Practical Ways to Improve Your Home, Life, & Budget
Why is it so hard to “be where you are”? It sure sounds like it should be easy. But our minds are busy with stresses and schedules. We’re connected to technology every hour of the day, which allows us to be distracted. There’s a fear that we’re always missing out on something that’s happening where […]
Valentine’s Day is almost here! I pretty much love all holidays and festivities. I think any holiday is a fun break from the everyday and I like to find little ways to make a special day feel special. Just like with Halloween, I decided to come up with a list of ways to make Valentine’s […]
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 […]
At the time of this post going live, Halloween is exactly two months away. Though I’m not a Halloween fanatic, I pretty much love all holidays and festivities! I think any holiday is a fun break from the everyday and I like to find little ways to make a special day feel special. And I […]
If you’ve read the name of this blog, you know I think that simple living is important. I don’t like busy and complicated unless they’re for something that’s a priority. Simple living can feel like a vague concept or something that’s unattainable. Well, if life is feeling too busy or complicated for you, I’ve […]
With so many things vying for my time, attention, and money, doing important things for myself usually gets pushed to the side. Investing in myself doesn’t feel like the natural thing to do. The thing is, I started to notice that many of the women I admire were able to do a lot of what […]
Austin and I got married after being together for four months. Seven years later, he’s still my favorite person. We’ve grown and changed so much through our marriage. And of course it hasn’t all been happy moments. There are some rough memories that still take my breath away to think about. We’ve struggled through […]
What we do every day matters more than what we do once in awhile. ~Gretchen Rubin. That quote makes so much sense! Exercising for three hours once a month isn’t going to have as good of an effect as exercising for 20 minutes every day. It’s the “everyday” that makes the biggest difference over time. […]
One thing I’ve learned from my dad over the years is that it’s better to work at maintaining something than to wait until it’s broken to fix it. Regular maintenance if often much easier and less expensive than repairing or replacing an item. The problem is that it takes some time and effort along the way. […]
What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds. ~ Wayne Dyer How we think is important. So darn important. I often feel like my mind is contradiction. I am naturally a positive thinker. It’s just who I am. I see the […]
