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My Favorite Products of 2020 (you need these in your life!)
Organized Living

My Favorite Products of 2020 (you need these in your life!)

There were so many favorite products I discovered in 2020! What about you? Brainstorm your own list if you want to lift your spirits about this year!

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5 Gratitude Journaling Tools to Be More Thankful Every Day
Habits + Routines

5 Gratitude Journaling Tools to Be More Thankful Every Day

When you take the time to keep a gratitude log, you’ll approach each day with infectious joy and positivity. Here’s how!

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How to Conquer Your Inner Critic (For Good!)
Mindset + Motivation

How to Conquer Your Inner Critic (For Good!)

The choice is yours. Listen to that critical inner voice or believe your weaknesses have the potential to become your greatest strengths.

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9 Back-to-School Supplies Grown-Ups Will Love
Planning + Productivity

9 Back-to-School Supplies Grown-Ups Will Love

Don’t just get your kids school supplies! Indulge in some of the best office supplies to put a bit of spark back in YOUR workday. Here are my favorites!

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3 Powerful Ways to Make the Most of Past Mistakes
Mindset + Motivation

3 Powerful Ways to Make the Most of Past Mistakes

Dwelling on past mistakes doesn’t serve you or anyone else. In sharing the worst financial mistake I ever made, I hope these powerful lessons help you move past your own decisions so you can make smarter ones in the future!

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HYGGE 101: Here’s What Happens When You Adopt This Cozy Trend
Mindset + Motivation

HYGGE 101: Here’s What Happens When You Adopt This Cozy Trend

Do you long for the simpler things in life? These life-changing hygge ideas prove the secret to happiness isn’t about wanting more. 

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11 Creative Hobbies to Try When You are Totally Stressed
Self Care

11 Creative Hobbies to Try When You are Totally Stressed

Pursuing a beloved past time is one of the best ways you can invest in yourself. Relax with one of these creative hobbies and discover the secret to a rich, well-balanced life!

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Overwhelmed with Life? 7 Strategies to Simplify Right Now
Mindset + Motivation

Overwhelmed with Life? 7 Strategies to Simplify Right Now

Are you over-committed? Stressed? Exhausted? Or just plain need a break? These practical strategies simplify your life so you have the freedom to streamline your schedule, create more margin for rest, and tackle your to-do list with laser focus.

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21 Practical Self-Care Ideas that Easily Fit into Your Busy Schedule
Self Care

21 Practical Self-Care Ideas that Easily Fit into Your Busy Schedule

When you make an intentional choice to recharge your mind, body, and soul, you offer the best of yourself to the people you love most. These practical self care ideas serve as a reminder to treat yourself right, and can be done in as little as 5 minutes a day!

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11 Energy-Boosting Foods that Fight Fatigue
Self Care

11 Energy-Boosting Foods that Fight Fatigue

Tired of feeling tired? Instead of reaching for candy or coffee, try one of these energy foods to kick your body into high-gear. You’ll stay fueled all day long without the inevitable sugar crash, and be noticeably more alert!

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7 Luxury Beauty Products that are Worth the Splurge
Self Care

7 Luxury Beauty Products that are Worth the Splurge

While I’m frugal to the core, there are some beauty products I just won’t skimp on. Curious to know which ones are worth the splurge?

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5 Surprisingly Good Places to Find Cute & Affordable Clothes
Health & Beauty

5 Surprisingly Good Places to Find Cute & Affordable Clothes

Not sure where to buy clothes online? Here are 5 surprisingly good places to find cute clothes that don’t break the bank. The last one is totally unexpected!

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3 Essential Steps to Winter-Proof Your Skin
Health & Beauty

3 Essential Steps to Winter-Proof Your Skin

Are you tired of itchy, flaky, and super dry skin? Don’t miss these three essential tricks to lock in moisture and keep your skin looking healthy throughout the long Winter months. It’s time to take care of yourself with products that actually work!

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7 Powerful Confidence Boosters to Improve Your Self-Esteem
Mindset + Motivation

7 Powerful Confidence Boosters to Improve Your Self-Esteem

Do you struggle with low self-esteem? Don’t let the fear of failure erase your drive to succeed. These seven confidence boosters break through the flurry of negative thoughts, so you can find emotional healing and embrace your true worth.

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5 Practical Tips for Girls with Thick Hair Problems
Health & Beauty

5 Practical Tips for Girls with Thick Hair Problems

Struggle with a head full of thick hair? Here’s five of my best tips to help you embrace your mane rather than fight against it. Goodbye thick hair problems….hello gorgeous!

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HEADS UP: I’m heeding my own advice and taking a HEADS UP: I’m heeding my own advice and taking a break from this account. 

I’ve felt the tug to step back and reassess what the content here looks like, it’s purpose, and whether it’s time to pivot or not.

I do know one thing—I’ll still be on Instagram! 

I’d love to have you follow the brand new @brainbooklibrary account. Even if you’re not a member, I’ll be sharing allll the productivity and planning tips there that you can use with any tool. But if you’re partial to paper planners, you’re going to be in for a treat.

And of course, I’ll still be active on @openroading as we travel up the west coast and share what full-time RV life really looks like.

I hope to see you again here at some point. But until then, I hope to connect with you on those other accounts! 

Thank you so much for being here. I APPRECIATE YOU. 

Most of all, I hope you give yourself permission to heed that nudge if you’ve needed a break too. Clarity comes when we remove ourselves from the situation long enough to approach it again with fresh perspective. 

Love you all! 🤍
I WAS INTERVIEWED FOR A PODCAST! I always assumed I WAS INTERVIEWED FOR A PODCAST!

I always assumed podcast interviews were for really important people that run multi-million dollar companies. Not for little ol’ me. 🤣 

So I was extremely honored that
@dr.laurencook from The Boardroom Brain invited me to be a guest. We had the most delightful conversation that I know you are going to LOVE!

We talked about: 

➕What it looks like to run a business when you battle depression
➕How to fall in love with Mondays (for real!)
➕Where to start when you’re completely overwhelmed by your to do list

…and more! 

Grab your headphones and listen on Spotify, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, or Amazon Music.🎧

I’d love to know what you think after you listen! ❤️
Who wants to win a cart FULL of stylish office sup Who wants to win a cart FULL of stylish office supplies? 😍📒🖊

In honor of 10 years of blogging (I know, I still can’t wrap my head around it!) I’m giving away a $100 gift card to my favorite discbound planning company @levenger. 

Their notebooks are SO high quality, but also a little pricey. So this should give one lucky winner permission to grab a few things without feeling guilty! 

✨TO ENTER: ✨
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All you have to do us tag a friend who would adore some new office supplies below. 👇🏻
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Technically, I’m not allowed to ask for a follow, but if you feel compelled to click that blue button, I won’t stop you. 😂

FYI: Neither Levenger or Instagram is sponsoring this giveaway. I just want to show my appreciation for all the love and support you’ve shown me over the years! 

🌎Open to all
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#giftcardgiveaway #levenger #officesuppliesmakemehappy #giveawayalert #entertowin
Have you ever waited over an hour to respond to a Have you ever waited over an hour to respond to a text? Or let a week go by without replying to an email? 📱

As much as you’re tempted to, you don’t need to start the conversation with “SO sorry for my delay.” 📣

All this does is perpetuate an unreasonable standard of responsiveness.🙅

Who gets to decide the appropriate response time while you are living your life? 🧐

Just because our phones are by our side 24/7, we don’t owe our undivided attention to them. 🧘‍♀️

In fact, I’d go so far as to say that real-life community and experiences are more important than our phones. 🌵

So when you hear that buzz coming from the small black rectangle in your pocket in the middle of a conversation or chore or work project, remind yourself that you don’t have to answer it. 🚫

You can get to it later. On YOUR time. Without an apology attached to it.✨

▶︎ Do you start your replies with an apology if you don't think you've responded quickly enough? 
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#delay #textmessage #messages #didyouknow #productive #productivity #planyourday #dailyroutine #dailyroutines #workathome  #schedule #planwithme #todo #todolist #takeabreak #phoneboundaries  #planner #plannergeek #apologize #itsokay #itsok #sayings #tipoftheday #tipsforlife  #lifehack #lifehacks #lifehacker #lifehacking #helpfultips #notifications
It’s okay if you skip a day. 😅 I know that p It’s okay if you skip a day. 😅

I know that permission slip doesn’t jive with the unrelenting pressure you put on yourself to maintain a perfect streak of habits. Because if you’re anything like me, the moment you “break the chain” is the moment you give up on that habit entirely. 

I mean, I almost threw my journal in the TRASH. 😱📔🗑️

At the beginning of the year, I purchased a regular planner and turned it into a daily journal.🖊️ 

I'm proud to say that I kept this habit... for about 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀. Eventually, I began skipping an evening here and there. 🥱

Now, my “journal” looks like a puzzle that isn’t quite complete. I’ve already shattered my vision of me, next January, looking back over an entire year of memories. 💔

What is the point of keeping up with it now, when I’ve already missed so much? 🤔

Maybe that sounds silly, but I know there’s someone out there who struggles with this all-or-nothing mentality too! 👌

The thing is, we can’t rate the success of our habits by a “streak.” We can certainly use that data to see how consistent we are.🔥 

But if we:

- skipped day 5 of our workout program,
- forgot to write down our daily gratitude list,
- or missed doing the Wordle of the day,

𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗼𝗸𝗮𝘆. ✨ 

We have to remember that 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱. 💯

What really matters is that 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸 when you miss a day. Because 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 has nothing to do with yesterday. 📅

▶ Are there any habits you’ve been subconsciously applying this all-or-nothing mentality to?
I’ve never really shared this before. But the I’ve never really shared this before. 

But the reason I’m so passionate about sharing organizational systems, productivity strategies, habits, routines, and goals is because they are critical to my own mental health.

If you’re new, you might not know that I battle depression and anxiety on almost a daily basis. I wake up never knowing which days will be good or bad. 

And while I extend myself a lot of grace, I also don’t want my struggles to control me. 

✨STRUCTURE ✨helps put the pieces back together when I feel like I’m falling apart. 

That’s what I want to do here. To share the same topics I’ve been sharing for the last few years, but also bring mental wellness into the conversation as the foundational WHY behind everything else.

Because if I’m being truly honest, I can’t help but notice its subtle existence behind all of the content I share... I’ve just never called it out before because it feels really scary and vulnerable! 

And yet, I’ve never more sure that this is the next right step.

Even if a struggle with mental illness isn't part of your story, we all experience challenging days where we're just trying to survive. You are always welcome here.

But if you’ve been waiting for someone who gets how hard it can be to do something as simple as take a shower some days, who knows you’re not lazy, and understands the need to balance doing hard things with grace and rest, I'm here to guide you in the right direction... and to help you feel a little less alone.💕

➤ If any part of this message resonated with you, leave a comment so I can meet you!
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