Wow, this month flew by, didn’t it? Here we are (almost) in February already, but I can’t let January slip away without sharing my favorites from this month. 1. This (very affordable, awesome) HSI flatiron. I don’t regularly use it, so it had been sitting in my bathroom cabinet for a while, but I recently…
To ease you (and me) into Monday morning (where did my weekend go and where’s the coffee?), I am borrowing this fun post idea from Lindsay (via Jana, who should get the credit for the questions in this edition). These kinds of posts are always fun and you learn so much random stuff about each…
thankful for winning another giveaway on Instagram. I’ve been pretty lucky lately! I don’t enter a ton, but since it’s pretty easy to do, I enter the ones that really interest me. reading finished “Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience and Finding Joy” by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant. Not sure if this book falls into the…
Photo by Nathan Bingle on Unsplash ** Disclaimer: I am getting a little political here. You probably know where I stand. If you can’t handle politics being discussed, politely click away now.** If you followed the news over the weekend, you know that we were in a government shutdown situation again. If you recall, I was affected by that…
Time to link up again with Amanda from Running with Spoons for Thinking out Loud for some random thoughts on a random Thursday. + I ran my first 3 miles of 2018 this morning. I am so relieved I am finally getting to the gym again! I know, it’s already January, 18th and I am getting a late start…
Yes, it’s my favorite time of the year! The number nerd in me likes to talk about finances and it’s time to recap our financial year 2017. I’ve started these recap a couple of years ago when I saw some of my blog friends do the same. If you’re interested in these kinds of posts,…
Around the Interwebs How actual smart people talk about themselves. (Hint: They don’t call themselves “stable geniuses”.) Powerful. Go read this. Romance is not universal, or necessary. Are we improving ourselves to death? Something to ponder. According to this, I should be the happiest person in the world! Why hobbies make you happy. No, there should be…
I read this great blog post the other day about setting goals that are out of your control vs. implementing actionable changes you can make to your habits to move yourself in the right direction, and I could relate so much. I am not much for New Year’s resolutions, a) because I feel like you…
I read 59 books last year which is quite amazing considering that I ‘only’ read 13 books in 2016, and I am still a bit in awe that I was able to execute my goal last year and really put some serious time and effort into reading again. It made my heart so very happy and…
{*} Goodbye 2017, hello 2018. In true new year’s fashion, I am jumping on the One Little Word® bandwagon again, but it’s has taken me a little bit to pick a new guiding word 2018. If you’ve followed along, I’ve been picking a guiding word for the year for a few years, but sometimes the word comes easier…
