money Tagged With: definitions of success, failure, Morning Musing, new year, self-confidence, success and failure

One. Digit. Difference.

January 1, 2021 by D. A. Wolf 4 Comments

One digit can make a HUGE difference. Especially when you’re talking 2020 to 2021…

Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: goals, holidays, hope, moods, new year, real women real life, reality check, self-talk, why I don't make new year's resolutions

Hello, Commitment? Gotcha! I’m Making You Mine.

January 1, 2020 by D. A. Wolf 6 Comments

Do you enter a new year with resolutions and resolve? Or might you choose a word or principle to guide you?

Filed Under: Morning Musing Tagged With: chronic pain, determination, discipline, healthy eating, motivation, new year, persistence, welcoming the new year

What Was I Thinking?

January 1, 2019 by D. A. Wolf 17 Comments

Forget the resolutions! Let’s talk about the common sense ways you can start off the new year better.

Filed Under: Morning Musing Tagged With: attitude, bad habits, dieting, healthy behaviors, healthy eating, holidays, moderation, new year, new year diets, new year exercise, relaxation

A Reality-Based Look Back, and Better Yet… Ahead

December 31, 2017 by D. A. Wolf 5 Comments

Do you make resolutions for the new year? Pas moi. Here’s what I do instead. (You, too?)

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Starting Over Tagged With: definitions of success, failure, holidays, new year, resilience, resolutions, self-examination, self-improvement, starting over

Entering a New Year, Quietly

December 31, 2016 by D. A. Wolf 14 Comments

Quick words to bid goodbye to the old year and welcome in the new.

Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: change, fighting back, motivation, new year, real women real life, transitions

Continuous Improvement

January 1, 2016 by D. A. Wolf 7 Comments

How a manufacturing principle that is 30 years old offers lessons in personal “continuous improvement.” What better way to start out a new year?

Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: ageism, aging, aging gracefully, attitude, cultural values, definitions of beauty, essays, new year, pop culture, reinvention, self-improvement, society, starting over, women over 50, writing exercise

Facing the Good, the Bad, and the Future

December 31, 2015 by D. A. Wolf Leave a Comment

To appreciate a good job, a good relationship, even good health — must we have lived through bad experiences? Looking forward, with a nod to what has come before.

Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: chronic pain, determination, expectations, healthcare, jobs, Lifestyle, managing expectations, new year, positive attitude, Relationships, society

Missing You

December 29, 2015 by D. A. Wolf 8 Comments

When all you can do is feel it.

Filed Under: Relationships Tagged With: Love, memories, new year, ramble, Relationships, writing

New Year’s Resolutions? Not a One

December 31, 2014 by D. A. Wolf 11 Comments

New Year’s resolutions. Thumbs up or thumbs down?

Filed Under: Morning Musing Tagged With: cultural values, holidays, Lifestyle, managing change, new year, positive attitude, self-improvement, values, work life balance

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