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This is Post 7 of a 31-Day Blogging Challenge hosted by the Ultimate Blog Challenge.  As a kid, I spent hours in my backyard. We were lucky enough to grow up with a huge yard that backed up to a hill. I was only a Brownie Girl Scout for a year and while I bridged to… Continue reading Just Add the Outdoors

This is Post 6 of a 31-Day Blogging Challenge hosted by the Ultimate Blog Challenge. This post contains affiliate links. No matter how many self-improvement, business, productivity, parenting, success, etc. books line our bookshelves, the truth of the matter is that when it comes to life, there is no instruction manual. How convenient it would be… Continue reading There’s No Instruction Manual (AKA Simplify)

This is Post 4 of a 31-Day Blogging Challenge hosted by the Ultimtate Blog Challenge. This is hard to write for many reasons. A big part of why it's hard to write is that there are still, a year and a half into this thing, people who believe that the pandemic is a big hoax and… Continue reading Our COVID-19 Story

This is Post 3 of a 31-Day Blogging Challenge hosted by the Ultimtate Blog Challenge. Looking forward is hard to do right now, I'll be honest. There are a lot of things I would like to do and accomplish, but at the same time my emotional bandwidth is short. Between dealing witth the pandemic and adding… Continue reading Looking Forward

This is Post 2 of a 31-Day Blogging Challenge hosted by the Ultimtate Blog Challenge. What a year, eh? When I was a kid, I really wanted to grow up to be a writer and a teacher. In the sixth grade, I spent a lot of time turning my weekly vocabulary words into an ongoing story… Continue reading Looking Back

It's been a hot minute since I updated this blog with current projects, and a lot has changed since my last update. It's changed enough that I also need to take some time to update my resume and CV. That's how much change has happened! It's fall, the leaves are changing, the air is finally… Continue reading What I’m Working On – October 2019

How are you? Things have been busy here, and 2018 was a bit of an odd year. I'm looking forward to sharing an update with you about what all I accomplished last year, but for right now, I want to wish you a happy 2019. I'm looking forward to getting back to regular Motivation Monday… Continue reading Happy New Year!

Mondays are a great day to hit the ground running, but if you wait to plan your week until Monday, it's likely that you'll spend most of your Monday planning rather than working on what you want to accomplish for the week. Thus, it's best to set time aside either on Friday or on Sunday… Continue reading #MotivationMonday: Plan Your Week for Success

You can't do it all alone. You might try, but it's rough. Even if you're a practicing solopreneur, you'll need people in your corner cheering you on when things get rough - and they will get rough. When you're trying to be productive, knowing that someone is waiting to hear whether you met your goals… Continue reading #MotivationMonday: Enlist Others on Your Journey

Happy Fall! Right now as I write, my 22 month old is throwing a tantrum because the toy he is playing with isn't doing what he wants it to do. The 3 1/2 year old is dancing in circles (literally) around him as he stomps, and the 5 month old is napping. A city near… Continue reading What I’m Working On October 2017