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Thanksgiving doesn’t have to be Pinterest Perfect
It’s easy to be swayed into feeling the need to create a Pinterest perfect Thanksgiving, but why stress if you don’t have to? Yes, there are beautiful images all over the internet of picturesque tablescapes and to-die-for recipes, but at the end of the day, the simpler you can make the holiday, the more thankful…
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Master Bedroom Refresh on a Budget
Exercising ‘Care Creates Contentment’ (more on this from @debtfree.mom on Instagram) can take your budget or pretty much any area of your life a long way simply by just caring for what you already have. During spring cleaning, I typically find that I have the urge to spend thinking “oh if only I had a…
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Getting to the Root of my Fear: The Garden Experiment Pt 3
Perfectionism is paralyzing, and to hold yourself back for fear of failure is pointless. At some point, you just need to give yourself a peptalk and just go for it! We are just shy of 4 weeks into our garden experiment. Each morning my son rushes to our den to “check our baby seeds”. We…
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Tips for your Spring Cleaning Routine
When I first started living on my own, I thought spring cleaning had to be this huge, daunting group of tasks. But now, after having been a homeowner for over 10 years, it’s easier to see that seasonal cleaning is just expand upon the cleaning and maintainence of your home that you should already be…
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Getting to the root of my fear: the garden experiment
I often take forever to commit to something new. Even if it’s something I’m somewhat familiar with, I often have trouble starting something, and over time I’ve figured out that this is due to my perfectionism. I am scared of failing. Last year, I talked a lot about starting a garden, but never followed through.…