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🗓️ 28 May 2024
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Abraham Lincoln said,
“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the ax.”
Well, I had this thought: What if we took that quote and applied it to motherhood? I thought of a few examples, but not many. But man, when I took it to Instagram and my email list, you guys delivered! I have a whole list of ways that this quote can apply to motherhood and you are in for a treat. Get ready to make your life a whole lot more practical and easier in this last “May is for Mamas” episode.
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Teaching from Rest by Sarah MacKenzie
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0:00.0 | Abraham Lincoln said, give me six hours to chop down a tree, and I will spend the first |
0:05.6 | for sharpening the axe. Well, I had this thought, what if we took that quote and applied it |
0:12.1 | to motherhood? I thought of a few examples, but not that many, but man, when I took it to Instagram |
0:16.9 | and my email list, you guys delivered. I have a whole list of ways that this quote |
0:22.8 | can apply to motherhood and you're in for a treat. Get ready to make your life a whole lot more |
0:27.4 | practical and easier. And this last May is for Mama's episode. |
0:36.8 | You're listening to Work and Play with Nancy Ray, episode 237. |
0:41.6 | Much of our lives can be divided into two categories, work and play. |
0:45.7 | Simply put us for our life and our legacy take place. |
0:48.8 | This is a podcast all about learning to work and play well, which leads to a healthy soul and a fulfilling life. |
0:55.0 | Listen in. |
1:04.1 | Before we kick off this episode, I wanted to let you know of a new resource I have been |
1:08.1 | brainstorming and working on in my own life. |
1:10.7 | And that is a |
1:11.7 | legacy checklist. I know that sounds maybe a little too practical for legacy, but bear with me |
1:18.5 | while I explain what I'm thinking. So there's a lot of things going on in our hearts and minds as |
1:24.2 | mamas and a lot of ways that we want to leave a rich and lasting legacy for our family |
1:31.1 | and for our kids especially. But there's a whole practical side to it, right? How do we organize |
1:36.0 | our will or our photos or, you know, all the practical stuff? Like where do we keep |
1:43.0 | passports and birth certificates and just organizing our household and the things that we need |
1:49.4 | to take care of in one place? And I've come up with this concept of a legacy binder where I can |
1:55.6 | put it all in the same place, but it's not just the practical things. It's also things that you want your kids to |
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