by Allison Prince | Nov 29, 2023 | How to Have Joy in...
Are you the sort of person who wants to snap your fingers and be done with it? Snap! Dinner is cooked. Snap! The dishes are clean. Snap! I’m a fully mature, independent adult who no longer makes mistakes or experiences any failure. Just me? The Process of Life...
by Allison Prince | Nov 15, 2023 | How to Have Joy in...
Sometimes, things are hard and worth doing. But sometimes, things are just hard. How are we supposed to know the difference? It seems to be a common theme on the blog in the past couple of weeks or so to talk about hard things and how to persevere despite the...
by Allison Prince | Nov 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
Do you ever get a smudge on your glasses? It sits in the bottom left corner of the lens. You can focus on other things and go about your day, ignoring the smudge, but it won’t magically vanish. Eventually, you will notice it again, usually when it’s inconvenient—when...
by Allison Prince | Nov 1, 2023 | How to Have Joy in...
Why does life have to be so hard sometimes? We all have days where waking up and getting ready for the day feels more like walking through a foot of sludge than the gift that it is. When the tasks on our to-do list seem to balloon to twice their actual size, or when...
by Allison Prince | Oct 25, 2023 | How to Have Joy in...
Are you a perfectionist? Believe it or not, I’m a bit of a perfectionist myself. My definition of ‘good enough’ usually means doing something with little to zero mistakes. If I do something, and it’s not as good as it could be, it is now wholly terrible. Irredeemable....
by Allison Prince | Oct 18, 2023 | How to Have Joy in...
Are you an anxious person? Do you often find yourself sitting with the feeling of a thousand flies swarming around your heart? Your stomach twisting and knotting together. Your brain mulls the same scenario over and over again, each time coming up with a new...
by Allison Prince | Oct 11, 2023 | How to Have Joy in...
Becoming an Adult… Don’t do it! These are the best years of your life! Just wait until you have to worry about responsibility, work, and deadlines—oh my! As a kid, teenager, and even as a young adult, these are the things I’ve heard spoken to me about...
by Allison Prince | Oct 4, 2023 | How to Have Joy in...
The Young Adult Experience As a young adult in her early twenties, there’s a common theme that generations before me say. Usually, after I’ve made a mistake. I think it’s supposed to be encouraging. But it goes something like this. “You’re young and stupid right now.”...
by Allison Prince | Sep 27, 2023 | How to Have Joy in...
Hiding Your Light Do you ever downplay a talent or skill you have, for the sake of ‘humility’? Do you sing quieter? Sketch messier? Hold yourself back? Why? Growing up in the church, I remember hearing a lot about pride. Pride comes before the fall. It’s the sin God...
by Allison Prince | Sep 20, 2023 | How to Have Joy in...
Hard Situations Have you ever had a situation where the only thing you could do is pray? Maybe it’s a friend going through something. Perhaps you’re living far away from what’s happening. Maybe it’s about someone you can’t influence. Maybe everything about the...
