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10 Lessons Learned in 2020

This year has been a very interesting year, to say the least. No one can deny that there have been many challenges. However, I think it is really important to take stock of the positives that have come out of this year as well. Here are 10 lessons learned in 2020....

5 Ways to Be Productive During Winter Break

  Do you ever get to the end of winter break and wonder where the time went? I can’t tell you how many times that has happened to me. In this post, I will share with you five productive things to do over winter break so you get to the end of break feeling like it was...

Reduce Holiday Stress with 5 Easy Tips

  The holidays can be stressful in a normal year. With all of the events of 2020, this year may be more stressful than normal. Sometimes this holiday stress can cause us to feel like throwing in the towel and completely giving up on all the health goals we have...

10 Gift Ideas for the Teacher in Your Life

With the holiday season coming up, I thought today we would help out the families of teachers. Sometimes it is hard to know what gift to get for the teacher in your life. Today we will explore ten gifts for the teacher in your life that are sure to be winners. If you...

11 Essentials for Hybrid Model of School

The teaching profession has completely changed in 2020, along with everything else this year. Many of us have learned to teach our students online and many of us have now switched to a hybrid model.       As I made the switch to the hybrid model, there...

5 Ways to Stop Putting Unrealistic Pressure on Yourself

  This blog is all about finding balance so you can live a balanced lifestyle. Today I want to focus on five ways to stop putting unrealistic pressure on yourself.   Where Does Pressure Come From   I don’t know about you, but I have found that since...

5 Reasons Why You Don’t Start Something New (and Why You Need To)

   Do you ever wonder why you seem to procrastinate when it comes to starting something new? This is something that has been on my mind a lot lately, particularly when it comes to creating videos. It is something I needed to do but found myself procrastinating. I have...

Create A Night Routine

  A Night Routine…Why would I possibly need a night routine? Isn’t that just one more laundry list of things that needs to be accomplished before bed? How could the decision to create a night routine possibly help me when I am suffering from decision fatigue?...

Create A Morning Routine

A morning routine may sound too ritualistic and, well, routine. However, creating a morning routine can help you to start off every day in the right way. There is no one size fits all here. We will explore some things to consider when creating a morning routine and I...

7 Tips to Reduce Decision Fatigue

Decision Fatigue Do you ever wonder why you come home from a productive day at work, only to feel like doing absolutely nothing? You were so motivated to get things done, but then at home it feels like you can’t do one more thing. For instance, that health goal you...

Identifying Debt Pitfalls

Is debt a problem? Debt pitfalls are no laughing matter. Every day I have the opportunity to talk to many different people. I am amazed by the number who either do not want to acknowledge that debt is a problem for them or think that it really isn’t any big deal that...

5 Tips to Eliminate the Clutter Magnet

5 Tips to Eliminate the Clutter Magnet

Is it self-care? Clutter. You may be asking yourself “What does this have to do with self-care?” I have wrestled with that thought myself. The definition of self-care is: the practice of taking action to preserve or improve one's own health. The definition of clutter...

A Fresh Start

Happy New Year!   The year is over! A new year and decade are about to start!  Is it really that big of a deal? What does it actually mean to have a fresh start? These thoughts have been swirling through my head for the past month.  When contemplating such ideas, I...

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