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The 5 Best Sweet Potato Recipes
Some of my favorite meatless dishes include many sweet potato recipes. I used to eat mostly vegetarian (I say mostly because once in a while I’d cook something with chicken). Since most of my meals consisted of vegetables, I needed a way to feel full and satisfied so I wouldn’t feel starved in a couple of hours. That’s when I discovered sweet potatoes and how amazing they are! Sweet potatoes are rich in Vitamin A, B6, C, and D. As well as a good source for potassium, magnesium, and iron. They’re good for the immune system and they won’t increase your blood sugar (I swear this isn’t an ad for sweet…
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How to Face Your Fears and Start Living Your Dream
Sometimes it can be easier to procrastinate on your dreams, rather than face your fears. Lately, I’ve been trying to face my fears and break the cycle to officially start moving towards my dreams. But there are days I want to crawl back into my comfort zone and go back to procrastinating. Do you ever feel like this? There may be something you want more than ANYTHING, but fear or self-doubt starts to derail your enthusiasm. However, we don’t want to derail our enthusiasm. We WANT to face our fears and start making changes to live our dreams. Here are four steps and a goal sheet to help you face…
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Ultimate Girly Gift Guide
It might be basic, but I LOVE all things gold, marble, and pink. I would like to think I’m not alone in this thinking. If you’re buying for a girly girl in your life, or you’re buying for yourself (you know I love spoiling myself! *Cough* Solo Date *Cough*), then you will love these little favorites of mine. Gifts to use on a girly dressing table This gorgeous Pink Lotus Q-tip Holder is exactly what you need for your dressing table or bathroom vanity. It’s a stylish and pretty way to store your Q-tips. Gifts for your summer girl It might be coming into winter soon, but that’s no reason…
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10 Summer Date Ideas Before Summer Ends
Remember all of those summer date ideas you had in May? Sadly, summer is coming to an end and you may not have gone on any of them. Fear not! Even though the summer is flying by, there are still some fun dates we can go on before school starts and the weather turns cold. Here are 10 fun summer date ideas to try with your other half this month: 1. Drive-in Movie Theater I know that a drive-in movie may sound like a thing from the past, but they’re still around. Normally you get to watch 2 movies when you go and they even get new movies. Tickets are…
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12 Creatives Who Overcame Great Failure to Succeed
When you want to become a girlboss, you have to immerse yourself in the habits of other successful people. Which is what this week’s guest blogger wants to share with us. Emma, with Invaluable, has a list of 12 creative people who overcame great failure in order to become successful. Here she is to tell you more below! 12 Creatives Who Overcame Great Failure to Succeed: If you google the definition of failure, you’ll find “lack of success” or “the omission of expected or required action” at the top of the Search Engine Results Page (SERP). Both those definitions yield a negative connotation and suggest that failure has little to…
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Top 10 Easy Ways to Grow Your Career
When I was little, I used to envision myself as the boss of an office space. Never a specific office–like Nabisco or anything–but always somewhere in a successful role at the office. And I secretly still hoped that I’d get to be a top dog at an office when I graduated college. But I learned quickly that you have to grow your career before you can step into a leadership role. I know that waiting something like 10 or 15 years, sounds like forever when you’re 22. But what I’m realizing now that I’m in the “real” world, is that there’s still a lot to learn. People won’t let you…
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The #1 Thing I Did to Increase My Productivity
Now that I’m working from home, I’m responsible for my daily actions. This means if I take a nap or spend an hour on social media, instead of writing like I should, then the only one that’s mad is myself. When I made the decision to leave my job, I had to learn how to increase my productivity. We are all responsible for how we choose to spend each day. And it SUCKS when we have a long to do list, but barely scratch the surface. However, if we’re being honest, the list wasn’t too long, we just weren’t disciplined. Am I right? The #1 Thing I Did to Increase…
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The Morning Routine You Need to Win Your Morning
On days that I have off, I prefer to sleep in–Just a teensy bit past 6AM. However, whenever I do that, I ALWAYS feel like I don’t get as much accomplished as I need to or I end up wasting my day. Research on how to win your morning has taught me where I was going wrong. I recently learned that choosing to sleep-in and be flexible with our morning routines DOES actually affect our productivity. This means our discipline in the morning will set the tone for how productive we are each day. If you want to win your morning, make sure you set a morning routine. The Morning…
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Feeling Tired all the Time? Here’s How to Fix It
Lately, I’ve been waking up in a fog–or at least I feel that way after a few hours of being awake. It’s as if a sheet is pulled over my eyes and I can’t seem to fully wake up. It’s the hardest when I’m feeling tired, but can’t take a nap since I’m at work. Knowing that I couldn’t let this persist, I’ve been doing some research. There’s a condition called Sleep Inertia that persists during the transition of sleep to wakefulness, which can lead to feelings of prolonged drowsiness. Essentially it’s the state of feeling tired all day long. Not something we want to deal with when we still…
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How to Use the 5 Second Rule Every Day
I’m a notorious snooze button person. No matter what I tell myself the night before, when the alarm goes off in the morning, I will roll over and immediately tap the snooze. It started out as a conscious decision, but now it’s become more of a reflex. Until this week, when I learned about the 5 second rule. At first glance, I thought the rule was about quickly eating something I dropped on the floor. It’s not. The 5 second rule is a simple countdown in order for you to take action. And apparently, it’s a major factor of how our day will turn out. How to Use the 5…
