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Archives for 2017

Archives for 2017

November Update & December Goals.

Filed Under: Personal & Life Updates 1 Comment

[November Update] HEALTH: Walk 6,000 steps a day. // Most days. I missed once a week, so I achieved my somewhat-pathetic-don’t-judge-me goal 80% of the month to be exact. (I use an app to keep track of habits some months. Other months I use a habit tracker in my bullet journal thing). My fitness tracker stopped workingRead the whole post >>

December 1, 2017 · Tagged With: monthly goals 1 Comment

Wake Me Up When November Ends.

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Hello and welcome to my debbie downer corner of the internet. Want to know why I hate this time of year? Pull up a chair. Let me share. (Or click x and escape the sadness.) November 15: The due date for my first miscarriage. A tiny, small part of me still thinks “I’d have aRead the whole post >>

November 20, 2017 · Tagged With: miscarriage & pregnancy loss 3 Comments

A New Leaf. Little Leaf.

Filed Under: Career & Business Leave a Comment

(Yes, I am a dork.) Your website should be like an extra employee. Who works non stop 24/7. I recently overhauled my site after I realized it wasn’t totally representing what I do well. And that there was the potential to add more helpful information to potential clients. Since I am a referral-based business, notRead the whole post >>

November 16, 2017 · Tagged With: business, web design, website development Leave a Comment

Where to Live Angst.

Filed Under: Personal & Life Updates 8 Comments

Yesterday I talked about the BIG where to live. We are here in Massachusetts, but deciding where to live once we landed here was difficult. We spent a year living on the edge of a rich suburb a few miles from Mike’s school. We had nothing to walk to and it was fairly dull. WeRead the whole post >>

November 7, 2017 · 8 Comments

Moving is Hard.

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It’s been two years since we moved from Ohio to Massachusetts. I have found a few incredible friends – supportive and kind and funny. But they all are from here and have deep roots and extensive support systems. Meanwhile, I️ feel like I’m cobbling together a tiny handful of people to be a support system. OneRead the whole post >>

November 6, 2017 · 13 Comments

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Saving Money & Living Frugally

Doing a Buy Nothing Month.

Every so often, my eating junk food gets a little out of control and do a little juice cleanse. To help reset my body’s ideas of … [Read More...]

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Simple Living & Minimalism

Long Distance Moving and Decluttering – A Few Tips.

We're in the midst of a long distance move to Massachusetts this month (in the nomadic portion of our move - we moved out of our … [Read More...]

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Green Living & Sustainability

Choosing between Convenience and Values.

A reader asks: How do you decide when to focus your energy on better choices versus choosing convenience? I think it can be so … [Read More...]

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Motherhood & Parenting

The Story of Eleanor.

(Warning, this post will contain mentions of bodily fluid) How Eleanor Came to Be. I want to write this all down while I still … [Read More...]

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Career & Business

How I Organize Tasks & To Do Lists.

Other recent posts about routines: How Routines Have Made My Life Better, My Cleaning & Meal Planning Routines, and My Daily … [Read More...]

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