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Appetizers and Snacks

Sweet & Salty Chocolate Caramel Chex Mix
Hot & Cheesy Artichoke Dip
Chocolate Cranberry Trail Mix

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Beverages

The Best Slow Cooker Hot Cocoa Recipe You’ll Ever Make
Copycat Blimey Limey Smoothie
Skinny Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie

Breakfast

Light and Healthy Strawberry Breakfast Tart
The Chocolate Chip Muffin Recipe that will Make Your Weekend
Better than Starbucks Cranberry Orange Scones

Desserts

Easy Chocolate-Covered Strawberries
Double Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
No-Bake Special K Bars

Main Dishes

How To Make The Best Deviled Egg Sandwich
Creamy Chicken Bundles
Grilled Tomato-Basil and Mozzarella Panini

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Muffins, Breads, and Rolls

How to Make Perfect Strawberry & Cream Muffins
9 of the Easiest Bread Recipes You’ll Ever Make
The Chocolate Chip Muffin Recipe that will Make Your Weekend

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Side Dishes

Easy Garlic Parmesan Roasted Vegetables
The Best Broccoli Salad You Will Ever Make
Crock Pot Cream Cheese Corn

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This and That

Easy Buttercream Frosting
Make Your Own Bacon Bits
Homemade Jamaican Jerk Seasoning

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Hi, I’m Kalyn—a recovering perfectionist who nerds out about organizing systems, personal productivity, and helping you prioritize what matters over the pressure to do it all. I have a feeling we’re about to become the best of friends! Learn more >>

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Do I bring the KitchenAid stand mixer or the Ninja

Do I bring the KitchenAid stand mixer or the Ninja blender? 🤷 I waffled over this question for days as I packed up our sticks-and-bricks kitchen in preparation to move into our RV. 💭 With the lack of counter space in the RV, there was no way I could take both gadgets with me. 🚫 But after making a pros and cons list in my head, the Ninja easily won out. After all, we use the Ninja to blend our smoothies...every morning. And on the rare occasion I bake, I could get by with a hand mixer if needed instead of the KitchenAid. 🤔 This is what minimalism looks like in real life: this choice between what’s necessary and what you could live without. ⚖ People often equate minimalism with blank walls, white IKEA furniture, and decluttering everything in your home down to practically nothing. ⚪ But minimalism is not only about “having less.” Minimalism is being fully aware of what you have, why you have it, and making sure that everything you own serves a purpose. ✨ I’ll be honest with you—I really miss my stand mixer. 😢 But I love the extra counter space and definitely don’t miss needing to haul the massive thing out of our under-RV storage compartments (what we lovingly refer to as our “basement”). 📦 Regardless of where you are in your own decluttering journey, you don't have to throw away it all to become a minimalist. 🗑 For me personally, I want to love everything in my home, not hang onto an item because it's too hard to part with. 💕 What about you?

Do you ever worry SO MUCH about making the right d

Do you ever worry SO MUCH about making the right decision that you'd rather not make one at all? 🤔⁣ ⁣ Maybe, like me, you spend your entire life debating and delaying decisions because you fear getting it wrong. 😬⁣ ⁣ Which is why I came up with a “decision-making process” to un-paralyze myself into action. Feel free to use it too! 👇⁣ ⁣ 1️⃣Gather essential information about the decision, including advice from trusted mentors. (Just be aware of the 70% rule—gathering more than enough information as a procrastination technique!)⁣ ⁣ 2️⃣Write a pros and cons list.⁣ ⁣ 3️⃣Pray about the decision.⁣ ⁣ 4️⃣Ask yourself which you would regret more—moving forward with the decision or staying put?⁣ ⁣ Your life isn't one big homework assignment where you're graded on how many times you make the right decision versus a wrong one. ✔❌⁣ ⁣ So take a risk and commit.⁣ ⁣ Because even if your decision doesn’t turn out the way you had hoped, you can still learn a valuable lesson from the experience. And you'll make the MOST out of whatever choice you made. 🤗 ⁣ ⁣ Q: What decision are you waffling over right now?

BOOKWORMS…I discovered a book organization gold

BOOKWORMS...I discovered a book organization gold mine! 🧐⁣ ⁣ For the last few years, I’ve used Goodreads to track the books I’ve read and want to read, but I didn’t get serious about the app until a few months ago. 📱⁣ ⁣ I realized I could organize my entire book collection using Goodreads and finally ditch my clunky spreadsheet. Since I can easily track the titles I own (and specify whether I’ve read them or not), I’m less likely to buy a book I already have. Everything is catalogued on my digital shelves! 📚⁣ ⁣ This week on the blog, I share my entire book organization system inside Goodreads, including what tags I use and why, and how to duplicate this system for yourself. Drop a book emoji 📖 in the comments below and I’ll DM you the link!

My first year of blogging, I made a grand total of

My first year of blogging, I made a grand total of...$1,776.70. ⁣ ⁣ Maybe that seems like a lot, especially if you've tried blogging in the past and haven't gained much traction. For others, it's pennies compared to more experienced bloggers. 💰⁣ ⁣ My goal from the very beginning was to earn enough money from my blog that I could quit my office job. After I achieved that, I wanted to make the equivalent of a full-time income so my husband could quit his job too. 💼⁣ ⁣ There was just one problem: the money trickled in at a snail’s pace. 40 cents here. $2.75 there. This went on...for years. It was so discouraging! 🐌⁣ ⁣ I thought something was wrong with me. All my blogging friends were making 10x what I was with blogs that were barely a year old. So why couldn’t I? 🤷⁣ ⁣ But when I opened up my journal to explore the reason why, here’s what I found: 📓⁣ ⁣ I could barely concentrate on my own work because I was so consumed with what others were doing.🙈⁣ ⁣ It wasn’t until I stopped “checking in” on others’ blogs (and unsubscribed from some!) that I began to see traction. Instead of trying to do everything everyone else did, I followed my own path. I listened to what my readers (like you!) were telling me they liked and made decisions in light of their best interests. 💡⁣ ⁣ And last year (after seven years of blogging), I made just shy of six figures. I'm still trying to wrap my head around it! 🤯⁣ ⁣ Looking back at the growth during that time, you could see a business that took a long time to get off the ground and wasn’t even that profitable for the first three years. 🤷⁣ ⁣ But I choose to see progress. 📈⁣ ⁣ Everyone has their own lane in this journey called life and some just go at a faster pace than others. That doesn't mean you're any less worthy. ✨⁣ ⁣ So pull out your measuring stick if you must, but don't judge yourself in light what others have achieved. Instead, compare yourself with your past and how far you’ve come. 🛣⁣ ⁣ Your journey is the one that matters.💖⁣ ⁣ FYI: I rarely talk about business stuff, but if you have any blogging questions, leave them in the comments and I’ll answer them as best I can!

I’ve made a lot of mistakes in my 33 years, but

I’ve made a lot of mistakes in my 33 years, but one in particular always stands out to me the most. 😬⁣ ⁣ Joseph and I purchased a duplex during our third year of marriage. The house was located on Elm Street and later became a financial nightmare. Get it? Nightmare on Elm Street? This should have been a sign to stay away. 🙅⁣ ⁣ We had stars in our eyes, thinking that we could live in one side and rent out the other while investing in a property that would later provide for our retirement years. We spent a LOT of money renovating the 100-year old house too. 🤩⁣ ⁣ Then it all came crashing down in one huge financial mess that our credit scores are still recovering from. 💥⁣ ⁣ Looking back, I wish we had never seen the open house sign on that Sunday afternoon years ago. I wish we had never stepped foot on that property, taken a tour, or signed our lives away to a building that would later become the worst financial mistake we ever made. 🙈⁣ ⁣ But we can't go back and reverse our past mistakes. ↩⁣ ⁣ We can only change the future based on the wisdom we’ve gained from foolish decisions we've made in the past. 🧠⁣ ⁣ This week on the blog, I’m sharing the full Elm Street nightmare story along with three very important lessons I learned while recovering from that past mistake. 🖥⁣ ⁣ Because when you study a bad decision out of curiosity rather than self-inflicted judgment, your future self can actually benefit from the choices you made. ⁣ ⁣ Drop a house emoji 🏠in the comments, and I’ll send a clickable link to you!

This is 33. ☝⁣
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Not a day goes by without f

This is 33. ☝⁣ ⁣ Not a day goes by without feeling grateful for this personal adventure I’m on. Albeit with a heftier dose of eye cream. 😉

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