A Secret to Success This New Year: Become Committed and Resilient

Mom and son celebrating the new year in the Bahamas in 2025! "Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." – Confucius Greetings from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ! Things have been busy. I am still a working mom of three , working full time who is trying to make a difference. I do a lot of things and try to be present so that I can learn from them. I share them on this blog so that we can learn together. Below are some thoughts, hacks, and/or lessons that I have learned from navigating my world. 2025 was intense. I faced a convergence of pressures: the stress of navigating life as a single mom while paying considerable  alimony ,  an intensifying family situation since we lost my beloved aunt, my dad, and my cousin’s mom—work related stress—learning a new job after an imposed job change, all while navigating the rapid pace of raising my kids and trying to maintain a standard of living for them with fewer resources. Together, these factor...

Working Mom Tip: Organize Your Car (#PrimpMyRide)

My ride #PrimpMyRide

Working moms are in search of tips to make their lives easier. One thing that we all tend to do in our increasingly busy lives is to spend lots of time in our cars. Without proper planning, our cars can get really messy. Indeed, early this AM I was cleaning out my own car so that it looks like an automobile a scarp book/garbage can.

Even if Your Car Ain't Sexy It Doesn't Have to Be Messy!


As you can see from the photo of my car above, I have traded in my cool card and am embarrassing this mom thing with everything I've got. Still, I don't want my car to be a complete mess, I often give rides to co-workers. So, having a hella messy car can be a professional embarrassment and personal frustration. Fortunately, right in time for Mother's Day, Joyce Brewer of "Mommy Talk Show" posted a video that shows you how she organized her car with inexpensive additions that make it easy to keep neat. It's such a good post that I have included a link below.

Watch and learn! And as Joyce says, it's time to "Primp my ride"!


 

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