Sentences with phrase «of a reality check»

And he had a bit of a reality check as well.

This was the first time we had ever been in this situation, aside from a gathering of family or friends, & it was a kind of reality check for me.

As an aside to that discussion, I wanted to take note that traditional publishing and authors struggling through that process need a bit of a reality check as well.

But I think you are in dire need of a reality check about the realities of working with plus size customers.

While I understand the reasons for all of those emotions I think a few people need a bit of a reality check when it comes to what the future holds.

When someone is dying what could it possibly bring them to try and give them your version of a reality check and take away their hope and means for peace and acceptance.

More I came, I think I saw, I reported what I think I saw regardless of any reality check.

It's always good to get this sort of reality check.

This simple reminder on an everyday basis is a kind of reality check, which puts things in perspective for people.

The defending German champions remain eight points clear at the top of the table and remain the clear favourites to retain their title, but were handed something of a reality check after returning from their winter break.

«Charrière's work is a kind of reality check on what is happening to our planet,» says Ziba Ardalan, founder - director of the foundation, who has also curated the upcoming show.

A bit of a reality check in Jubak's 1/13/09 article.

Along with a good dose of reality checking.

Representatives of MVCC were on hand to help youth develop connections to higher education and begin setting career goals, while representatives of Reality Check of Central New York and the Center for Family Life and Recovery provided information about substance abuse.

«NAFTA comments are a bit of a reality check for BoC tightening expectations at least,» said Shaun Osborne, the chief economist at Bank of Nova Scotia in Toronto.

I won't get into detail here, but I strongly encourage those unfamiliar with ANE texts to study this chapter, which will serve as something of a reality check regarding the context in which the Bible was written and the worldview it shares with the sacred texts of other ANE cultures.

There are a lot of reality checks that need to be done for anybody's reactor proposal.»

Some of that drop will be the consequence of a reality check — the realisation of just how hard it can be to break into these highly competitive fields and what it will require.

The briefest of reality checks would suggest that this isn't the case: research by the Royal Society for the Arts has found that for every ten pupils who move from primary to secondary school another six move primary schools during the same school year.

Which is why, for those in search of a reality check, the services of a disinterested outsider, like an executive coach, makes a whole lot of sense.

Prince managed to simultaneously create his art and bring on gobs of reality checks across the board.

But for those of you looking to get some sense of whether a 15F forecast makes sense, here are a couple of reality checks.

While talking to a friend recently she asked me to do a lunch post showing what I pack my girls for lunch, as a bit of a reality check on what good old regular moms likes us are packing their kiddos for lunch.

ALG vice president Raj Sundaram said the SUV market is experiencing the same kind of reality check as dot - com stocks.

Manchester United suffered something of a reality check when they took on Newcastle at the weekend.

Alexis is a great signing but we need to look at the games to goal ratio of our attack vis - a - vis others too to have a bit of a reality check of just what we have in our locker.

I don't necessarily know what the answer to this situation is exactly, although I am inclined to say that we all need a bit of a reality check in terms of what is really important.

Kelly Osbourne gave the world a bit of a reality check on stardom, Instagramming this pic with the caption: «One of my favorite things about #goldenglobes is getting to watch the snipers on the roof!»

Time for one of my reality check / motivational videos on the importance of taking control of the things you have control over (working hard, making money and saving money) and limiting your focus on the things you can't control.

That was just one of the reality checks she had about food during the course of all her careers, which included working as a seafood distributor in New York City, trading containers of food between the U.S. and Asia.

Sometimes, by the way, when a child has a misperception about how other children are behaving or reacting to her, as a part of the behavioral therapy we actually videotape a play date or birthday party and show the video to the child, as a kind of reality check.

Sometimes they do need a bit of a reality check.»

Back on the battle bus, its Union Flag looking just a little ragged at the edges, the 6.30 pm ITV News had a bit of a reality check.

(Unfortunately a lot of hockey parents and young players who think they are on track to be the next Wayne Gretzky could probably benefit from a similar kind of reality check.

Although there are some successful «authorpreneurs» around who are making good livings (largely by diversifying from writing and offering training courses, getting on the speaker circuit, etc), anyone who is motivated by money needs this kind of reality check!

I recall one encounter, some years back, where I struggled to get a word in, let alone offer some kind of reality check.

First published in 1972, it serves as a kind of reality check to the myth.

It's a bit of a reality check, says Winkler.

I would call it a kind of reality check.

... a Case Evaluator, to give them a bit of a reality check and offer some advice as to the strengths and weaknesses of the claims.

That section acts as a bit of a reality check to the ebullience of the rest of the campaign page.

As Alice Workman from Buzzfeed captured so eloquently with her tweets (featured above and below), the rhetoric emanating from the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting on Friday requires something of a reality check.

But as a kind of reality check.