tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57911899361239871292010-02-21T21:45:30.664-06:00The transparent life of life management and life balance coach Christine PechsteinChristine Pechsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10249619006216292039moveintoaction@gmail.comBlogger121125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791189936123987129.post-7498077365106956962009-12-31T20:37:00.001-06:002009-12-31T20:37:23.723-06:00

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I set my priorities for 2010, and I've already completed step #2 for simplification!I have moved my blog to a new location! It has been given a brand new name and theme as well! I am excited and want to welcome you, so be sure to check it out and let me know what you think! Are you ready? 2010 is going to be the MOST incredible year EVER!!!Take This Life And CHUNK It!http://

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Finished setting up my ping.fm which should simplify my social media life! Wow, it's not even 2010 yet, and one goal/priority is done!

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Don't stop investing in your people/yourself. Today's training technology allows MANY affordable options for improvement/growth!

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It seems that when we speak of the homeless, we mean the traditional stereotyped individual. Most times people use the following words to describe them:bumunemployeduneducatedstupidcan't readsmellsdirtythiefliardruggiealcoholicsmokerex-convictviolentBut, let me ask you this.Do you really know who the homeless are in YOUR community?Single parentsMarried couplesFamilies with

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When I started attending church as a new believer several years ago, I knew I would get involved somewhere in church, and I figured I had some time to kind of "ease" in to something I'd become passionate about. I've always been a passionate person, so I figured finding my passion would simply be in a church activity. Little did I know, God had other plans. Within the first year of my faith, I

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As I reflect upon the birth of Christ, I think about what it is I truly celebrate. I celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ at Christmas. It is not like any other day, any other meal, any other gathering...it is the birth of the Savior I celebrate. It is Him I prepare my heart for. It is He that I plan to spend all eternity with. While I do enjoy the lights, the gatherings, the food, and the people,

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Earlier on my facebook page, I commented:Just thinking that as long as people can blame the church for their lack of growth, and lack of what is missing in their spritual lives, they'll never take responsibility for "tuning" into their own personal relationship with God. Where's the personal accountability? I don't think blaming the church is what will get us... out of that one...just what's on

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I learned a VALUABLE lesson today in church and at the grocery store. I am a greeter, a job that I absolutely LOVE. And today, I have seen God busy at work, but also teaching me a lesson in service, love, and how it works from the heart. I am also in a hurry, because today is a family day-our Sabbath-and I want to spend it relaxing, puttering, and enjoying my family. So, in 43 minutes, I will be

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As our Pastor's son celebrates his 11th birthday today, he lays in Pediatric ICU for serious kidney issues that just seemed to happen overnight. As I have prayed intensely today, I find myself with a song going through my head over and over and over again. It started when I physically went to the church to pray. I found myself on my knees in prayer with no distractions, no phone, no twitter, no

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I celebrated my 40th birthday yesterday, so today I got teased for wanting to take a nap after lunch today. And it never fails. I climb into my soft, cozy, pillow top bed, lay my head on my absolute favorite side sleeping pillow with the silk pillow case (silk keeps your hair from messing up when you sleep), and get all cozy in the covers when suddenly a bolt of lightning zaps my brain.A

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After having several conversations with people this week, I realized how important it is to get dressed. No, there have not been any people I know sighted without clothes. In fact, they are wearing clothes, but not the right type of clothing for the jobs they are doing.Think about clothing. Think about uniforms. Think about sports.Clothing serves multiple purposes, does it not? It protects us

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I recently had a friend ask why I hadn't blogged for a few days. My answer: I don't blog everyday. I don't blog every few days. I only blog when something hits me as an urgent message that I need to blog about and broadcast. If those conditions aren't met, I don't blog. I don't want to blog for the sake of blogging about a subject. I blog with urgency and only hen I am ignited so to speak to

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Back in the 80's when music was "da bomb", the band The Police sang a song called Message A Bottle. It wasn't one of my favorites and when it came on the radio, I would only listen to a few minutes before I'd switch the radio station. Back in the day, I was more into the music of Madonna, The Tubes, Van Halen, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and The Go-Gos. I was definitely living as an 80's child

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Ok, hold on tight, because here goes:I am in the middle of studying Nehemiah. Again. Well, I should say it is my first study of the book. I have read it, but this is my first in-depth study. And how I got here is simple. I have been praying intensely and urgently for help. I am stuck. I built what I felt I was called to build, and now my direction is................I am lost. So, I stopped and

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This is my six month old cat, Chunks. BIG KITTY! He is usually laying across my wrists as I type and work on the life management magazine and my blog. He makes a nice coworker, lol. The only draw back? His nasty wet mouse. He shares what he loves with me, but I guess that's a good thing. Have an awesome, Monday. Blessings to all!PS. Don't overlook your blessings ;-) Even that nasty, wet, toy

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Every once in awhile I receive a friend request on Facebook from a person that I do not know well or at all (a friend of a friend of a friend). And I sometimes also know that they are not a Christ follower. I am particular about who I follow on the social networking scene such as Facebook and Twitter. I pick and choose who I associate with carefully. However, I am not so sure that I should be so

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Recently I was at the Kansas Nebraska Southern Baptist Convention. I really enjoyed being there, and since it was my first time attending, I found myself learning quite a bit. Learning is a favorite past-time for me depending upon the subject, and this was stuff I was just soaking in. I wanted to leave with as much absorbed as possible. Soon though, it was time for prayer and the pastor's who

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I absolutely love being on Facebook and Twitter. It's fun, it's a creative outlet for me, and it's just one more place that I can spread some of my (over-abundance of) energy out. My mind seems to work overtime, my thoughts travel around my brain like it's NASCAR, and most of them do collide before they ever hit my blog or other social media outlet.But, as a leader in life management, I began to

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I was thinking today about a conversation with peers I'd had earlier this week about accountability, growth, and leadership. And of course, at various times since then, different thought patterns have started.As I thought about these three things separately, I found that they are anything but, and they should be intertwined and used together:Effective leadership instills, teaches, and promotes

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I must admit when I got home tonight, I needed to figure out where I was on the spiritual radar. I needed an air-traffic controller to tell me where I was in relation to God. I don't mean that I was far away from him. It felt like he was so close, yet I couldn't find my next direction no matter how hard I tried. If he were telling me to head north, I couldn't tell if I was headed south. If he

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It's that time of year. The beginning of the school year, the Kansas State Fair hits town, and schedule shifts, changes, and work life becomes total chaos. It means I blog a little less for a spell, but things will calm soon. I am so counting on that!I took my kids to the fair twice this year. The first time was on the dollar night where every ride is just a buck. It's a single mother's best

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Last night I had one of the longest phone conversations of my life. I was being grilled about Christianity, the Bible, and Jesus like I never imagined. Those simple questions I could answer just by referencing scripture and knowing what I'd learned during Bible study and my own study. But where it got too deep was when I was asked about unbiblical things, science, words and things I didn't

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My son is the king of the "what-if's" in my house. But today, I am going to ask:What if?What if as Christians we kept all of our hurts to ourselves?What if we never talked about our doubts?What if we never shared our personal experiences?What if we never never specified our prayer needs and always left our requests generic?What if we never admitted we felt defeat?What if we never admitted we

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After my day of thinking, I saw several signs (nice play on words, don't you think?) that it was time to get my focus back on what really matters. And that is not all about me. Ouch. Lesson learned, signs well received.Here's my first video blog (unscripted): Click here to watch video blog(Please note: the pictures of the signs below are not in the video (must troubleshoot the software!)This

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