Planning
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“Spring Forward” Wellness Ideas to Plan Into Your Year
If you're anything like me, your first instinct during a "fall backward" or "spring forward" time change is to do some seasonal home maintenance. But, let's take a step back and ask if there's any seasonal wellness maintenance we can do for ourselves. Read on to see how taking the time to plan out big self-care activities can restore us-body, mind, and soul.
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15 Easy and Cheap Self-Care Activities
Moms do so much for their families, and some of it is hard to measure. All the mental energy it takes to keep up with schedules, plan parties or vacations, and remember every moving part of a family's daily life can leave us feeling run down. That is where self-care comes in. Read on for some ideas to ease the stress by doing fun things to take care of you.
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Pushing Past Fear and Trying Things That Speak to You
As much as we fear failure, there is a greater thing to fear and that is the regret that comes with knowing you wanted to try something but for whatever reason did not do it. Read on to learn more about why trying something new is good for your brain and how to get past some of the fears that keep us from taking the leap into something new.
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Long-Term Goal Planning: Write a Letter to Your Future Self
Maybe you created a time capsule when you were in elementary school to preserve the memories of what life was like at that time in your life. Writing letters to your future self is a way to create written time capsules that preserve memories and long-term goals. Read on to learn more about these fun and meaningful messages from the past.
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Healthy Asian-Inspired Recipe: Teriyaki Beef Stir-Fry
Asian-flavored foods can sometimes be hard to find when you're on a gluten-free or paleo diet. This recipe combines delicious ingredients to make an Asian-flavored stir-fry that your family won't even realize is healthy.
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Easy, Affordable Faith Planner
Although planning is usually reserved for everyday appointments and to dos, I've found that having a faith planner is a great way to be intentional about my spiritual goals. Read on to learn about how I set up my faith planner and the best supplies to use in yours!
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Tips for Trying Emily Ley’s Simplicity Challenge
Although many Simplified Planner users do a month-long Simplicity Challenge at the beginning of the year, I decided to try mine in December. Read on for what I learned during this process and tips I'm sharing to make your Simplicity Challenge even more successful.
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Rethinking New Year’s Goals and Resolutions
New Year's resolutions. Many of us set these every year, and by the end of January, most of us have given up on them. Instead of coming up with a laundry list of self-improvement tasks, let's try something different. Rather than focus on "What" we are resolving to do, let's ask "Why" we want to do it. Then, let's set limits on what we choose to put on that list, so we have time to achieve our goals this new year.
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Using A Traveler’s Notebook as a Holiday Planner
There is so much that goes into holiday planning, even when you are trying to keep things simple. From shopping for gifts to planning out meals, it can be overwhelming to keep track of it all. One way to keep up with all the holiday plans and lists is to use a planning system where everything is in one, portable place. Read on to learn how a traveler's notebook can help you keep track of all your holiday plans.
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Swapping Guilt for Grace This Holiday Season
The holidays are supposed to be a warm and joyful time of year. But, for many, it can been a time of over-spending, over-scheduling, and over-doing it. There's no need to feel guilty about this. Read on about how being gracious with ourselves means sometimes scaling back the holidays some years to make way for what really matters.
