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    Education
    Learning, Learning, Learning
    by JC
    04/15/2021

    Learning is a lifelong endeavor. Just because you’re no longer a teenager, you no longer go to school on a regular basis, or you’re not in the workforce (because you’re a stay at home parent) does not mean you have nothing left to learn. You have…

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    Atomic Habits by James Clear
    by JC
    11/29/2020

    Title: Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
    Author: James Clear
    Media Type Consumed: Audio Book
    Link to Book:…

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    Education
    Masks For Kids
    by JC
    07/10/2020

    Schools around the country are starting to put out the plans that they have for this next school year. For some districts, that means shortened weeks and partial days of attending schools. For others, it means additional school work to be done at…

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    Teaching Kids To Floss Their Teeth
    by JC
    07/06/2020

    My oldest son is 7 years old, and he now has several adult teeth in his mouth. As we have visited the dentist the past couple of times, we’ve been encouraged to have our son floss his teeth regularly. While he doesn’t have any cavities, it’s…

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    Finding an Engaging Book
    by JC
    06/21/2020

    I have a bit of a problem sometimes where I don’t get engaged in books as much as I’d like. My primary problem is that I try to read so much that I read at times when I’m not focused. It’s really easy to let my mind drift to random thoughts about…

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    Doing Less Laundry As A Parent
    by JC
    06/08/2020

    Some weeks, it feels like the laundry will never end. It just continues to pile up, and someone has to take care of it.

    I don’t mind doing laundry most of the time. Sure, it’s not my favorite thing to do, but it’s also not the end of the…

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    Fitness
    My Favorite HIIT Workouts
    by JC
    05/16/2020

    There are many ways to still get an excellent workout in less than 30 minutes. You don’t have to sacrifice health benefits just because you’re a parent and don’t have the time for a longer workout. 

    High intensity interval training is (…

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    Building A Retaining Wall
    by JC
    05/10/2020

    There are many reasons you might want to build a retaining wall in your yard - perhaps you want to build an elevated garden bed, or perhaps some other type of landscaping look that you want to capture.

    Whatever the reason you want to put…

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    Streaming Services For Kids
    by JC
    05/06/2020

    There are tons of streaming services available these days, and each of them has a different set of content, and of course separate pricing. It would be really easy to subscribe and pay for all of these services at the same time, but unless your…

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    Sleeping In With Kids
    by JC
    05/04/2020

    Sleeping in is one of those things that I did a lot more of in my younger years. Not having kids makes sleeping in quite easy to do. However, once you have little ones in the house, sleeping in is something for your former years.

    That…

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    Playing Video Games with Kids
    by JC
    04/24/2020

    Playing video games with my kids is one of the fun activities that we like to do indoors. It’s much better than some of the stuff they’d normally be watching on TV, and it teaches them some hand coordination at the same time.

    My wife…

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    Building a Standing Desk
    by JC
    04/15/2020

    Building your own standing desk is quite simple, and can be economical as well. It also allows you to build it exactly like you want.

    Several years ago, I was in the market for a standing desk. At the time, standing desks were nowhere…

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    Intermittent Fasting for Parents
    by JC
    04/09/2020

    I’m not a fan of the latest and greatest fad diets. Fad diets are something that come and go, and you don’t stick to. Eating healthy is a lifestyle change and something that you always do. It’s not a diet that you go on and off of, but it’s the…

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    Learning New Skills at Home
    by JC
    03/15/2020

    Figure out how you’re going to make it work

    If you’re not going back to college to get your education, there are a multitude of other ways to increase your skills and learn new things. Maybe you want to get a raise at work, or you want…

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    Basic Fitness Equipment for Home Workouts
    by JC
    02/29/2020

    If you’ve decided that you want to start working out, and the best way for you to do so is at home, then you’re going to want a few pieces of equipment. You don’t have to go all…

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    Riding the Train With Kids
    by JC
    02/28/2020

    We recently took a fun ride on the local public transit system here - the fast train. This simple activity kept the kids entertained for a few hours and something they kept talking about for days afterwards.

    Over the weekend my kids were…

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    How to Start Working Out as a Parent
    by JC
    02/21/2020

    What I need to do

    Unfortunately, time is not something you generally have a lot of as a parent. Especially when you have young children, they need a lot more attention. As such, the hardest thing you need to do is to find some time to…

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    Simple and Healthy Breakfast Ideas for Kids
    by JC
    02/20/2020

    Most of the meals below shouldn't take any real planning in advance outside of having a few simple ingredients on hand. We don't make these meals every week, but we try to use as many of them as possible. My oldest son still asks for cereal…

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