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Staying Positive When Life Gets Overwhelming
Guest post with tips on how to stay positive when life gets overwhelming.
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Would You Uproot Your Life?
You’ve got to admit, you’ve probably thought about this a few times over the years. You will definitely have thought about how much you’d like to throw everything away, and spontaneously jetting off around the world and becoming one of those people that travels for a living. But only a set few people go down the route of doing that, and you’ve probably got one too many commitments to do that now. So it can be easy to think that you’re stuck with the life you’re living, and feeling as though you’re stuck in a bit of a rut. But a rut is only as deep and as long as…
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Birthday Thoughts & #fbf Hot Air Balloons
For my birthday, dozens of hot air balloons were released from an airfield in New Jersey. Just kidding! These photos are from the annual New Jersey Balloon Festival a few weeks ago, but I am telling the truth that it is my birthday today. In recent years I have had very mixed feelings about my birthday. I’m, of course, grateful for another year, but do not love getting older. This year, while only 3/4 done, has been full of ups and downs like most years. I started the year off with all positive vibes and I even wrote numerous blog posts about how I was doing this whole positive vibes…
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Is It Time To Make Some Changes?
One of the things that commonly happens to a lot of people that many of us don’t really talk about all that much is the feeling that your life is just sort of moving along on rails without you having much input on it. It’s surprisingly easy to wake up one morning and realise that you’re living a life that you never really picked out for yourself and that doesn’t leave you particularly fulfilled. This can be an incredibly frustrating feeling for a lot of people, particularly because it often doesn’t feel like there’s any way to get out of this kind of situation. However, that’s not the case. The…
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How to Improve your Body Image and Boost Self-Confidence
If you have low self-esteem, you may find that you are constantly putting yourself down. You may feel as though you’re not good enough, and that you’re never going to be either. This is not true at all, and if you want to make a change, you need to start by changing your founding beliefs. Stop Comparing Yourself Everyone has something that they wish they could change about themselves. If you spend most of the time wishing that you had someone else’s eyes or even curly hair, you will be wishing away the very things that make you unique. If you want to avoid this, focus on what you do…
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Peaceful Beach Paths
Happy Friday! Any exciting plans this weekend? My weekend is shaping up to be pretty busy and then I leave for vacation early Tuesday morning, so lots to do. As always, I’ll take you along with me on my trip and post about things I’m doing/did, food, etc. in real time on my Instagram stories and here on the blog on a few days delay. But until the travel posts start, I’ve got a lot to share. Today I’m sharing another Flashback Friday, #fbf, and this one is from just a few weeks ago. If you follow my Instastories then you may have heard me mention that my photoshoot with Lauren…
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Three Inspiring Ideas to Help You Figure Out Your Identity
Feeling uncertain about who you are doesn’t mean that you are nobody. It means you haven’t worked yourself out yet. These ideas will empower you to see your rudderless state as an opportunity to reconnect with your dreams and reaffirm your intentions. Photo by Mesut Kaya on Unsplash Break Out of Your Comfort Zone When you’re feeling uncertain about who you are, it can be challenging to meet new people with confidence. Rather than feeling ashamed that you don’t have a watertight character at this point in your life, why not embrace your ‘in flux’ identity? Own this exciting state by letting people you meet know that you’re engaged…
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Three Tips to Get Your Creative Journal Started
What’s the difference between a ‘creative journal’ and a regular journal? While your good old-fashioned journal comes with lined paper for a more traditional pen-to-paper approach, creative journals are usually composed of blank pages that are suitable for other creative media, such as illustrations, process-sketches, figurative or surreal paintings, and so much more. There is also an unwritten difference between the more traditional journal format and a creative journal. When it comes to the latter, you’re not necessarily sitting down every day to record what happened. It’s more about self-expression and letting your creativity guide you. The idea is to express yourself freely, without worrying about what people will…
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#fbf Heart Shaped Petals
The title of this blog post might be misleading, but I didn’t know what else to call it. The flower petals themselves aren’t heart shaped, but they just so happened to flow down the street with the rain and stop at the end of my driveway in the shape of a heart! This photo is fitting since it seems like we get pouring, stormy weather multiple times a week lately. A few weeks ago I had just gotten home from work, the rain had just stopped, and I was walking down my driveway to get the garbage can or the recycling to bring back in to the garage. The rain…
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Striped Midi Jumpsuit
My first day back to work yesterday was okay. I was surprisingly not too tired considering I kept waking up every hour. I think I was subconsciously afraid I would oversleep. Hopefully the rest of this week goes smoothly. The jumpsuit I’m sharing today is technically a midi, but it’s a little closer to a full jumpsuit on me since I’m short. Not quite full length, but definitely closer to the ankle than a midi should be. It doesn’t bother me though. This striped midi has tie straps and is a loose fit, so it’s comfortable and has a sort of overalls feel to it since it has tie straps.…
