Category: Intentional Living
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Finding the Tools to Keep you Going When the Going Gets Tough

I know you’ve read all the advice about getting motivated and building habits. Lay out your workout clothes the night before. Meal prep on Sundays so healthy meals are easy to make throughout the week. Schedule blocks of time on your calendar and turn off your phone to do your creative work without distraction. I…
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Creating a Routine You Can Keep Up From Anywhere

I’m sure I don’t need to preach the benefits of a morning routine. Other people have said it better and louder than I could. If you do need convincing, check out Hal Elrod’s Miracle Morning. He suggests, like many other successful people out there, to spend time each morning reading, writing, exercising, mediating, visualizing your…
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How We Got Started

I’ve always been a fairly introspective person and it’s part of my personality to seek comfort, beauty, and peace. But, like many of us, I’ve spent most of my life just passing through; falling into friendships rather than pursuing them intentionally, doing what needed to be done to get by in school and work, and…
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Easy Sustainable Swaps For The Kitchen

*Note: Some of these links are affiliate, which means that I may get a small amount of money if you purchase them. Our culture in the US is fast paced, consumer-driven, and convenience-driven. Most of us interact with countless disposable products throughout the day, probably without thinking too much about them. They make our lives…
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How to Be the Person You Want to Be With the Life You Have Now

When the air gets crisp in the fall: Reflections on living seasonally New Years is the traditional time for resolutions and life change but I often find myself evaluating my life when the air starts to get crisp in the fall. We get inspired by the promises of spring and then quickly lulled into complacency…
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Let’s Talk About Procrastination

Procrastination is real, folks. Merriam Webster’s online dictionary offers two definitions for Procrastination: to put off intentionally and habitually or to put off intentionally the doing of something that should be done. I do this all the time. I wake up and think to myself “okay girl, you’ve got one and a half hours before…