At the end of the week, I imagine a blackboard being erased clean for the weekend. On Monday, a fresh, clean slate (chalkboard) is ready for the lessons ahead. This helps me to think of each new week as a fresh start to work towards my goals. "Any beginning is a time of special power for habit creation, and at certain times we experience a clean slate, in which circumstances change in a way that makes a fresh start possible. Many people deliberately use the New Year or their birthdays as a ...
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5 Tools to Finish the Year Strong
Whether or not your year has gone as planned, there's still time to finish the year strong! **This post contains affiliate links and I may be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking on my links. 1. Reflect back on the year behind and set goals for the new year - For the past few years I've used Molly Mahar of Stratejoy's Holiday Council to celebrate my year's wins and planning the next year in a mindful and deliberate way. Going through this 3-week online program helps me to see how ...
How to Win at Dating
A healthy dating life is like a healthy diet or exercise regime. Too much or too little can negatively affect your life. Your mental and emotional state can really take a beating if you're looking for love in the wrong places or you're suffering through bad date after worse date. But where can you find love in today's texting, messaging, emotionless, emoji-filled world? This is a sponsored post from LiveLinks. All opinions are my own. ...
Personal Injury Recovery – How to Keep Motivated
How do you keep your spirits up when you're in the personal injury recovery process? It can certainly be challenging, but there are ways to keep motivated throughout your recovery process. This post sponsored by DiamondBloggers. ...
Never too Old to Make a Life of One’s Own
Have you heard the quote: "It is never too late to be what you might have been?" (This quote is often attributed to George Eliot). Here is my version: One is never too old to make a life of one's own. I'm here to debunk a myth that we are ever too old to make our lives the way we want them. This post is made possible with support from AARP’s Disrupt Aging. All opinions are my own. ...
Invest in Yourself – How to Become the Best Version of You
Investing does not only need to apply to money or business. We invest in many areas of our lives, including time and energy in our work, families and friends. Often times, we do this to such an extent that we forget to fuel the one thing that drives these investments, ourselves. Imagine the benefits if you invested as much time, effort and energy into yourself, as you do into others. The rewards can be life-changing. Here are some practical tips on how you can invest and practice self-love in ...
How I’m Using Business Tools to Make my Business Run More Efficiently
The phrase "work smarter not harder" is probably one that's familiar to you. What exactly does it mean? Timothy Ferriss makes the distinction between efficient and effective in his book The Four Hour Work Week: Effectiveness is doing the things that get you closer to your goals. Efficiency is performing a given task in the most economical manner possible. Being efficient without regard to effectiveness is the default mode of the universe. Ferriss goes on to talk about how 80% of outcome ...
3 Things I’m Doing to Get Debt-Free
I'm sure you've heard the statistics about the amount of consumer debt the average North American family has, right? In Canada, for every dollar of disposable income that Canadian households have, they owe more than $1.70 in debt. Whenever I hear the issue of money come up among my friends and co-workers, it is always to say that they don't have enough of it. They complain about their credit card bills and talk about how high their mortgage is. To be clear and upfront with you, I currently ...
Avery Ranch Golf Club: Offering A Unique And Beautiful Golfing Experience
Austin is a city that has more wonders the more you look, and the extensive landscapes and activities that one can find here are immense. If you are traveling to the city of Austin, either for a vacation, a short getaway, a business trip or even just a day out, you probably want something fun to do in the city. One of the more well-loved activities that one can enjoy in the city is a good game of golf. Golfing is considered to be an incredibly relaxing and fulfilling sport and is ...
Why Spring Cleaning Is Actually Good For You
You may have already begun your spring cleaning efforts for this year. With the right toolkit of spring cleaning products, you can slowly begin to dust away the winter blues in preparation for the summer months in Vancouver. However, sometimes it can be hard to stay motivated while spring cleaning, even though it has a range of benefits for both your personal wellness and home environment. If you do spring cleaning right, you’ll engage in some serious scrubbing, polishing, reorganizing and ...
