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Greetings from Chaton's World in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania! My days often start with laundry, early-morning emails, and making my kids a hot breakfast. They often end with late-night homework checks, making Instagram reels, and appearing on Celebrity Court of Public Opinion. Somewhere in between, I’m navigating boardrooms, working towards deadlines, and immersed in the good, bad, and ugly chaos of motherhood and household management. As a working mom of three and a professional carving out space in corporate environments, I share my journey of balancing leadership with loving my family, and I sprinkle it with self-care tips. Here, you’ll find honest reflections, hard-earned lessons, and practical strategies for creating an authentic life that you enjoy. If you’re trying to do it all without losing yourself in the process, you have found your sister in the struggle!  Continue reading to discover some thoughts, hacks, and/or lessons that I have learned from navigating my world.
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Top 15 Tips My Parents Taught Me

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The Today Show did a series called, “Top Tips My Parents Taught Me”. Apparently Savannah Guthrie’s mother taught her how to make a bed with crisp hospital corners. I’m kind of jealous. The older I get the more I appreciate a well-made bed. Unfortunately, Andre could care less about that and making the bed is a constant point of conflict for us. If we apply the last person up makes the bed rule, he’d be making it 99% of the time since I have become an early riser. And he has protested...

Anyway, that’s a topic for another post. Instead in this post I am going to list, in no particular order, tips that my parents have taught me about life.

Top 15 Tips My Parents Taught Me

  1. Get your education. It's the one thing that nobody can ever take from you.
  2. Save your money, at least 10% from each pay check. (Code: We love you, but won't be supporting you for life.)
  3. Buy a home. That's the key to building wealth.
  4. Take care of your siblings. They will turn into lifelong friends.
  5. Figure out how to stretch your money far--shop for deals, use coupons, and go for substance. Money is hard to earn, but easy to spend.
  6. Don't spend time trying to impress people that don't matter.
  7. Don't be phony.
  8. Don't do anything to embarass your grandparents.
  9. Be kind to others.
  10. Go to church. (I'm not as good as practicing this as I could be.
  11. Keep your word.
  12. Work hard.
  13. Don't buy things you can't afford.
  14. Don't co-sign loans for people and don't loan money you can't afford to lose. (Also, we won't co-sign loans for you.) If they need a co-signer they can't afford it. If you can afford it and would like to lend them money, you should. However, co-signing is fraught with risk that you don't need.
  15. Love your parents!

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