If you’ve been around the blog for a bit, then you’ve probably realized that I love lists. I spent most of last year ticking off items on my 30 before 30 list, and I recently finished a post series on 30 ways to produce less waste. Usually, I am at my happiest working away on […]

You’ve probably heard of a bucket list. Maybe you’ve seen the 2007 movie starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. The concept is simple: a list of experiences or achievements that you want to accomplish before you “kick the bucket”, also known as dying. Although I’m as list and goal-oriented as the next girl, I’ve always […]

This August marks the first time in my life (since I was pre-school age) that I am not preparing to go back to school either as a student, a teacher, or both. Even though I won’t be in the classroom, I’ve got some Back to School Advice to share.  After leaving teaching last November, I […]

It happens every few months: I’m in the backseat of a car that I’ve never seen before. I can barely see out the windshield, and I have no idea how I’m reaching the pedals, but I’m somehow driving. I’m aware that there are cars all around me, and I also know that I’m dangerously close […]

My mornings are works-in-progress, there is no denying it. For years I’ve tried to get around the fact that the way you start your morning has a major effect on the rest of your day. I’ve read book after book by very successful people who all have morning rituals. I’ve read article after article on […]

I don’t profess to be a morning person. In fact, I’m not really much of a night person either, but hey I do my best. For years I’ve struggled with a morning routine, spending countless hours pushing snooze, only to wake up dissatisfied, already feeling like my day was a wash, berating myself for continuing […]

Having stalked photos of beautiful bullet journals on Instagram and Pinterest for quite some time, I have now finally gotten around to starting my own. Being filled with equal parts joy and nerves, I posted how excited I was to be starting with an accompanying picture of my shiny new journal, and the most common […]

If you don’t look below the surface, post-holiday-season-winter seems like the all-time worst season. It’s freezing (especially here in Wisconsin), it’s dark out like 70% of the time, and there aren’t any really exciting things happening until spring break finally shows its face. It’s easy to get stuck in a rut, especially if you are […]

I had an epiphany the other day while I was mopping the floors. If you are at all like me, you probably don’t mop as often as you should. Or as often as anyone should whose house has not been condemned, but you know, we’re not here to talk about my terrible housekeeping, so let’s […]