Life
Talks about body image, wellness tips and tricks, goal setting, self-care, my journey and other life bits
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My Bookshelf Tour
Seeing as part of one of my resolutions is to read for 30 minutes before bed, I thought it would be fitting to take a little tour of my bookshelf. My dad made this for my brother for Christmas a long time ago. As we got older my book collection kept growing so we swapped bookshelves. Over the years I have given many away and bought even more. This last year I discovered the delights of thrift store book shopping ($5 for a book that would have been $20?!?!?). Many of these have been read but there are some that I still have to work through. So…without further ado here…
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Reflections and Resolutions
Happy New Year!!! Reflections It never ceases to amaze me how quickly the years pass and 2017 has been no exception. As this year comes to a close, I can look back on it with fondness and positivity. I began the year with a very significant change when I started a new job at the end of January. Since then I have joined the company as a full time employee and could not be happier with my job and the company I work for. The happiness and fulfillment that I get from my job has inspired and motivated me to go after other long time goals outside of work. This…
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Finding Your Why
Have you ever thought about why you want to lose weight? Is it because you are bombarded by images on the covers or magazines telling you that if you’re not thin you can’t be happy or healthy? Is it because you want to look good in a bikini come summer? Maybe you have some health conditions and your doctor is requiring you to lose weight. When I was younger I think if I had been asked that question I probably wouldn’t have been able to answer it. If I did it would probably be something along the lines of wanting to be skinny. I never got that skinny body I…
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31 Days Of Self Love
Sometimes it takes a little nudging to get you to think about your good qualities. It’s so easy for us to focus on our “flaws” and forget to cut ourselves some slack once in a while. I found this image on somewhere on Facebook and loved the idea so much. I have been using each day as a sort of journal entry and it has truly been helping with my feelings of self doubt. The great thing about these prompts is that they can be used over and over again! Maybe you’re having a particularly bad week, use some of these prompts to try and turn your mindset around. When…
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Getting Back On Track After Vacation
After a much needed break from real life it feels really great to be back and creating new content for my little corner of the internet! Our 3 1/2 week European vacation and the sweetest and most romantic marriage proposal π was just what I needed to recharge my batteries and get excited and motivated to make positive changes in my life. Before we left for vacation I was not eating as well as I would have liked and I had not worked out consistently for quite some time. I was not feeling good about myself which didn’t help in the motivation department. Of course while on vacation I didn’t…
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My Paris Bucket List
Since I was young Paris has always been a place I have wanted to visit. It could be the history or the beautiful sites and I have a hunch that it could be that I watched Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen’s movie Passport to Paris on repeat for about 3 weeks when I was 12. Since becoming an adult my tastes really haven’t evolved much. I love movies that take place in the city of lights, books whose setting takes place there, and I find joy in any music that has an accordion playing in it. I am beyond excited that I get to visit Paris at the end of September…
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Blogs That Keep Me Inspired
When I am feeling uninspired there are certain blogs that I gravitate towards to help get me out of a creative rut. I love scrolling back and reading their older posts or posts that I have read and reread tons of times. It feels like a breath of fresh air read the content these ladies write and I hope you love them as much as I do! The Anna Edit Carly Rowena In The Frow Half Baked Harvest Poppy Deyes How Sweet It Is Niomi Smart Estee Lalonde
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Things To Remind Yourself Everyday
Sometimes life can get hectic and it’s easy to get stuck in a routine of self doubt, negativity, and feelings of inadequacy. Questions like “What am I doing with my life?” or “Am I good enough?” seem to only add to the anxiety because in those types of moods the only answers are negative ones. I have personally experienced ruts like this and sometimes I have let them linger for longer than I care to admit. But let me be the one to answer those questions above for you; Yes, you most certainly are enough and figuring out what to do with your life can take a lifetime so give…
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Summer Reading List
One of my favorite ways to relax this time of year is to grab a great book and a glass of great wine and sit out on my back patio and read. Reading has always been something I really enjoy and buying books has also been an enjoyable activity since the time I started making my own money in high school. It’s difficult for me to walk into a book store and walk out with nothing. I recently discovered the delights of the thrift store “library” for dirt cheap deals on hundreds of titles and I may or may not have gone a little crazy a few months ago…a little.…
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Truth
Since the beginning I have really tried to make this blog a place of honesty with no judgments. I have spoken so openly about my struggles with body image that it feels a lot like some of the journal entries I have written to myself in the past except its out there for anyone and everyone to read if they so choose. My fear, though, is that I have given a false sense that I am past all of those insecurities when really they are very much present and things that I struggle with on a daily basis. My hope for this blog has always been that it is something…
