23 Things I Learned At 23

It is my 24th birthday, so it is tradition for me to list some of the things I learned! 23 was a great year for a few reasons: I settled into my life in Chicago a lot more, I traveled more than ever, and I found happiness in each day. Here are 23 things I…

10 Things I Learned During My First Year of Work

As promised, I am posting more consistently! This is a post I was already thinking of a week after starting my first job (lol you have to plan ahead haha). It is pretty crazy to think I have been working for over a year now. My mindset has shifted so much this past year in…

Life Update

I thought I should pop on over to my blog and share a bit of a life update. Nothing too crazy is going on, but a lot of my posts have been related to trips/travel lately, and haven't been as personal. I briefly mentioned some things I wanted to accomplish over the summer in my…

Podcasts I’m Subscribed To

I actually listen to these too. There are some podcasts I am subscribed to that I never actually listen to and just scroll by. Maybe someday I'll give those another try! These are my favorites that I listen to each week: Optimal Living Daily Optimal Health Daily Optimal Business Daily The Advanced Selling Podcast B2B…

Books I Want To Read

Let's talk books! I haven't been reading much the past couple weeks due to packing, moving into my new apartment, and going to work, but I need to make some more time. Mostly because I want to read and love reading. I am currently finishing up "The Defining Decade" by Meg Jay, which I have…

Podcast Thoughts #1

The other night I listened to a podcast that I really enjoyed. It was short and sweet, but relevant, at least to me, in this stage of my life. The episode is from one of my favorite podcast shows: In The Arena. The episode is called "The Person Who Comes After the Person You Are…

A Positivity Experiment

I have been reading "To Sell Is Human" by Daniel Pink and he talked about your positivity ratio in one of the chapters. I found this very fascinating and immediately went to the website listed in the book to discover my ratio. My ratio was a 1.8:1 for my day on Monday. I felt like…

Podcast Thoughts #1

I have been listening to a ton of podcasts, mostly business related, but they all tie into our personal development and who we are in some way. Today I was listening to an episode that was talking all about how we need to be more aggressive in our personal development. I don't know if aggressive…

21 Things I Learned at 21

This post is a bit overdue but I totally forgot was even in my drafts. Just want to say that I am very thankful for anyone who even stumbles across my posts. Blogging is something I do because I enjoy putting my thoughts down, but the thought of people actually reading something I write makes…