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5 Books + Journals to Help You Stay Inspired All Year

The following content includes referral links. Read my disclosure policy for more info. How do you stay inspired all year? For some, staying inspired comes easy. For other people, it’s something they have to work on, every single day. The more *work* you put into things like practicing mindfulness, staying grateful, the easier it becomes to stay inspired. I’ve noticed that whenever I stop looking after my emotional wellbeing, my mood changes, I suddenly start feeling stuck and uninspired. This is why…

5 Affirmations for the New Year

Affirmations for the New Year Every new year, most of us are hoping for some kind of change. Even when things are going very well for us, there’s always something we want to improve, some things we want to work on. While making and setting new goals for yourself is very exciting at first, it usually wears off after a couple of weeks. That’s when sticking to your goals and intentions becomes a bit more difficult. Other than writing down my…

Lifestyle self-growth

How to Find More Calm in Life

How often do you allow things, situations or people “get” to you? I had one of the most frustrating phonecalls a few days ago and ALMOST allowed it to ruin my entire day. You know, in the recent months, I’ve probably seen more doctors than I have in my lifetime. Some I liked, some I loved, and others not so much… There was one, whom from the moment he entered the room, I knew I didn’t like. A bad vibe,…

Lifestyle self-growth

10 Things You Need to Stop Wasting Time On

Your time, my friend, is one of your most valuable personal assets, do you keep track of where it goes? Some of these things that you need to stop wasting time on just… happen. We do those things mindlessly, not giving them a lot of thought. What would it feel like to have more freedom, more time to do things you truly enjoy? 10 THINGS YOU NEED TO STOP WASTING TIME ON REGRET Regret will not change anything. It won’t…

Lifestyle self-growth

Things to do Before the End of Year + Lessons Learned From Failure

Last night I sat down at my desk, my journal in hand. I looked down at the list of goals I wrote down for myself around this time last year. How many things was I able to cross off from my list? None. Yup. To be quite honest, my first instinct was to feel like a complete failure. Strange enough though, I still smiled as I closed my journal and got up from my desk. Why? Well, perhaps it’s because…