My 2020 Goals
Setting goals each month last year was such a wonderful way to keep me motivated and give me things to look forward to. When you’re not in school anymore and there aren’t any obvious “milestones” to work towards, sometimes it helps to create your own just to make sure...
2019: A Year in Review
2019 was a BIG year for us. We started off with a bang by moving out of our Oklahoma City apartment on New Year's Eve, taking the next 6 days to slowly travel to our new home in Arlington, VA. As I'm sure you can imagine, Oklahoma City and the Washington, D.C., area...
40 Journal Prompts for Personal Growth
A few months ago I had the goal of journaling every day for the entire month. I had many reasons for wanting to journal more. It helps you become a better, more creative writer by helping get the juices flowing, does wonders for your personal growth by giving you an...
How to Start a Journaling Practice and 20 Reasons Why You Should
Do you keep a journal? I've known for a while how good journaling is for my mental and emotional health, but I often lack the discipline and motivation to do it. I'm a classic questioner, so I decided that compiling a list of reasons WHY I should keep a journal will...
November 2019 Goals – Give Thanks
Happy November, friends! October was f u l l, but in a really good kind of way. Our foster cat was adopted. We brought home a new 5-month-old foster kitten that we just might keep forever. And we had the pleasure of having friends over for Halloween. So much to be...
My 2019 Fall Reading List
Happy fall, friends! I've had the hardest time narrowing down the books I want to focus on this Fall. There are so many amazing ones that I would like to read. This time instead of breaking the list into sub-categories like I did this summer, I'm using three broad...
Quick Lit: What I’ve been reading lately
After a couple of months of not reading any books at all in the spring, summer was a very fertile reading time for me. I think that planning out what I'm going to read each season gives me a direction and a goal, which helps get me started with reading. But I also...
October Goals 2019: Just do it
Happy October, friends! September was a FULL month, but so so good. We celebrated our birthdays, took a day trip to the Shenandoah National Park, had a few visitors in town, and I went to Oklahoma for another work trip. I don't think we could have packed much more...
17 Books to Read for a Cozy Fall
Fall is basically the perfect time to really dig into your reading life. The days are getting shorter, the cooler weather begs you to curl up under a cozy blanket, and that back-to-school feeling basically never leaves you even when you're an adult. So even though...
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