Category Archives: Lifestyle

The older I get, the more I understand how mental health affects physical health, relationships, careers, and life in general. I used to think I could get by on junk food, caffeine, minimal sleep, and negative self-talk compounded by toxic relationships. Well, at the confusing age of 27, I now know that’s not enough. It’sContinueContinue reading “3 reasons & ways to embrace mental health as a creative”

In this blog post, we discussed small spa-like actions you can add to your day that don’t take extra time but still offer you ways to care for yourself, body and mind. Today we’ll discuss my time-saving self-care tips. Time-saving self-care Unplug We receive hundreds of notifications every day, but how many of them areContinueContinue reading “Self-care for busy people – part 2”

Self-care is so important, but when life gets busy, it’s easy to stop making time for ourselves. I get it. A lot of self-care articles say to journal for 15 minutes every day, read for at least an hour, exercise for 30 minutes, and start meditating. While these are all good things, turning self-care intoContinueContinue reading “Self-care for busy people – part 1”

Warning: This is not a Pinterest-worthy post. But it is real. When I set out to personalize my home office, I wanted it to be beautiful, functional, and inspiring. What mighty desires for a room! I spent months not doing anything to my office because I had such high hopes for it and was intimidatedContinueContinue reading “3 must-haves for personalizing your home office”

I am chronically late. It’s an illness, really. Heck, I’m publishing this blog post late. Growing up, my Dad would threaten to go places without me. Now, my husband threatens the same thing. Are they mean? Absolutely not! It’s my boundary issue. My husband and I have been reading Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to SayContinueContinue reading “How to start defeating chronic lateness and procrastination”

New year’s resolutions have a bad reputation. Most people fall off their chosen bandwagon in less than a month, but that doesn’t have to be the case. The problem is we see resolutions as complicated, large, life-changing things. Instead, we need to see resolutions as smaller, positive shifts in our lifestyles. If we believe inContinueContinue reading “Simplifying new year’s resolutions”

As a kid, I loved my diaries. I wrote in them often, writing my childlike secrets across the lined pages. I preferred the small, chunky diaries with the shiny locks and covers with pictures of puppies. These were my prized possessions when I was young. Locking away my hopes and dreams felt important. As anContinueContinue reading “Using the bullet journal system for work”