I thought this book was great, and really helpful! The idea that stood out to me the most would be “The chaos starts or stops with me.” Woah, this is so true and I didn’t realize it until I read this… I would say the anchor mindset helped me out the most… I always find it hard to balance time with my two and a half year old daughter and time to get work done. I know its not fair to expect her to have independent play all day so I need to make sure I carve out time for everything. Schedules are essential!

The idea of having specific points in the day to look forward to and create consistency helps both me and my toddler.  By having a consistent schedule we have so much more peace! In Chapter Two, there is an opening statement that the first step to bring calm is in calming your own self.  Your own habits, your own discipline…it all starts with you.  It seems like a no-brainer after you think about it, but in life we constantly want to put off that the cause is a result of this or that, but in reality, I am letting others cause chaos in my “house.” I need to find my calm to stop the chaos. This is a great book!  The concepts seem simple but sometimes we need the reminder, and the simple changes make big changes.