Category: Lifestyle
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Someday, Maybe: A List of Books Begging To Be Read
Hello, 2023! The time of goal setting and planning. The time many of us refresh our hopes and dreams for the future. My general hopes and dreams continue to be the same as last year. However, my TBR (to be read) list is updated. So let us jump right into what I intend to catch…
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New Hobby: Reading Tarot Cards
Today’s Question: What do I need to know today? Today’s Draw: The Hierophant (reversed) Meanings can include: The answers you seek come from within, not from an external source. You do not need others’ approval to be successful. I have had my first deck for a year now. My practice has been off and on…
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My 2022 Yoga Journey
I ran into a journal prompt asking to talk about the 11th photo on my phone. This photo is of myself, laying on my yoga mat, post-workout. In January, a friend wanted an accountability buddy for Yoga with Adrienne’s 30-day challenge. My husband and I took her up on the offer. We were to follow…
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It’s been awhile
Hello again. Long time no visit. I’ve been away awhile, working on me. Since I last saw you, many things have changed. Many things have also stayed the same. I’ve taken up yoga and do it every day. I walk taller, feel more grounded, and have had less anxiety these past few months. I still…
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7 Things I Cannot Live Without This Week
Here is an unfiltered (and not sponsored) list of items that I cannot live without this week (or, honestly, ever). AmandaRachLee Journal I am obsessive about to-do lists and this journal is the perfect place to store all my thoughts and tasks and problems. It’s the perfect size to fit in my purse, the dot…
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An Update on My Autumn Bucket List – Halfway Through!
Okay, so this post is coming out later than expected. Life got busy and then we went on vacation. On the bright side, this means I can update you on how successful I have been at completing this list. Let’s just cut to the chase – here is my autumn bucket list: Decorate for fall…
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5 Books to Read this Autumn
Nothing makes you want to cozy up more than the weather changing and the leaves falling. In the fall, all I want is a cup of tea, a blanket, and to curl up with a good book. If you are anything like me, then this is also what you are looking forward to now that…
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5 Things I Love About the Fall
It’s a total cliché to say that “fall is my favorite season” but here I am, saying it is my favorite season anyways. I am a cliché and I do not care. It’s partially the weather, it’s partially the colors, and it’s partially the fact that I am, in fact, a cliché. I love to…
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Crippling, Coping, Failing? Anxiety for a WFH New Mom
Anxiety is a constant companion. Closer to me than my best friend, my husband. More demanding of me than my daughter. I’m thinking of giving it a name. Perhaps Chelsea? Every morning I wake up before my alarm to stress about my to-do list. By the time my toddler goes down for her nap, I…
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5 Highlights from our Summer
With summer come and gone I figure it is time to reflect on the time that has passed. It was another COVID summer which limited everything but that doesn’t mean good times were not had. We started doing family walks. Sometimes we walk to the local park. Sometimes we drive to a park and walk…