Self
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Fun Online Ways To Connect With Your Tribe
Many of us have already been home for a few weeks which is causing us to become quite stir crazy! Additionally our anxiety is high and not being able to see the people we care about is not helping. That is exactly why I started brainstorming ideas of ways to stay connected and make memories when we can’t be with each other. READ ON FOR FUN ONLINE WAYS TO CONNECT TO YOUR TRIBE. Once upon a time, you could only talk to someone in the phone. This works but while facing weeks of isolation, I am grateful that we now have ways to stay connected on a more personal level!…
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How I am jump starting my year!
Raise your hand if you are just not feeling it. What do I mean by ‘it’? Well, anything really……work, life, etc. More or less an overall excitement for what is now and what is ahead. I can’t compel myself to motivate on any level including write which has brought my blog to a screeching halt! Not that I was ever a R.L. Stein or anything but I just can’t seem bring myself to sit down, focus and share. I wish I could say this was just the case with writing. In A Funk Usually come January, I am all into the new year. I am setting resolutions, making plans, getting…
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How I Manage Grief During the Holidays
December 1st is always bittersweet for me. It is the start of one of the most wonderful months of the year. But at the same time it is a reminder of what has been lost. My mother would be 66 on 12/1 if she were still alive. (Although she would likely not admit it.) We would likely be trimming my mom’s Christmas tree to celebrate while welcoming a month of family, fun and traditions. TRADITIONS Growing up we spent many of her birthdays buying or decorating our Christmas tree. And what a production that was. Most things were when it had to do with birthdays holidays. It was also part…
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Can You Stay Happy?
How often do you stop to think about what makes you happy? I can tell you that before taking part of 100 days of Happy challenge, I did not. Just pushing through the daily grind is what I was doing. In August a fellow blogging friend at https://practicallyminimal.com, posted on her Instagram account about this challenge she was starting and invited people to join her in this journey. And so I DID! So what exactly was it? I liked the sounds of it but needed more info. So I checked out the website http://100happydays.com/ and here is what I learned: *You need to find a picture a day to represent…
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I turned the big 4-0!
This week was my super fab 40th birthday and it was awesome! I really try to take the time to feel special on my day! And here is how I did it.. First Things First I wake up early so that I could get myself all dolled up for the special occasion. I am not normally much for putting time into how I look. Mostly I look like a hot mess. But as of late, I have made more of an effort for a few reasons. I have found procucts that I like When I take that little extra time to look good, I feel good so too, imagine that.…
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Let The Celebrating Begin
This is go time! Birthday week has commenced. In just 4 days I will be the Big 4-0 and I am going to celebrate all week long! When I was younger I had the absolute best birthdays! My mom always made them special. And having a summer birthday made it even better. Up until about my 30th birthday, I would celebrate all week anyway that I could – sleepovers, parties, Indians games, dinner show, night at the bar with friends and family. As I have grown older honoring the day of my birth has become a little lack luster. Although I normally take vacation the week of my birthday, try…
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Year of Forty!l
Does this sound like your current situation? During the week you head into work after getting the kids off to school, put in your 8-12 hours, fight the traffic to get home at a decent time for dinner, spend the little bit of time you have left catching up on your DVR that has accumulated a sufficient amount of shows that you will NEVER be able to watch, check out your social media accounts just before falling asleep, and then wake up and do it all over again. Now comes the weekend. WOHOO! Except, you realize that you have at least 4 loads of laundry to do, the house looks…
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“Theming In” Your New Birth Year
New Years eve isn’t the only time you can “Ring in the New Year”! Why not do it for your birthday? And I am not talking about how you celebrate your birthday. Although, not going to lie, champagne, party spinners, gold, black and silver decorations and the swankiest food sounds pretty fabulous! But I digress. I am referring to how you APPROACH this #yearofforty for its duration. (Or any birth year for that matter). Just before New Year’s we make resolutions and set goals for the year. Why not just apply that concept to your celebration of another year of life. But snazz it up a bit. I mean this…
