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How to Be Anti-Racist
The murder of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, by a white police officer has sparked protests and riots in Minneapolis, across the country, and even around the globe. While I am deeply saddened by Floyd’s tragic death, I am glad that we are finally having...
Ask More Questions; Make Fewer Assumptions
This is not a blog about politics. I have never shared a political post on here before, but this topic is too important to ignore. On May 25, 2020, a black man named George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis by a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, who knelt on Floyd’s...
How to Stop Worrying About Your Health
Did you know that (an estimated) 92% of the things we worry about are pointless? One researcher found that only 8% of our worries are legitimate concerns. The rest are composed of: 40% - things that never actually happen 30% - things that have already happened and...
How to Stop Worrying About Money and Start Living
We're in the midst of a pandemic right now, so it's not surprising that many of us are worrying about money. COVID-19 has temporarily shut down businesses across the country and around the globe. Many Americans have been laid off, furloughed, or had their working...
How to Manage OCD During the COVID-19 Pandemic
As I write this, it's April of 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic has everyone stockpiling hand sanitizer, hoarding toilet paper, checking the news constantly, and washing their hands more than ever before. But where do we draw the line between reasonable precaution and...
200 Word Ideas for The One Little Word Project
You're probably familiar with the idea of focusing on one specific word for a New Year's resolution, but Ali Edwards takes this concept a bit deeper with her One Little Word (OLW) Project. Ali is a designer, blogger, and creator of many popular scrapbooking projects,...
5 Simple, Effective Weight Loss Tips for People Who Are Stuck at Home
We're in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic right now. Many of us are under stay-at-home orders...and life is just strange when you're home 24/7. There are countless memes online right now joking about how the "freshman 15" has become the "quarantine 15"....
How to Stay Positive When You’re Stuck at Home
For those of you who are reading this in April of 2020, you know that life is weird right now. Thanks to COVID-19 (the novel Coronavirus), most of the world is currently on lock down. Many of us are under orders to stay at home and avoid public places as much as...
20 Things I’m Thankful for During The COVID-19 Pandemic
It's March of 2020 and COVID-19, aka the novel Coronavirus, is shutting down the world. Events are canceled, businesses are temporarily closed, travel is banned in certain places, and some areas are under quarantine orders. The governor of my state has issued a "stay...
What Happened to Frugal Millennial?
For those of you that used to read Frugal Millennial, you may have been a bit confused when ended up over here…on a website about intentional living. So…what happened to the personal finance blog Frugal Millennial? I started FM when my husband and I were digging our...
Facing Uncertainty in Strange Times
I think we can all agree that life is weird right now. Words like “quarantine”, “social distancing”, and “unprecedented” are being thrown around a lot lately. While most of us don’t actually have COVID-19, aka the Coronavirus, we’re all being impacted by it in some...
What Budgets, Diets, and Simple Living All Have in Common
We live in a time when we have a seemingly endless array of choices. Go to Target and you can choose between 100 different types of toothpaste. We think that choices give us freedom; but in reality, having too many options actually does the opposite. When we're...