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Honesty and Gratitude

Today we wanted to lift your spirits on the Morning Thing! We shared some quotes about being honest and how that can help improve your self-esteem and happiness. Here are some of our favorites!

  • “You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.” – Abraham Lincoln
  • “Being honest may not get you a lot of friends but it’ll always get you the right ones. – John Lennon
  • “To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful.” – Edward R. Murrow

To read more honesty quotes click HERE.

We also talked about gratitude and gave some tips for a happier life.

  1. Pause and look around yourself.
  2. Look towards yourself.
  3. Take a closer look at the smaller things or what you may take for granted.
  4. Do it early or late in your day.
  5. Express your gratitude.

To read more click HERE.

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Tips and Tricks to Make Meal Planning and Prep That Much Easier in Your Home

“What do you want to do for dinner?”

“I dunno, what do you want to do?”

Perhaps you’ve experienced some variation of that back-and-forth conversation. Let’s face it, after a day of work or watching the kids it can be difficult to make a choice for dinner and even more difficult to muster the energy to actually cook something. Fortunately, the Morning Thing is here to help you out. Today we shared some great methods for making both meal planning and meal prep as painless as possible.

We first looked at 20 make-ahead freezer meals. A little effort beforehand can mean no-effort when you’re ready to eat one of these delicious options. From various casseroles to individual potpies to fajita kits, you can find the whole list of recipes HERE.

Next, we reviewed 6 easy tips for actually deciding what you want to eat each night. You can learn how to streamline the process and avoid the circular “what sounds good to you tonight?” conversation HERE.

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Happy Labor Day from The Morning Thing. Did you know that it is also Fight Procrastination Day?

Yes! Today is a day to remind us that it’s up to us to beat this monster of procastination, and only we can decide to get up and get done today what was supposed to be done.

www.daysoftheyear.com shares How to celebrate Fight Procrastination Day

You celebrate Procrastination day by getting ready to fight putting things off all day long. You can do this by starting with pre-commitment the night before, you set yourself an alarm, get rid of your distractions, set up your workspace, and be ready to hit the ground running when you get up. If you’re trying to make sure you’re ready for work, set your breakfast, coffee, and towels for the morning shower up the night before. Everything to streamline your way out the door and prevent you from dawdling.

We found a great blog that talks about How You Can Keep Yourself Motivated In This Busy World.

Click HERE to read the full article and gain some insight on staying motivated.

1. Make sure your morning goes well and the rest of the day will follow

2. Make To-Do lists the right way

3. Be conscious of who you choose to surround yourself with

4. Make a vision board

5. Celebrate small achievements

6. Get on some productivity apps

7. Sometimes it’s important to step out of your routine

8. Move and be conscious of what you’re eating

9. Create weekly block scheduling

10. Always run behind a goal in life

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WNZR congratulates the 2021 Volunteers of the Year

WNZR’s Marcy Rinehart had the chance to talk with Mount Vernon’s 2021 Volunteers of the Year!

Click HERE to hear the conversation and get to know more about these incredible people.

Congratulations to:

Trina Trainor – Co-Director and Board Secretary of the Mount Vernon Music & Arts Festival, Ariel Foundation Park volunteer and a foster Mom for more than 15 bulldogs through Buckeye Bulldog Rescue Group

LJ Harry – Police Chaplain since 2018, Director of Celebrate Recovery at Apostolic Church and Apostolic Food Pantry

Michael Percy – Chair of the Board of Zoning Appeals, President of the Foundation Park Conservancy, Board Member and Executive Committee member of the Knox County Chamber of Commerce

WNZR congratulates these amazing individuals and thanks them for their service to our community.

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September 2021 MVNU Presidential Update with Dr. Henry Spaulding

WNZR’s Marcy Rinehart talked with MVNU President, Dr. Henry Spaulding for our September MVNU Presidential Update.
Dr. Spaulding shares updates on the new school year, MVNU’s approach to COVID-19, his goals for the upcoming school year, and construction updates. Dr. Spaulding also shared special messages for students, faculty, and staff.

Click HERE to hear their conversation.

MVNU made a change to the COVID policy at 6pm on 9/2/21.
Mount Vernon Nazarene University moved to an indoor mask mandate as of 6:00 last night.
MVNU says it implemented the protocol as they examined positivity rates, the number of students in quarantine, the severely contagious nature of the Delta variant, and the high infection rates at other colleges. MVNU hopes to slow the spread of the virus, limit the number of students placed in quarantine, and keep students in the classroom and on campus for the entire semester.
Face coverings will be required in all indoor public spaces, regardless of vaccination status.

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September First Friday is tonight! WNZR talks with MV Downtown Manager, Anthony McNeal

WNZR’s Marcy Rinehart talked with Anthony McNeal, Mount Vernon Downtown Manager about this month’s First Friday event.

The theme is “Back to School”. Anthony shared details about tonight’s activities, music performances, food choices, parking options and the news of a special presentation happening at 6pm.

Click HERE to hear their conversation.

Mount Vernon will honor three residents as 2021 Volunteers of the Year at the final First Friday of the year tonight. They are LJ Harry, Michael Percy and Trina Trainor.

LJ Harry has been a police chaplain since the inception of the Mount Vernon Association of Police Chaplains in 2018. Michael Percy is chair of the City’s Board of Zoning Appeals and serves as president of the Foundation Park Conservancy. Trina Trainor has been involved with the Mount Vernon Music & Arts Festival, where she serves as co-director and board secretary.

The city will honor this year’s volunteers at 6:00 tonight during a ceremony on the stage near the South Main Plaza’s Dog Fountain.

Tonight’s event features food, street vendors, live music by Black Gravy, Side Effects, and a performance by MTVarts. The city will close traffic a block north of Public Square, around the Square and on South Main Street down to the Ohio Avenue starting at 4:30 today.

For more information about Main Street Mount Vernon and to stay up to date on their future events, go to https://mainstreetmountvernon.com/

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September 2021 MVNU Presidential Update with Dr. Henry Spaulding

WNZR’s Marcy Rinehart talked with MVNU President, Dr. Henry Spaulding for our September MVNU Presidential Update.
Dr. Spaulding shares updates on the new school year, MVNU’s approach to COVID-19, his goals for the upcoming school year, and construction updates. Dr. Spaulding also shared special messages for students, faculty, and staff.
Click HERE to hear their conversation.

MVNU made a change to the COVID policy at 6pm on 9/2/21.
Mount Vernon Nazarene University moved to an indoor mask mandate as of 6:00 last night.

MVNU says it implemented the protocol as they examined positivity rates, the number of students in quarantine, the severely contagious nature of the Delta variant, and the high infection rates at other colleges. MVNU hopes to slow the spread of the virus, limit the number of students placed in quarantine, and keep students in the classroom and on campus for the entire semester.

Face coverings will be required in all indoor public spaces, regardless of vaccination status.

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What’s your name? Let The Morning Thing help you remember the names of the people you meet.

On Wednesday, The Morning Thing shared 11 memory hacks you can use to remember the names of everyone you meet. We want to help you make a better connection with the new people you meet.
We learned that you can’t blame it on “bad memory”, it’s actually a lack of focus and intentionality.

Click HERE to read the full articles from www.cnbc.com

11 memory hacks to remember the names of everyone you meet

1. Know your motivation.

2. Focus on the person you are talking to.

3. Repeat the name of the person you just met.

4. Don’t have another conversation in your head.

5. Focus on a particular feature of a new person’s face.

6. Link the new name with something you already know.

7. Connect the new name or face with a visual image.

8. Break down complicated names with mnemonic devices.

9. Connect facial features with visual images.

10. Repeat a new name when you say goodbye.

11. Go back over names at the end of a day.

This article has some interesting facts about training your memory. There are also examples for every memory tip.

Check it out HERE

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