It takes hard work and planning to make your dreams a reality. I don’t want to be sitting around wishing something good would happen to me when I could be out making sure it does! I want to live on purpose!
How to Prepare For a New Month
I spend a chunk of time on the last day of every month getting ready for a new month. It’s an important time for me to prep for the next month so that I’m organized, ready, and know what’s happening. I honestly look forward to this time because it gets me excited for a fresh […]
19 Ways to Simplify Your Life in 2019
You want to simplify your life this year, right? Who doesn’t! But what’s the point of simplifying things? Well, if you noticed, this blog is called The (mostly) Simple Life, and I love helping people simplify. But what is that (mostly) all about? The (mostly) of The (mostly) Simple Life is all about the parts […]
5 Goal Setting Mistakes to Avoid
I’m over reading about how to set S.M.A.R.T. goals. That’s right, I said it! There’s definitely some good goal setting thoughts inside of the smart goals acronym, though I’m not 100% on board with all of it. But I feel like you can’t read a single thing about goal setting right now without running into […]
How to Finally Achieve Your New Year’s Resolutions
It’s that time again! And this year, you are going to crush your New Year’s resolutions, my friend. No joke. This year is different for one very important reason: You’re going to set your New Year’s resolutions differently this year. Huh? Stick with me here. This year, instead of focusing on the end goal or […]
Frugal Ways to Learn a Foreign Language
Austin and I are planning a trip to Italy next year, after our debt is paid off. It has me researching frugal ways to learn a foreign language. (Yes, I realize the photo above is of the Eiffel Tower in France 🙂 ) We definitely want to know and understand enough Italian to be able […]
How to Find Time to Read More
My goal to read more books this year is already off to a great start! I’ve averaged two books per month, plus I always listen to audiobooks while I walk Mozzie, so I’m getting in a lot of reading in. This goal nicely coincides with my desire to spend less mindless time on social media. […]
Stop Setting Goals… Do This Instead
80% of New Year’s resolutions fail by February. How are you doing so far? If you already feel like things aren’t going as planned, I’d like to suggest a new tactic to help you achieve what you want: Don’t Set Goals (or New Year’s resolutions). As an avid goals setter, I almost can’t believe I […]
How to Live Life to the Fullest
So I was looking at common New Year’s resolutions that people make and found this one: To Live Life to the Fullest. Being the ridiculously practical person that I am, I couldn’t help but think that this is an odd resolution. It’s just so vague. What exactly does it mean? How do you know if […]
The Secret to Achieving Your Goals No One Tells You
I’ve discovered something big in the last few months. It’s going to help you achieve exactly what you want in life. Yeah, it’s that big 🙂 With the new year approaching, I want to tell you the secret to achieving your goals before you set New Year’s resolutions that you give up on around the […]