questions of the day

Question of the Day: What Do You Want to Learn This Summer?

by Mandi on June 18, 2011

What do you want to learn?

source: schoolofeverything

Over the next couple of weeks we’ll be setting up my craft room — a project I’ve been dreaming about for years! –  and I’m planning to register for the Home Ec Online course just as soon as I have a place to keep my sewing machine and regularly sew.

My goal this summer is to learn how to sew.

I’m not planning on opening an Etsy shop or expecting to become a hot fashion designer; I just want to be able to sew outfits for my girls, make little gifts and have fun creating.

So today I want to know…

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Question of the Day: Where Do You Draw the Privacy Lines on Your Blog?

by Mandi on May 12, 2011

line in the sand

source: Nadia Prigoda-Lee

Privacy is a hot topic among bloggers, especially those who blog about their families, and it’s a fine line between sharing enough to be genuine and real and sharing so much that your friends and family are hurt, embarrassed or upset about it.

Today I’m wondering…

Where do you draw the privacy lines on your blog?

Do you use pseudonyms for your husband and kids?

Do you request permission before sharing a story that involves your husband or kids? What about other people?

Have you ever regretted sharing too much?

Has your view toward privacy changed since you began blogging?

Looking forward to reading your answers!

 

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Question of the Day: What’s Holding You Back from Your Dreams?

May 5, 2011

With the launch of my new ebook this week, I’ve been thinking a lot about the things that hold us back from pursuing our dreams — fear, laziness, guilt, etc. I really believe that pursuing your dreams, no matter how crazy or far-fetched they may seem, is an important part of living a full life. Notice [...]

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Question of the Day: Do You Use the Snooze Button?

April 18, 2011

Over the past few months I  have not been as disciplined about getting up when my alarm goes off, partly because I’ve gotten into the bad habit of staying up too late. For the last week, I’ve been setting my alarm for 7 hours after I go to bed (whatever time that may be, although [...]

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Question of the Day: Can Your Kids Be Whatever They Want to Be?

April 6, 2011
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It seems like there are two different approaches to this question. This first camp says that our culture is becoming increasingly child-centered (which I agree with), and that encouraging kids to reach for their dreams and telling them that they can be whatever they want to be just feeds into that and is simply not [...]

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Question of the Day: When Was the Last Time You Poked the Box?

March 29, 2011

I just finished reading Seth Godin’s Poke the Box, the first title released through The Domino Project, founded by Seth Godin and powered by Amazon.com to try to change the way books are published and spread. The premise of this book is that it’s not enough to stick with the status quo or even have [...]

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Question of the Day: Can Your Life Be Busy and Simple?

March 26, 2011

All this week, we’ve been talking about simplifying family life. Although one of our first topics was simplifying your schedule, I don’t think that being busy is always a bad thing. There are seasons when busy is just fine, as long as every one in your family is on the same page and handling it [...]

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Question of the Day: Do You Think Blogging is Dead or Dying?

March 17, 2011
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Every few months, a media outlet or internet guru will proclaim that blogs are a dying medium being usurped by Facebook or Twitter or some other new platform. While I think blogs and the blogosphere are definitely changing, I personally think they’re far from dead.  At least I hope so, both as a blogger and [...]

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