Have you had a week fly by in a blur and end with being busy all week, but feeling like you didn’t really accomplish much or achieve what you intended to? I have. And, it’s not the best feeling. If…
Intentional Living
Stress Less and Holiday More: 5 Things to Let Go of This Holiday Season
I love the warm and fuzzies the holiday season brings. As soon as trick or treating ends, lights wrapped around trees begin to glitter the streets, Christmas movies are aired on TV, and even Starbucks’ peppermint mocha seems to taste…
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Intentional Living
Practice Gratitude and Improve Your Health (Even If You Only Have 3 Minutes to Spare)
In a world of more, more, more, along with the ease and luxuries of modern life, it can be easy to lose sight of what we have and focus on what we lack. We don’t always appreciate the “little” things…
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Intentional Money
8 Things We Did to Pay Off Over $51,000 of Student Loan Debt in 17 Months While Raising a Family in the Bay Area – Part 3
Home stretch! Thanks for hangin’ in there. We’re in the final part of this series. If you missed the earlier posts, you’ll want to read them to learn the first 6 things that enabled us to pay off over $51,000…
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Intentional Money
8 Things We Did to Pay Off Over $51,000 of Student Loan Debt in 17 Months While Raising a Family in the Bay Area – Part 2
Welcome back! This is Part 2 of the 8 things we’ve done to pay off over $51,000 of student loan debt in 17 months. Did you miss Part 1? Read about the first 3 things we did. If you’ve read…
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Intentional Money
8 Things We Did to Pay Off Over $51,000 of Student Loan Debt in 17 Months While Raising a Family in the Bay Area – Part 1
A couple months ago, we paid off my last student loan – all $51,606.49 of it in 17 months, while raising two little ones in one of the most expensive places to live today – the Bay area. It has…
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Intentional Home
5 Essential Emergency Items You May Not Have (But Should)
Are you terrified of earthquakes? I am. When I was 6 years old, I experienced a 7.7-magnitude earthquake in the Philippines. I remember seeing the news coverage of collapsed buildings and footage of volunteers going through the piles of debris…
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Intentional Living
The Miracle Morning Challenge: Day 30
A little over a month ago, I started the 30-Day Miracle Morning Challenge at my brother’s invitation to be his accountability partner. As a working mom of two little ones (one of whom is only beginning to sleep through the…