I envy my toddler for so many reasons. No one bats an eye if he spills on himself. Naps are part of his daily routine. Making friends is a piece of cake. And he loves Mondays. Truthfully, he loves every day. He never stops adventuring and always finds something to look forward to. I’m positive … [Read more…]
My, how the mighty fall. And by the mighty, I mean me. Poshmark was one of the first motivators I found to declutter and to side hustle online, and now I’m wondering if I should give up selling on Poshmark entirely. When I first started selling on Poshmark, an $8 sale for a leather belt … [Read more…]
If you followed my quest for a stress-free Christmas last year, you know I’m a big fan of phone apps. More precisely, phone apps that promise me riches a few dollars in PayPal and a few dollars to Amazon. I know a lot of people write them off as a waste of time, but for … [Read more…]
Last year was a good year for our mortgage. More accurately, it was a good year for making strides toward getting RID of our mortgage. Not only did our principal dip below six figures for the first time; we also managed to put one of the highest amounts of money toward our principal ever. Thanks … [Read more…]
There’s a scene in the movie Clueless where Alicia Silverstone’s character is accused of being aimless. She insists that she has direction, and is promptly chided, “Towards the mall!” That, friends, was me in a nutshell for years. Decades really. I didn’t have any concrete financial ambitions or direction. And I shopped like it was … [Read more…]
Productive decluttering. Declutter productively. Less waste. Waste less. I had all sorts of flowery ideals and aspirations written out in a notebook. My plan was to simply transfer it into a blog post, slap a title on it, and call it my goals for 2020. The problem is that none of those visions were concrete … [Read more…]
“Wait. You’re bringing him?” “You’re taking a baby there?” “What are you going to do with a toddler in New Orleans?” This past December, as we planned a short trip to New Orleans, we were met with so much surprise when people found out we were making it a family trip. Like every other aspect … [Read more…]
“You’re really writing a card for that?” “But, Miss. It was only a picture!” I’m lucky to receive gifts as a teacher. Of course, I have some favorite teacher gifts from over the years. But I treasure every time a student and their family thinks of me. Recently, it occurred to me that I’ve written … [Read more…]
New year, new me. This “new me” doesn’t come with any groundbreaking resolution or a detox of any kind. Instead, I’m simply looking at this year–and hopefully this life–as an opportunity to manifest a little less stress. No, I didn’t stumble upon a magic wand. Nor did Santa leave behind a promise for a stress-free … [Read more…]
I’m going to stop singing (OK, fine, I am just making up words like everyone else) Auld Lang Syne long enough to round up 19 highlights from 2019. Creating this list did exactly what I hoped it would. It reminded me that there were so many more highlights than I had space for on my … [Read more…]