My Orange Rhino Group

I am so excited to share with you my experience with The Orange Rhino group, specifically the 30-Day Challenge.  Thanks for joining this group!  I wish you the best in your desire to love more and yell less. 

Please remember that signing up to do the 30-Day Challenge is not a promise to be perfect, so there's no need to worry about stumbling along the way.  As you try to do better, you are succeeding simply by trying!  Your loved ones, and you yourself, will be blessed for your efforts.

I want to share the 30-Day Challenge with you virtually the exact same way The Orange Rhino shared it with me, but because you are MY friends ;), I want to add a little of myself into the program.  So, I will honestly credit The Orange Rhino for everything that is directly from her, but will also add notes from myself.  I also claim the liberty to correct typos and mild grammatical errors in her emails (I hope she doesn't mind).

I would like to play a dual role in this group, as both a member and a moderator.  So, when the task for the day asks us to share something specific...I may post my own comment (possibly copied from when I posted it previously in my own 30-Day Challenge), but I will also try to respond to everyone else's comments in support.  Everyone is encouraged to comment in reply to someone else's comment when they feel they can offer support, because part of the success from this group comes from supporting one another.  Feel free to post anonymously anytime.

Here goes nothing!  Let's do this!  Best wishes to everyone!!

Love,
Jenna

From The Orange Rhino:

Hi everyone! Thanks for signing up for my 2^nd “30 Days to Yelling Less” project!  I wanted to cover a few important things before we start.

Managing Expectations: If there is one thing I have learned in order to not yell, it’s that I need to manage my expectations, and my kids' expectations! That said…I wanted to manage yours of me! I am not an expert! I am a SAHM with 4 young kids who figured out this yelling thing. I so very much want to help and inspire you to yell less and I really hope that I can, but I cannot promise you a magical, overnight fix! I can promise you though that I will do my best to support all 653+ of you and that the more energy you put into learning to yell less, the more you will get out of it. And if you ever feel along in this process just remember that there are 653+ of you in this project and another 2700+ people on the Facebook Page! 

Work in Progress: Learning to yell is a process and this project is a work in progress! Since it is the second time I've ever done it, there will be kinks and quirks we need to work out. I am also awful with technology! Please be patient with me but also share any feedback with me. Know that I can't please everyone but I will try.

Process: As mentioned in my blog post, the first 10 days or so are dedicated to preparation. Looking back, there are a lot of things I did in the first 10 days that helped keep me going. I want everyone to experience those first before fully focusing on yelling less so that they can be the most successful. That said, you are welcome at any point to focus on your personal goal of yelling less.

Respect: Please respect everyone when sharing/commenting. I will do my best to respond to as many comments as I can but there are a lot of you - which is GREAT!!

Copyright: I have been informed I need to write this part to protect myself as someone recently snagged some of my stuff and took credit. Sorry I have to write this! All the emails and materials I post are mine unless I note otherwise. Please do not reproduce without crediting The Orange Rhino.

Removal: If at anytime you want your name removed, please let me know. No hard feelings! Know also that I will keep all your email information private. 

Preparation: Some people in the last group found it useful to have a journal on hand. There are actually some great orange ones in Target and CVS right now! Two other things you might want to pick up that people found helpful: orange post-it notes, orange nail polish, orange markers/pens, orange smiley face stickers. So if you have time tonight or tomorrow...go shopping!!

Stress: While learning to yell less is hard work, the last thing I want to do is stress anyone out more than he/she is already! Put in as much time as you can; if you can write in the blog posts, great. If you can’t, don’t beat yourself up! For some people, just reading the emails helped them. For others, being more “actively” involved helped them.

Thanks again for trusting me to help you out. I really hope that I can help you yell less and love more one moment at a time!

Cheers,

The Orange Rhino