This post will be a little more personal than some of my others. My hope is that what I have learned can help someone else in a similar situation. The lies I want to discuss here are all things that I believed about myself for many years. Thankfully, I am now learning to see them […]
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How To Maintain Motivation While Working from Home If you work from home, chances are you’ve encountered this problem at some point: You have no set schedule, few external deadlines, and low motivation to get stuff done. So you end up procrastinating by napping, watching TV, cleaning, etc. As a result, you keep pushing back
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I don’t know about you, but I’m excited about August. I finally feel like I’m settling back into a routine, and I have big plans for the rest of the year. I chose this August bullet journal theme in light of that excitement. You might remember from last month’s bullet journal post that my overarching
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It’s amazing how sometimes one small, seemingly insignificant change can make a huge difference in a person’s life. I’ve had my share of big, obvious life changes. But even most of those started from tiny choices or adjustments that initially seemed unimportant. So today I wanted to share a few of the small changes I
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How To Beat Both Procrastination & Perfectionism In our paths to better ourselves, many of us wrestle with perfectionism and/or procrastination. In my own battle against both, I’ve found an interesting relationship between them. Perfectionism, at least in my experience, often causes procrastination. The fear of getting something wrong causes us to put the project
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Journaling Strategies to Write Every Day See the end of this post for one month of free journal prompts! Since I was very little, I’ve kept diaries and journals on and off to record both events happening around me and my personal thoughts. But, much as I wanted to write every day, consistency was not
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Simplicity is Key As I’ve written before, I believe that slowing down and simplifying is vital to making actual progress and accomplishing our goals. Trying to busy and productive every second of every day actually works against us. But slowing down is easier said than done, especially when we are so constantly bombarded with messages
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If you’ve read some of my other posts, you probably know that one of my favorite ways to keep myself organized is with my bullet journal. For me, this journal functions as a planner, diary, and creative outlet. It gives me a record of my days, weeks, months, and years, as well as a central
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I’m very much a list person. Lists strike that perfect balance between organizing my thoughts into a logical flow and having the freedom to get those thoughts out of my head with minimal effort. A list doesn’t have to have perfect grammar or structure, yet it’s still structured enough to give me clarity on whatever
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How To Get Back on Track When Things Don’t Go as Planned If you’re like me, you like plans. Making them, having them, carrying them out perfectly — plans make many of us feel in control and on top of things. But plans aren’t perfect. Very rarely do they turn out exactly the way we
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