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    Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Goals 2024

    Top Ten Tuesday

    It’s that time of year to set goals, resolutions, “words of the year”, basically a great big reset! Check out my word of the year – I think it’s going to be a word I have to work at this year, but I’m ready to trust myself. I love getting…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Goals 2023

    Top Ten Tuesday

    It’s that time of year to set goals, resolutions, “words of the year”, basically a great big reset! Check out my word of the year – so far, I feel like it’s a great reminder when I start to get overwhelmed to take a deep breath. I love getting this…

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    2023 Word of the Year

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    Happy New Year, readers! I can’t believe it’s 2023! I love these little opportunities to reflect, reorganize, and reset for a new year. Honestly, I feel the same way at the start of a new school year even though I haven’t been in school for years. And while I have…

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    2022 Blogging Goals

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    I’m not sure if I can even believe it, but I started blogging late in 2012. And I’ve been steadily blogging for the past nine years. With over 3,300 posts, I wanted to take a little bit of time at the end of this year to really think about where…

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    2021 Goals Review – January

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    Like so many people, I begin a new year with high hopes for myself, and inevitably, life gets in the way and I let go of my goals by now. This year, I’m going to try and reflect each month about what’s going well and what I want to improve…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Resolutions for 2021

    Top Ten Tuesday

    So, I actually posted all about my 2021 goals/resolutions a couple of weeks ago! Like so many people, I was on the struggle bus in 2020. There were times I wasn’t sure if I could handle one more thing between work and my personal life. It felt like I was…

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    30 Day Yoga Journey

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    I’ve officially started on my quest to fulfill my 2021 goals and first up was a glass of water this morning and a yoga class. Last year, I signed up for a 30 Day Yoga Journey for the month of January. The classes are all free on YouTube and offered…

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    2021 Goals

    2021

    2020 kicked my butt… hard. I’m ready to hit the refresh button and reset with a new year. I was inspired to create this graphic by my friend Kathie after I saw her goals on Instagram. I’m not sure about making new goals every season, that’s a lot of work!…

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    Happy New Year! 2020 Resolutions

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    Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a wonderful time celebrating New Year’s Eve with family and friends. My partner and I spent the evening with friends at a local bar listening to a live band. What made it even more fun was that we know a few members of…