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Sometimes we just need a win, and we don’t need to spend a lot of energy working towards that win. I get it. I’ve definitely been there, both after my parents died and even a few times before. You are so far down in your depressed state that you can’t rouse yourself out of it,Continue reading “Five Small Ways to Help You Have a Good Day”

Sometimes, choosing happiness means stepping outside of our comfort zone, and we can fool ourselves into thinking that this won’t make us happy, that it isn’t actually choosing happiness. Because staying inside our comfort zone is safe and, well, comfortable, but sometimes you have to step outside that comfort to do the things you reallyContinue reading “Stepping Out of Our Comfort Zone”

Recently, and you may know this if you follow me on Instagram, I started a container garden! I thought about including this in my post the other day on ways you can be environmentally friendly because growing your own food is a great way to be more environmentally friendly, but I decided my small gardenContinue reading “Starting a Garden and More New Growth”

Keep an open mind. Because we have gotten so used to the convenience that comes with one time use items and plastic packaging, I think that the biggest thing you can do to start becoming more environmentally friendly is to keep an open mind as you start this process. Some of the swaps I mentionContinue reading “18 Ways You Can Be More Environmentally Friendly”

My husband, Ron, happened to be unlucky enough to have both his college graduation and 27th birthday fall during a global pandemic, just a few months after the deaths of my parents. For those avid readers of the blog, you already know what we did to replace his graduation (if you don’t, you can readContinue reading “Exploring Your Own Backyard”

We all do it…We obsess so much about perfection, especially when it comes to working on projects, that we put them off time and time again, thinking that we’ll do it once we have everything just right. We’re afraid we’ll be mocked if we’re not masters at our new hobby right out of the gate,Continue reading “The Pursuit of Perfection”

I was so inspired after doing my closet makeover and blog post, which can be found here, that I wanted to tackle another area of my apartment that has been bugging me for a while. My bathroom, and specifically my bathroom closet, has always been a problem area in our apartment if I let itContinue reading “Bathroom Before and After”

I started this blog with the idea of promoting the concept of making the best out of an incredibly tough situation. That is the sudden and brutal death of my both my parents simultaneously back in February of this year, and then dealing with the pandemic that has affected us all in many ways. AllContinue reading “Making the Most Out of a Crappy Situation”

The year 2020 has brought a lot of pain to me, and really to us all so far, from the wildfires in Australia that started the year, to the pandemic, to the police brutality and civil unrest we are seeing now. And while it is easy to be upset about these things, and they areContinue reading “Let’s Make 2020 the Year of New Growth”

While it might seem small, the space around us can have a big impact on our happiness. I have always been a big believer in the concept of minimalism and the idea that we are actually happier when we have less stuff. I had been intrigued by the concept of things like tiny houses sinceContinue reading “Minimalism and Making a Happier Space”