5 Years Of Blogging & Responding To My First Blog Post Ever

To celebrate my 5 year blogging anniversary, I wanted to do a post reacting to my first blog post ever. And yes I was very creative and the title was "First blog post ever." I think is interesting to look back on the way I wrote, how I have changed, and just the overall feelings…

A Few Things I Am Doing Everyday To Stay Motivated and Inspired

I have been trying to stay inspired/busy/motivated while being home and working from home. I have been doing a few different things to be creative and do more than just watch TV and play on my phone. This is the longest I have been home in months which is pretty crazy, but I have definitely…

Reflecting On My 2019 Goals

I kept my 2019 goals as my phone background all year. It was a daily reminder of what I was doing and not doing (haha) to reach my goals. I had 5 main goals for 2019: I would say I was relatively successful. I was more consistent with some of the goals (traveling) and accomplished…

Hello!!

Hello everyone! I feel like most of my recent blog posts have started with something like "it has been so long since I lasted posted" or " I am going to be posting more consistently." It is kind of funny, but I really am going to get more posts up. The schedule was working well…

2019 Goals Update

I made a list of goals at the beginning of 2019. I shared it on my blog, on Instagram, and made my list my background on my phone. I am really inspired to meet my goals this year, so I thought updates every few months would be a fun way to measure progress, but also…

Questions For You!!

I was thinking about this post while I was making a bagel for Connor today. I thought about how I always talk about my thoughts, my weekend, etc. in my blog posts. I would love to learn more about all of you, so I thought it would be fun to put some questions together for…

Five Traits + Six Favorites

I saw a fellow blogger, Becky Turner, post this on her blog and thought it looked fun! You can find her posts here. Basically, I'm going to share five traits I have and six of my favorites. If you read this and want to share your traits and favorites, I'd love to read your post!…

My New Blogging Schedule

Happy Friday! I am my best self on Friday. I'm not sure why, but I'm so happy and so motivated on Friday. I jump out of bed, race to work, smile all day, and feel good about the week. Today I was thinking how I really don't have a solid blogging schedule. I have definitely…

Sunday Night Routine

Happy Sunday! I always have mixed feelings about Sundays because I love relaxing and getting my life together, but I also get sad because the weekend is over. However, my Sundays usually look pretty similar each week. Whether I am home in Chicago all weekend or on a little weekend trip, I make sure I…

I Feel Like I Haven’t Posted In Forever

Hi everyone! This is going to be a shorter post and the title of this post says it all. It's weird because I posted a few days ago, but it feels like forever. I am usually dreaming up new posts ideas, writing my ideas down on the train, or just posting more consistently. Even my…

My Goals For 2019

I have always done a post like this at the end of the year. I will have a highlights post as well, just because that is fun. But for now I have a list of realistic goals for this year. They are all things I actually want to do. I have realized that there is…

7 Things I Am Thankful For

Happy Thanksgiving! I know it's nearly over, but this is one of my favorite posts to do each year! Here are some of the things I am most grateful for. 1. My family and pup. They have done everything for me my whole life and I'm really lucky for that. Also, my mom made banana…