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Mind wandering and observations of late

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The other day my child did her normal habit (a habit we helped form and praised while forming) and instead of forgetting this habit she formed and that we helped her form, or even acknowledging that we didn't pay the closest attention to her and "lost" her...we scolded her for leaving our side. Now, this is one example from my family but this observation is a common practice among the average parents and society I've noticed in the four years of having my own child (and in looking back at being a child myself). From my understanding, it is an oxymoron (is that the right word for it?) act that stems from wanting our children to accumulate good habits or habits we and society find appropriate and valuable for being independent but also being protective and possibly paranoid that the people and society we want them to accumulate habits for and from are also dangerous. Also in which, generations of notions formed due to the multi-tasking that is adulthood/parenting (as th

Pups and crafting adventures

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Yesterday, I got to see the luna wool dress in action. It worked pretty well, although, the top was a bit too loose still...and my other half said it was crooked but not too crooked (woohoo!). Today I woke up to fun things like pup playing and after we all had our caffeine and food for the morning we had some fun dancing ( Megan Trainor- Better when I'm Dancin' started it off and hen we went into the kid dance party PlayStation move it game playlist I found on youtube.). I noticed that when the music was directed at the kids (especially kids her age) she mostly preferred to watch it rather than dance to it...maybe because of the colors and other kids? In any case, we jammed out, and then she decided to cook Pup soup and play with her playmat/"things that move" toys. I took this time to work on some crafting. I did a long-awaited surgery on her rainbow pup and crafted a crochet hook holder from some too small luna stockings and the 3 ring toss rings I decided to save

Book of the week: mental toughness handbook

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This is a guide book to gain mental toughness. The book by Damon Zahariades, says that mental toughness has many synonyms and is defined as the durability throughout one's life journey as one will always encounter some sort of install in your path at one point or another (whether that is in the professional field or personal). He starts by saying it is a skill developed, which I can agree with as one isn't usually born with obstacles straight out of the womb, however, he also states that one doesn't always have the the...grit to develop it and I disagree. Living life, one is faced with mental toughness in all forms. Whether that is through being a pretty princess that has life handed to you or a tragic orphan who has to survive their childhood. Just because one has help doesn't negate their mental toughness, it just forms from a different angle than one that grits through it. I do agree that it can and is uncomfortable and will be...difficult to achieve as one has to e