A few weeks ago, I was listening to a special episode of the Teacher’s Off Duty Podcast with Daymond John and they were talking about teaching kids financial literacy. One idea they mentioned was having an in-class economy, where students earn classroom currency and then have to budget their money accordingly.

January is a ripe time for wanting to start a new habit, but is it always worth it? I developed the tool below where you answer a few short questions using the Negative Five to Five (NFTF) scale to answer that very question.

Lately, I’ve started to question: why should I continue to work towards a routine? The reason I have come up with is that there are certain habits I need to maintain for my health and well-being, and a routine is a source of systemic support for that habit.

Approximately this time last year, I posted how I signed up for my first marathon which occurred in January of 2022. Although I made it through with a time of 5 hours and 35 minutes, you can see from my pictures that I was having a rough time. See, there is this thing called the Runner’s Cry where you push yourself really hard and begin to lose control of your emotional regulation. This happened to me at around mile 20 when my watch stopped providing accurate readings and I had hit some sort of mental wall.

This time last year, with your help and support, I was able to raise $1,500 which is the approximate amount to fund the rescue, restore and transform 5 girls from human trafficking in Nepal through Our Daughters International (ODI).

Have you every dreamt that you were paralyzed? That you couldn’t move any part of your body, or talk, or couldn’t breathe? That’s Sleep Paralysis.

After last year’s inaugural No-Dirt November, I thought I was never going to do it again. But I can’t resist a challenge…

What have I done?