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If there were ONE financial goal you could complete before anything else, what would it be?
Financial goals are critical for financial well-being. How do you prioritize them? Try to define your top financial goal. If several come to mind, that’s ok! Make a list of all of them. Once you’ve gotten them down on paper, NUMBER THEM in order of what you’d like to accomplish first. Now you have your prioritized…
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Balance Expanding with Minimizing: Navigating the Fine Line Between Achieving and Overspending
We can expanding by trying new things and seeing from new perspectives. We can minimize by decluttering and simplifying. For our mental health, we’ve got to achieve a balance of the two. Expanding and pushing ourselves to the max can boost our productivity and accomplishments, but it’s just as important to steer clear of overwhelming…
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The Diderot Effect: How a New Robe Led to Poverty
One expensive item after another, Diderot pittered away his fortune and plunged into debt. Diderot WHO? In 1765, the French philosopher Denis Diderot, writer of the well-published Encyclopedie, was given a large fortune when Catherine the Great (emperess of Russia) bought his library. Suddenly in possession of a lot of money, Diderot bought an elegant scarlet…
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Discover the Perfect Meal Planning Method for YOUR Lifestyle
Meal planning is a powerful tool that can make your life easier and more enjoyable. It offers several key benefits, including: By breaking down the process into different methods, you can find an approach that suits your preferences and lifestyle. In this blog post, we will explore four popular meal planning methods: Building Blocks, Recipes,…
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Having Trouble Staying Clutter-Free? Find an Easy Fix with the “2 or 3 Rule”
Keeping surfaces clutter-free is like tending to a garden. Just like how you need to remove weeds and dead leaves from a garden, you need to remove unnecessary items from your surfaces. This is where the “2 or 3 rule” comes in. Imagine your living space as a beautiful garden with flowers and trees. You…
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What if I’m just not feeling it? 6 Tips to Overcome Difficulty Feeling Grateful
Here are some tips to consider if you are having difficulty feeling grateful: 1. Allow yourself to feel what you’re feeling It’s normal to have days where you don’t feel particularly grateful. You don’t have to force yourself to feel a certain way. Acknowledge your feelings and allow yourself to feel them without judgment. 2.…
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Natural and Effective Cleaning Solutions: Simple Recipes and Do’s and Don’ts for a Safe and Eco-Friendly Home
Do you ever feel like there are too many cleaning products available? Do you worry about their impact on your health and the environment? If so, you’re not alone. Fortunately, with these simple recipes, you can create effective and natural cleaning solutions for a variety of surfaces in your home, with ingredients that you probably…
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going green with storage: how to organize your home in an earth-friendly way
Now that you’ve learned to recognize what you really like and actually need, it’s time to form healthy buying habits. Well, almost… Organizing and Storing First, by following a few simple steps, you can start organizing and storing your things in a way that not only looks great but also continues to reduce clutter and…
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connecting with nature: how to use feng shui to honor the elements in your home
These natural materials seem to hold a potent life energy of their own. To touch or hold these materials is to connect with something timeless and pure – a reminder of the beauty, enduring strength, and vitality of the natural world. And the same materials that have sustained our world for eons can exist in…
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Poppleton to Potter: exploring new worlds through books
Do you remember some of the first books you read to your children? I sure do! “Poppleton” by Cynthia Rylant was one of ours. It’s a collection of short stories about a pig who visits the library every Monday. It inspired me to start a Monday library tradition of our own… nowadays, most Monday afternoons,…