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Day 3195 – One Small Step, Every Day

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Y’ll know, I have LOTS of ideas and dreams and things I want to do. At any given moment, I have half a dozen ideas floating around in my head. But there’s no way I can realistically work on all of them. Ha ha, even outsourcing might not be enough. I have big plans for YouTube, social media channels, my books, and this blog. One thing I hear over and over again is how powerful Pinterest can be as a traffic source. So, I’ve been working on getting my blog ready for that, and cataloging things as I go. I have been working on this for months. In the past, I would have gotten discouraged, thrown up my hands and said, that’s it, this is too much work, I can’t do this.

But then my mindset shifted. I read this book (this is an affiliate link, so if you purchase the book or something else on Amazon, I’ll get a small percentage….this book changed my life and I am ALL for sharing it!)….

Dream Big, Think Small: Living an Extraordinary Life One Day at a Time by Jeff Manion

The idea is that you can accomplish a lot, just by showing up every day, even if it’s in small ways. This has helped me to see my five minutes a day working on getting ready for Pinterest in a much different way. Instead of thinking, “man, this is just not worth it, it’s so little every day!” I think, “I am one blog post closer to finishing.” Some days I can do a few posts, some I only do one. I am so close to the finish line and I’ve gotten here by just plugging away at it.

So friends, no matter what you’re working towards, don’t beat yourself up if you think it’s only a small step each day. You’re still moving.

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Day 3194 – New Boundaries – or – Time Management Tips

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I am constantly trying to better myself and make my life more efficient. I try to pay attention to myself and how different things impact me. One area that I have struggled with is checking my work emails on the weekends and in the evenings……and first thing in the morning. I told myself it was because I was keeping up to date, but truly, I wasn’t going to actually work or do anything about what came through. So checking was distracting me from other things I could be doing – reading, hanging out with Bret, working on our business, or other projects.

Well friends, I had some major growth in this area over the weekend – I didn’t check my work emails AT ALL! From Friday evening at 5 p.m. until now, I haven’t checked my emails. I’m trying to be pretty strict about only doing client work during 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. each weekday. By giving myself work hours, it really does help me turn off work and the need to check. I have so many different things that I’m working on right now that I HAVE to have boundaries. 9-5 during the week is plenty of time to accomplish what I need to do. I did pretty well last week with my work hours, so I’m curious to see how this week goes, now that I’ve established this rule.

I think that creativity and productivity thrive with set rules, systems, and guidelines. (At least mine does)

What about you? What boundaries do you have in place?

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Day 3193 – That Time I Made Food And It Wasn’t A Disaster

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My friend makes the best guacamole. I finally watched her make it and took notes on how to make it myself. I’ve tried a few times but it’s never been the same. My biggest mistake? Non-ripe avocados. I noticed the stack of avocados I had were ripe and I thought, ok, I’ll try again. Honestly, I had said to myself that I was done trying. I thought, ok, well, I’ll finish up these avocados and that’ll be that.

What followed was absolute perfection and I realized I really needed to just be more patient with those poor avocados. I felt so accomplished actually making something and not wanting to cry afterwards. No tears were shed in this making….EVEN with the onion!

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Day 3191 – Benefits Of Being A Minimalist – repost with updates

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We currently doing more purging of our things. Last night, I spent most of the evening going through my old wedding photography folders, recycling and shredding documents. It was so nostalgic looking through all the paperwork. Rereading notes from clients and reliving that time in my life. I also went through our two bookshelves and found even more to give away or recycle. I have to say, I keep looking over at the bookshelves because it feels SO good to see them clean and straightened.

One benefit of minimalism is that I know what we own, I know that we love what we own, and I know that we use what we own.

While, it doesn’t take ten minutes to clean up now – mostly because we don’t have a dishwasher in our current place, it’s still fast to clean up.

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originally posted 7/23/16
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I love living a minimalist life. It was one of those things that came out of nowhere but it makes complete sense for our lives. In the last few days, two experiences stood out that made me want to write this post.

First, the apartment was a little messy and impeding my ability to work. It was still morning and I wanted to get to work. So I set a timing for 10 minutes. In TEN minutes I cleaned the apartment. Not a “shoved everything into a box or a drawer” cleaned but actually straightened up. Since we have so little, everything has a place and it’s easy to get it there.

Second, I was able to spend about 3 hours last night finishing a book. I read about half of the book in pretty much one sitting. Now, this is more a time freedom thing, but I think it still goes along with our minimalist life. Because my responsibilities are light in the home and in life too really and I can carve out time on a Friday night to finish a book. It is amazing freedom.

What about you? Are you living a minimalist life? Even if it’s just one aspect of your life. What are the benefits you’ve found?

This is the book I finished last night. Great story by the way, I can’t wait to get the next book. This guy also write The Grimm Sisters series.

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Day 3189 – A Dangerous Addition To The Neighborhood – Krispy Kreme

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Yesterday, a brand new Krispy Kreme opened in our neighborhood. We had thought about waiting in line for the opening (and a chance at being first) but ended up staying in bed. This turned out to be a good call because the first person in line arrived at 9:45 the night before.

After I picked up Bret from school, at the last minute, he mentioned going by. I, of course, agreed.

What we found was mayhem. Well, at least a very packed store. If you’re familiar with the layout of a Krispy Kreme, the line stretched from the cash registers, past the packing station, along the conveyor belt, down the hallway to the bathroom, and looped back along the conveyor belt. At first we thought, is this really worth it? But in the time it took to think it out, we were already committed. All told, we probably waited about 20 minutes, not bad considering the line.

Oh baby, those doughnuts were hot and delicious. I’m curious to see how we’ll fair with our favorite doughnuts so close. There were a lot of outlets and seats, so we may have found a new place to work.

We may or may not have eaten 9 out of 12 of these guys before we left…

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