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How to Stop Beating Yourself Up
It’s March 2021. Speaking of March, do you remember what was going on around this time last year? I do. At the end of February 2020, I was at a wedding when I heard the term “coronavirus” for the first time. I...
Why You Haven’t Reached Your Goal…Yet
Around this time of year, the energy and excitement around setting New Year's Resolutions begins to fade, and the continuous work required to reach your goals may start to wear on you. In fact, studies have shown that around 80%...
15 Quotes About Letting Go of Your Past
Over the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we live our lives. Specifically, it's resulted in spending much more time at home or by ourselves. While some have found a lot of benefits to this change in...
How to Get Out of a Rut
It’s 2021. We made it. I say this with much seriousness, this past year put all of us through the wringer. And yet you're still here continuing to adapt, grow, and face everything thrown at you! This has not been an easy...
25 Reasons Why You Should Start a Blog
Ever hear of an “aha” moment? When one thing falls into place that makes everything else make more sense? Or makes you realize new options? This is kind of what starting a blog was like for me. Before I started...
5 Personal Development Podcasts I Love
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110 Things You Can Do If You’re Stuck at Home
A lot of us are going to be quarantined at home for the foreseeable future - whether by mandate or by choice. The result is that we may have quite a bit more free time than we've had in recent weeks. There are a number of...
15 Quotes to Get You Through Crisis
Many of us are feeling anxious, afraid, overwhelmed, and powerless over the coronavirus pandemic. Everywhere we look, we're confronted with news of the virus spreading, schools shutting down, grocery stores with empty shelves,...
The Best Personal Finance Books for Money Management Beginners
When it comes to money and personal finance, many of us don’t even want to think about it. Either we’re too overwhelmed to even assess our financial situation, too embarrassed to talk about such a “taboo” subject, or just plain bored...
How to Create a Pinterest Pin for Your Blog or Website
I love Pinterest! It’s the only “social" media I consistently use. (I put quotations around social because you really don’t have to interact with anyone on Pinterest if you don’t want to!) I'm on Pinterest all the time in my personal...
How to Create a Blog or Website for Beginners
You can create a blog or website of your own without ANY prior knowledge or tech-savviness! How do I know this? Because I did it myself! The website you're on is proof. When I was first starting out,...
7 Strategies to Focus and Get Things Done
With endless distractions at our fingertips, focusing on any given task can be hard. Especially when the task at hand is particularly daunting, time-consuming, or just plain boring. I have had difficulty with focus (on work,...
15 Uplifting Mental Health Quotes
Taking care of your mental health is one of the most important things you can do. But sometimes it's easier said than done. With winter in full swing, seasonal affect disorder rearing its head, the rush of the holidays coming to...
10 Ways to Get Your Life Together
Have you ever been stuck in a rut? Or felt so disorganized and overwhelmed that, throughout your day, you’re simply trying to keep your head above water? Where you feel like you’re not accomplishing any of your goals or...
10 Inexpensive (or Free) but Thoughtful Christmas Gifts
I love the holiday season, especially Christmas! It’s one of those days that always makes me think of happy times. Everything feels a little bit more magical around Christmastime. One thing that always stresses me...