Around this time of the year, people start to plan vision board making parties and building out the new list to guide their next year. But what if I told you that there was a new strategy to get you real results? Enter Trello! We get into the weeds with this one, but it’s well …
Category: Productivity
Leveraging My Experience in Pageantry?!
Happy Labor Day! On this day of relaxing, we go down memory lane thanks to Facebook memories. It serves as a reminder that every experience, whether positive or negative, can be a stepping stone to the future you’re destined for.
Journaling for Healing and Success
We’re back from a short, unplanned hiatus! Along with a quick life update, I share some advice on FREE self-care, journaling! This pandemic has caused me to develop new habits, but one of the positive ones is journaling. It’s helped keep me sane on days I’m working from home alone, process all the negative news, …
Self-Care and Passion Projects Post COVID
I feel it and you may too, life is getting busy again whether we’re still working from home or things are picking back up. You don’t want to neglect all the self-care you started to embrace and your new passion project when “normal” life is in full swing again. Here’s a bit of advice on …
Setting 2020 Goals
In this episode, I’m returning after my 11-month hiatus! We’re talking about setting 2020 goals (even if you may be listening to this in the new year already)! I also catch you up on everything that has happened in my life this year and preview what I hope to accomplish with my blog and podcast …
How I Changed My Money Rules (Making a Budget that Works for Me)
October 2017, I struggled to stick to my budget and that’s coming from a hyper-budgeter. I kept going over my spending budget and having to adjust the next paycheck to accommodate. This was a vicious cycle that I knew I had to break. And after months of tweaking my plan, I had to change my …
How to Successfully Have a Lazy/Productive Saturday
Whatever happened to the lazy/productive Saturday? The one that you look back on Sunday evening, and don’t regret how much time you wasted. I find myself often waking up earlier than I want, wasting time on social media or lounging around the house, and then heading out to run errands that seem to consume the …
Stay Ready: A Guide to Professional Readiness
“When you stay ready, you won’t have to get ready”. But how do you get to that point in the first place? I experienced from first-hand pageant experience that it’s much easier when you have all your ducks in a row beforehand. Although this quote, spoken to me so eloquently by my babe, was birthed …
Budgeting 101: My Golden Rules
Happy payday (someone’s getting paid today)! Whether you’re paid biweekly, semimonthly, monthly, quarterly, annually, etc. there is a routine that you should adopt in order to keep your finances organized. Each week of payday, I follow a routine that keeps me up to date with my bills, knowledgeable of all my income, and on track …