I’ve been socking away money for as long as I’ve been making it. The summer of 1985, before 6 grade, I made about $50 picking potato bugs off of my stepdad's precious potato crop (we do love our potatoes in our family). He had no idea how tenacious I was going to be at 10 cents for an immature bug and 25 cents for a mature one. I was out there every day with my little plastic container filled with soapy water to dunk the little buggers in and bring them back to him for proof.

Most of us wonder how to handle the holidays every year. This year is extra special because of COVID-19. My coaching clients started expressing concerns about the holidays around mid-September. I’m used to the annual holiday concerns, but this felt a little different.

In March 2020 when the world began to respond to the crisis of a pandemic, we were all so thrown that we didn’t have time to think about the social/emotional impact of not being able to have regular social interactions, hugs from friends, in-person school for some, or not being able to see your family members.

How many times do you tell yourself you’re bad at something? Or you can’t do something? How often do you say crappy things to yourself like how stupid you are or how you’re definitely going to fail? I truly hope your answer is rarely or never.