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Daily Routines, Goals, Habits, Productivity

10 Journal Prompts to Help You Get Started With Journaling Right Now

November 27, 2022 No Comments

How many times have you started journaling? You start it and then a few weeks later, the journal is sitting there a few pages full and you have no desire to pick it up again. That is so many people, including myself until a couple of years ago. Since July 2021, I have opened my notebook/journal every single day. There have only been a handful of days I’ve missed since then as of this initial writing in November of 2022. Do you want to start a daily journal practice? Have you been searching for journal prompts and don’t know where […]

Daily Routines, Goals, How Tos, Productivity

How I Set Goals and Map Them Out for Success and You Can Too!

July 7, 2022 No Comments

You should absolutely set goals. If I can say one thing to anyone who is trying to strive for more, it would be to set goals. If you have big dreams or even small things you want to accomplish, the way to do it is to set goals. Let me throw some statistics out there for you before we begin. First, goal setting has a statistically significant effect on behavior. Setting a goal makes you act. At least we hope it does. If you set actionable steps towards your goal you are 40% more likely to achieve it. If you […]

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My Why and How Asking Tough Questions Can Help You Reach Goals

June 17, 2022 No Comments

I recently read a book called “Start With Why” by Simon Sinek and it really drove home something that I’ve been working on a lot. Since reading that book, I’ve read several others that all come back to the same idea. We should really be asking ourselves why a lot more than we already do. Actually, we should wake up and really be thinking about what we are doing in the day-to-day instead of just doing the same thing day in and day out. Want to reach goals? Ask yourself the tough questions! I want to be transparent with my […]

Daily Routines, Goals, Habits, How Tos, Productivity

Morning Journaling: How to Start This Amazing Healthy Habit Right Now

March 23, 2022 No Comments

Journaling; phone and computer with open journal

Do you struggle with goals? Does your morning start out with chaos right off the bat? Is your to-do list a mile long and you see no end in sight? Then it is time to start adding journaling to your routine. Before you even start with the excuses of no time, I’m going to stop you. Five minutes, maybe ten can start this healthy habit. It will be a game-changer for you. If you feel like you don’t have 5-10 minutes to sit for a moment in the morning for yourself, then make that time. Your family, your work, and […]

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Challenge Yourself With 30 Different Books This Year

January 19, 2022 No Comments

If you don’t already know this about me, you should know that I love to read! In fact, I think that was what jumpstarted this blog. Reading can absolutely help you achieve goals and be productive, and a book challenge is a way to go! If you don’t believe me, check out this post about why you should set a reading goal for the year! I love to sit down with good books on my Kindle and learn something new or be transported to another world. One of the harder things, I think, is to find books I enjoy. I […]

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10 Ways to Have An Extraordinary Year

December 29, 2021 No Comments

No one can deny that the past few years have been rough. I have been living this too, but instead of sinking back and shutting down, I made the choice to get after it. Keep reading to find out some awesome ways to make this year or any year truly extraordinary. 1 – Do extraordinary things I am not saying do extreme things. When you hear that word you might think of climbing mountains, running marathons, quitting your job to live on a tropical island. Nope… I’m talking about the word at its most basic level. What you do every […]

Daily Routines, Habits, How Tos, Productivity

Inbox Zero: Part 3 – Email Management

December 27, 2021 No Comments

Here we are at Part 3, which is all about email management and how to keep your inbox zero going! You now understand what Inbox Zero is and you’ve cleaned your inbox like crazy. If you don’t, go back and read Part 1 and Part 2! If you’re ready, now what? You maintain it! Maintaining this is actually quite easy and will leave you wondering why you weren’t doing this all along. It involves three major points: Pick just two or three times a day to process your email inbox. Process it fully every time. When you fall off the […]

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Why Your Goal Setting Absolutely Needs to Include a Reading Goal

December 6, 2021 No Comments

My goal for 2022 is to read 60 books during the year. I’ve put it out on the internet now… so I guess I have to do it. I love setting a reading goal! When I was younger, I remember fondly going with my dad to the library weekly. I would come home with a huge stack of books and would sometimes have a book finished by the time we got home. My daughter is now also obsessed with the library. She’s only two, but she knows how to put her books in the return slot, she knows where the […]

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Smart Goals Are Great, but Are They Always Smart?

November 24, 2021 No Comments

Goals are so important, and SMART goals are definitely beneficial. However, SMART goals have a certain place for certain goals. This post is going to talk about what SMART goals are, and then talk about when you might want to use them. What Are SMART Goals? The acronym SMART refers to being Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound. Let’s dive in here and talk about each component and what it means, as well as their possible limiting factors. S – Specific The S in SMART refers to being very specific about your goals. This is the who, what, where when, […]

Freebie, Goals, How Tos

Setting Goals That Empower You

November 14, 2021 No Comments

Open book, journal, on a table with coffee

Setting goals is not about planning, it’s about the why and the vision. Planning is not for big-picture goals. This goal-setting post is not focused on the plan. I want you to understand that I love a good to-do list. I have a whole post about how to use a to-do list effectively. Personally, I also practice a weekly review that keeps me on target with my goals and to-dos. I’m a big fan of making sure that for the mundane, day-to-day stuff, I have a plan. For the big picture… don’t plan it to death! It’s all about reflection […]

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