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Happy February and happy weekend! Valentine’s Day is rapidly approaching; either you love this day or you hate this day. If you are spending this day without a loved one, it can get sad very quickly. Instead of sitting in your depression on February 14th, treat yourself to a you day and enjoy it. Take the …
Good morning and happy (almost) Monday! If you are anything like me, Mondays are hard. Instead of putting my focus on accomplishments, I emphasize areas I’m not proud of. I have a hard time seeing current opportunities as valuable, and more as a waste of time. It is time to shift this focus. Today, put …
This new year, I think we should all seek to create lots of adventures, lots of smiles, lots of memories, and lots of experiences. At the surface, this seems expensive and overwhelming, but I want to assure you that it does not have to be. You can create small and exciting adventures a part of …
Welcome to 2019, folks! For a lot of people, the new year brings lots of excitement, fear, change, growth, and anxiety. With that, comes moments where our mind begins to fester and stress about things we, usually, cannot control. In these moments, we need to be reminded to take deep breaths between sips of wine …
The end of 2018 is exciting and bittersweet. It is such a great time to reflect on the year I am putting behind, and set goals for the year ahead. New Years resolutions are something everyone sets, but hardly anyone keeps. I want to set a short, realistic, yet challenging list of resolutions that I …
“Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” “Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty …
When I got the exciting call from my best friend that her boyfriend of six years had proposed, I was over the moon for her. I knew this was going to be a hectic, yet remarkable, phase of her life and I have the pleasure of being a part of it. To properly celebrate this …
My favorite time of year has returned; welcome to Thanksgiving/Christmas. The holiday season is filled to the brim with adventure and excitement. There is always so much exploring to do and so many events to attend. Each year before this one, I’ve neglected to truly enjoy it because I was in school preparing for exams. …
I JUST GRADUATED COLLEGE AND I DON’T KNOW WHAT THE HECK I’M DOING! Is there anyone else who has this thought, or a similar one, running through their head like… 24/7? On graduation day I walked across that stage thinking, “I am on top of the freaking world!” Unstoppable by Zadie Grey was my theme …
Summertime is the best time; most of us can agree to that fact. At the first sense of spring, I start planning all the ways I’m going to make this summer the best. Being able to execute that can be difficult. Go with the flow, and allow yourself to have a little fun. Here are …