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An Attitude Adjustment

Let’s face it, 2020 and this global pandemic have been like no other year in modern history. It has impacted so many families financially, and the disease continues to ravage the world in a variety of ways.

For me, navigating all the social turmoil has been as challenging as dealing with quarantine life itself.

It can be exhausting. Overwhelming. Even disheartening.

And yet … and yet, I know whenever I shift my focus away from the chaos – not ignoring it, nothing like denial, just putting my time and energy back to gratitude for what is RIGHT in my life, rather than what is wrong, something magical happens …

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What’s Your Word for 2020?

Creativity, Fear, Lessons, Lifestyle, Marcy McKay Books

I’ve always loved the New Year – 365 days of possibilities. I used to adore making resolutions. Creating endless lists of all the ways I could improve. Write it down! Make it happen!

Others don’t indulge in goal setting. My husband is the latter. He just strives to do his best and stays chill about it. That’s an absolutely foreign concept to me …

I’m not making any resolutions this year. From what I learned about healing trauma since our house fire in 2017, goal setting just doesn’t speak to me right now and I’m honoring that. It just feels like too much work, and almost abusive.

If you’ve already color coded your goals for this year, I say GO FOR IT!

Instead, I have picked ONE WORD to be my guiding light for 2020. It feels simpler, more achievable. My word for 2020 is …

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Launch Day – Pennies from Burger Heaven + Win a Kindle!

Marcy McKay Books, News

Lost like a penny. That’s what Copper Daniels’ mama is. Copper is the feisty protagonist in Marcy McKay’s literary-suspense novel, Pennies from Burger Heaven. Her mama went missing last night, vanished from the cemetery where they spend each night sleeping beneath the Warrior Angel statue. Copper worries she’s been kidnapped, lost, or… [Read more…] about Launch Day – Pennies from Burger Heaven + Win a Kindle!