Planning and Organizing 101

Good Morning Friends! I wanted to post this blog a little early this week for one specific reason... New Years is in exactly 1 day, 11 hours and 52 minutes!!! YAY!!! Except for New Years Resolutions... yes, I just rained on your parade. According to Forbes, studies have shown that less than 25% of people actually stay committed to their resolutions after thirty days, and only 8% accomplish them. Ouch! Unfortunately, I cannot stand on a soap box and pretend that I have never been part of that 25% that quit after January or part of the 92% who just don’t accomplish them. I wish I could. But, I have been part of the 8% a few times. So, the real question is, how to we become part of that 8%? I know, I know, if a bunch of people join the 8%, it wont be called the 8% any more...I got it. (Statisticians calm down). But in all seriousness, how do we stop being the group of people that gives up on themselves and become part of the group that accomplishes their goals? Here’s the lay down: 1

Hey guys! You don’t know me from Adam... or Eve, so let me introduce myself. I am Ashley Seguin. And that fact means nothing to you. I have been happily married for two and half years to my sweet husband, Daniel ( who is every ounce the most perfect and wonderful human I have ever met). I am a senior at East Texas Baptist University, majoring in Secondary Social Studies Education. I graduate in May 2020! We are in the (very long and trying) process of building our first house right now while living in an apartment in the meantime. I have a beautiful Australian Retriever named Mandie Lorian (like the Star Wars character Mandelorian; we thought that was super clever). Mandie Lorian Seguin - born March 1, 2019 Daniel and Ashley Seguin - Thanksgiving 2017 I am a nerd of nerds. I love history like no normal 25 year old woman should love history. I especially love the Middle East and ancient history, and it actively bothers me that many American history textbooks are at least as thic