The Seven Types of Boundaries
Posted on October 15, 2008 - Filed Under 1873 | Leave a Comment
Boundaries are essential to helping us identify who we are, what’s important to us and how we want to live our lives. Without them, other people will decide these things for us.
The call came at 8:10 in the morning. “Mom, I forgot my baseball stuff in the car. Can you please bring it to me now?? My teenager had spent the night with his friend and inadvertently forgot to prepare himself for the baseball summer camp he was helping with in the morning. His baseball glove, shoes, and camp T-shirt were left at home and camp started in five minutes. Initially, I was irritated because I knew he wanted me to drop everything I was doing and bail him out of his predicament. That irritation prompted the lecture he received about responsibility. But then I realized I had a choice, and I had the power. I needed to decide what my boundaries were.
Rut Busting: How You Got Into a Rut and How to Get Out
Posted on August 15, 2008 - Filed Under 1614 | Leave a Comment
Introduction
WordNet defines a rut as a groove or furrow (especially in soft earth caused by wheels) or a monotonous routine that is hard to escape; as in “her job made her feel that she was stuck in a rut”.
What is this thing that we call a rut? Is one man’s rut another man’s rapture?
I. What is a rut?
Credit Report after a Bankruptcy
Posted on May 29, 2008 - Filed Under Finance | Leave a Comment
Learn some tips on how to establish credit after bankruptcy.
Your credit report after a bankruptcy will look like a bomb was dropped on it. Your credit score report will be littered with all kinds of derogatory information. Depending on what type of bankruptcy you filed will determine how long it will take to re-establish your credit. The two most common bankruptcies are Chapter 7 and Chapter 13. With the new bankruptcy law, more people will be forced to file Chapter 13. Here are the differences.
