Happy New Year, folks! One of my favorite things about starting off a new year is picking my reading list. This year I really wanted to work on diversifying my reading selections. I love a good YA book, but I wanted to reread a few classics that I haven’t touched since I’ve been in school […]
Holiday Gift Ideas for the Lazy Girl in Your Life
This post may contain affiliate links. Tis’ the season for struggling to leave your warm bed. To give you an idea of the type of lazy girl I am, this blog post has been sitting in my drafts since December 2016. Here we are in December 2018, and I finally made my way back to […]
Femme Friday: Small Business Saturday Guide
Did you know that November 19 was Women’s Entrepreneurship Day? Here are some facts from the website: Today, women account for 85% of consumer purchases and control $20 trillion in global spending. At the same time, women perform 66% of the world’s work (both paid and unpaid) yet only earn 10% of the world’s income. In […]
7 Days of Gratitude: A Journaling Challenge
Piggybacking off of Ace’s post, I decided to challenge you all to 7 days of gratitude journaling. Journaling has a positive impact on physical well-being, including reducing stress and increasing emotional intelligence, memory and comprehension. It can be whatever you want it to be. Draw a picture, cut words out of magazine, do whatever creative […]
7 Things I’m Grateful for in 2018
Tis’ the season for a grateful heart. I know we should practice gratitude year round, but the holiday season is a friendly reminder to count your blessings. Somehow, we have less than 2 months left in this year. In addition to wondering where all the time went, I want to appreciate the big and little things […]
Instagram vs. Reality
I don’t know about y’all, but I have a love/hate relationship with Instagram. I scroll through my feed multiple times a day to watch my favorite celebs and influencers’ IG stories and to see what my friends and frenemies are posting. There are weeks when I’m posting a lot and other times when I’ve looked […]