YOU DESERVE
A GOLD STAR

Hello Gold Star Revolution Squad! Welcome to Tune Up Tuesday! Not every day is an ideal day for awarding gold stars to myself or to others. Sometimes I fall back into my old, ingrained habits of negativity, sometimes I truly do have a bad day, or sometimes I just don’t feel like being appreciative – there is a strange sort of comfort to wallowing in my misery! When I am feeling like this, the first step is, of course, to be aware of the way that I am feeling. Then, I try m

Hey there Gold Star Revolution Squad!  It's Friday, which means that it is time to announce our Friday Star of the Week. Future Stars of the Week will be chosen from reader nominations!  But since we are at the beginning of this project, I will be the one nominating our Friday Stars of the Week until the time when nominations from readers start to roll in.  Please send me your nominations, and please see the end of this post for more details on how to do that! This week I am

Hello Gold Star Revolution Squad! Welcome to #tuneuptuesday! Today's topic on this Tune Up Tuesday is optimism. This trait can absolutely assist us when it comes to awarding gold stars! If we are optimistic, we tend to assume the best intentions in people. And when we are optimistic, we might also be more inclined to notice gold star behavior in both ourselves and others. I think it’s actually difficult for anyone to be an optimist because we are biologically wired to not

It's Friday, which means that it is time to announce our Star of the Week! Future Stars of the Week will be chosen from reader nominations. But since we are at the beginning of this project, I will be the one nominating our Friday Star of the Week until the time when nominations from readers start to roll in. Please send me your nominations, and please see the end of this post for more details on how to do that. I am taking a totally different approach this week by honoring

Welcome to #tuneuptuesday! I realize that today's topic is not the most relevant, practical, or realistic in these days of COVID-19. But a girl can dream, can't she??? I am dreaming of the day when all of us can travel freely again without worrying about the Coronavirus! As an adult, I have always loved to travel. But when I was young, I lived in a very tiny town in a rural part of Pennsylvania, and my family never went on vacation. Even when I “went off” to college, I o

Hey there Gold Star Revolution Squad! It's #goldstarfriday, which means that it is time to announce our Star of the Week! Future Stars of the Week will be chosen from reader nominations! But since we are at the beginning of this project, I will be the one nominating our Friday Star of the Week until the time when nominations from readers start to roll in. Please send me your nominations, and please see the end of this post for more details on how to do that! This week, I a

Hey there Gold Star Revolution Squad! Welcome to Tune Up Tuesday! Great things rarely come from comfort zones, right? But trying something new can be scary! It's difficult to leave your comfort zone, put yourself out there, and open yourself up to criticism, failure, poor performance, etc. But if you can get past your feelings of fear, there is often a great reward on the other side – a feeling of accomplishment, renewed confidence in yourself, and maybe even the creation

Hey there Gold Star Revolution Squad! It's Funtastic Friday, which means that it is time to announce our #staroftheweek! Future Stars of the Week will be chosen from reader nominations! But since we are at the beginning of this project, I will be the one nominating our Friday Star of the Week until the time when nominations from readers start to roll in. Please send me your nominations, and please see the end of this post for more details on how to do that! This week, I th

Welcome to Tune Up Tuesday! Have you ever experienced a negative thought or emotion upon hearing about someone else's success or good fortune? I know I sure have! It’s not always easy to award gold stars to others, even when they have done something to deserve one! Sometimes we are reluctant to award a gold star to someone else because, on some level, we are envious of the other person’s success, even if it’s just a small accomplishment. Although that person did something