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*** A TOP 25 SELF-IMPROVEMENT PODCAST IN FIVE COUNTRIES *** Are you going to bed at night thinking about the to-do list you didn’t finish and stressing about whether or not you'll have time to do it all tomorrow? Waking up exhausted and relying on coffee to get through your day? Are you making multiple trips to the store each week, stressing about dinner and spending too much money on groceries and take out? I’m Renae Matt and I’ve been where you are! I work full-time, I’m growing my own bus ...
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71 | 4 Home Cleaning Tips When You Struggle with Consistency
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Do you ever go in spurts of cleaning like a mad woman? Deep cleaning every room of your home and then finding yourself burned out and exhausted? Then you feel like you’ve done enough and you stop cleaning for awhile because there isn’t time to keep up with it all. So you let things go, but then everything seems to start falling apart around you…the…
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This week on the podcast Alyssa and John Franklin (The Circle Season 4), scroll through the reddit's infamous AITA (Am I the A-Hole) threads to determine if they think the poster is the A-hole or is someone else to blame! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Alyssa Ljubicich
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70 | Make Dinnertime Easy! 5 Tips to Create a Meal Planning Routine You Can Actually Stick To
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When we have busy days, one of the things you might find yourself grumbling about most is dinner. The constant barrage of questions like “What are we having?” If you are tired by the end of the day or tend to get a little cranky because you don’t want to deal with deciding what you are having for dinner and then also having to cook it, this episode…
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69 | 5 Habits to Help Keep Up with Dishes
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The daunting task of doing dishes was never a chore I liked growing up, but over the years, I have actually found a process that not only helps me keep up with dishes - I actually kind of enjoy doing dishes now (shocking, right?)! Today’s episode is all about five habits I use to help me keep up with dishes and now you can use them, too! Here’s to …
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68 | 8 Simple Steps for Your Budget Routine EVERY Payday
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Money stress is a real thing and I am very familiar with how it feels! Before my husband and I created our first budget and started working towards getting out of debt, we were living paycheck to paycheck, up to our eyeballs in debt, and never seemed to have enough money for even simple things - like a few groceries. We were constantly watching our…
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67 | Organize Your Time by Planning a Day Stack (my version of time blocking)
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You have likely heard of “time blocking”. Some people love it, some people hate it and it seems like the steps of HOW to time block depends on who you are talking to. I have tried several different formats of time blocking and the version I use now is BY FAR my favorite way! So today, I’ll walk you through a simple way to organize your day by using…
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With the return of Season 6 of The Circle on Netflix, Alyssa goes through her journal from her 2 months in the UK while filming season 4 of The Circle! If you're a fan of the game show, we recommend this episode. But if you also just need a pick-me-up that your bad year can be followed by a great year, it's also a must-listen! Learn more about your…
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66 | 3 Journal Prompts When You Feel Rundown and Overwhelmed
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If you find yourself feeling overwhelmed and rundown, it’s time to grab yourself a hot cup of coffee, a paper and pen, and tell your family you need some quiet time. Shut yourself in your room or lock yourself in a closet if you need to. Get cozy and give yourself a little space to go through these three go-to journal prompts. We are going to go de…
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65 | Struggling with Multitasking and Half-Completed Tasks? Try This!
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How do you feel about mult-tasking? Are you trying to do ALL the things only to end up feeling fatigued with half-finished tasks at the end of the day? I want to share one way I have made shifts in my own life, so that you too can have more focus, be more productive and not feel as drained at the end of the day. Let's talk about it! Renae . . . NEX…
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64 | 4 Tips for Raising Kids from a Mother of 11 Children
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Today is a special episode! I asked my mom (a mother of eleven children) to come on the podcast and share some insight on raising kids. We talked about routines she created when my siblings and I were growing up, things she wished she could go back and change, and even some encouragement for all mothers out there. If you are in the thick of motherh…
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63 | Feeling Too Busy to Exercise? 5 Steps to Make Time for a Movement Routine You Enjoy
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When schedules are full, it’s easy to push ‘exercise’ off the long list of to-dos when it doesn’t feel like there is enough time in the day. The problem with this is that when we leave it out, we don’t get the amazing health benefits to help fuel our day with the energy we need. And when we don’t get that energy, we get more tired, sluggish, and mo…
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After a year of prepping Alyssa finally got to do her long awaited TedX speech! In today's episode she tells us all about her trip, the prep, the anxiety and fulfilling feeling of doing her first ever TedX. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Alyssa Ljubicich
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62 | Behind the Scenes - A Look at My Morning Routine (In This Season of Life)
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Are you struggling getting started each day? If you find yourself feeling tired and overwhelmed from the moment you wake up, we need to talk. A morning routine might be exactly what is missing to help you make shifts in the flow of your day. I want to share something with you. Today we are taking a little peek inside what my personal morning routin…
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61 | 4 Budget Tips to Help You Stay On Track with Your Money Goals
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A budget routine is something that scares a lot of people, but if you are feeling any sort of money stress, a budget is the exact thing you need! When we can create a budget routine that works well for us, we can create a plan that relieves the pressure, helps keep us more organized with our money and actually creates more freedom when it comes to …
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60 | 3 Reasons Why You Might Be Falling Behind on Housework
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When life gets busy, one of the common things that we start falling behind on is our housework. I know for myself, I used to swing from a cleaning frenzy where everything needed to be spic and span to wanting to forget it all and collapse on the couch while everything fell apart around me. But thanks to simple routines, I no longer have to let that…
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59 | Building Habits - 4 Tasks to Complete EVERY Night to Feel More Organized
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Have you thought about the things you do each night and whether or not they are helpful to your future self? Today, I want to share with you four simple tasks to complete each night that will help you feel more organized. Each one only takes a couple of minutes, but it will make you feel so much more at ease to rest well and be ready for the day ah…
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Easter, Birth Control and Alyssa's Crazy Schedule
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Today Alyssa fills you in on what she's been up to with work, podcasting and livestreaming. She also dives into her complicated relationship with Easter and her recent experiences going off birth control! Are there topics you wanna hear Alyssa dive into? Make sure to email us at alyssaexplainsitallpod@gmail.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Vi…
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58 | 6 Ways to Organize Your Kitchen and Create a Better Meal Planning Space
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A few episodes back (episode 53), we talked about five tools to make meal planning and kitchen organization easier. I touched on a few things in that episode, but today I’d like to expand on the kitchen organization with a few more tips so you can get even MORE organized in the kitchen. When our kitchen feels organized, it feels better. And when it…
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57 | Always Feeling Tired or Overwhelmed? Make This ONE CHANGE and See What Happens
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This episode has been a long time coming and I really want to tackle it today because I think it can be incredibly helpful to you if you are feeling tired and overwhelmed and aren’t sure where to start. You might not even realize how much of your time and energy is being sucked away because of ONE stinkin’ thing, but once we are aware of it - THAT …
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56 | Creating a Morning Routine that is Flexible in Different Seasons of Life
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One of my most treasured routines is my morning routine. For me, I love the quiet early mornings to focus on the things I have chosen to start my day. And if I skip it, I feel it! But that doesn’t mean every morning is exactly alike either. I’ve been having conversations recently with other women about their morning routines, and one of the common …
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55 | 6 Laundry Tips to Actually Start Enjoying Your Laundry Routine
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We spend a LOT of time doing laundry in our lifetime. Since it’s inevitable, I made a decision to actually enjoy doing laundry so it wasn’t so daunting or annoying. If we have to do it anyway, we might as well be happy about it, right?! Today I want to share six ways you can start enjoying your laundry routine, too! Let's get to it! Renae . . . NEX…
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In place of a normal episode of Alyssa Explains It All we wanted to release an episode of Alyssa's other podcast YA-Ok. If you love Alyssa and reading boy is this a perfect podcast for you! YA-Ok is available anywhere podcasts exist! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Alyssa Ljubicich
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54 | Five Time Management Tips When You Are Always Running Late or Feeling Scattered
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Do you want to stop feeling like you are just trying to keep up with life? If you always feel a little (or a lot) scattered and can’t seem to be on time for anything, then this episode was made for you! I will be the first one to tell you that I am not naturally gifted with time management skills. I love task management and I feel like that comes v…
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53 | 5 Tools to Make Meal Planning Routines and Kitchen Organization Easier
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If you are anything like me, you enjoy hearing tips from people you follow on what is working well for them and even things they recommend. After all, learning from each other is one of the greatest benefits of having a community of other women doing this right alongside us! So today I wanted to share a few things that I have found to be super help…
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52 | Are Your Routines Rigid or Flexible? Which is Better? 6 STEPS to Create Productive Routines that Free Up Your Time
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How do you feel when you hear the word “routine”? Does it give you a sense of excitement to find some structure in your days or does it make you want to turn and run the other way? Whether you feel like a free spirit or a very organized person, you can still benefit from routines and use them to create more space and time in your day so you can sto…
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51 | Simple 10-Minute Routine That Can Help You Declutter and Get Rid of the Junk
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Are you feeling like your clutter is taking over your home? Do you have stuff pouring out of closets, bookshelves lined with random items and knick-knacks, papers piled up, clothes heaps toppling over, or even drawers stuffed so full that it’s difficult to close them? When there is so much STUFF to deal with, it can be hard to know where to start! …
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Am I The A-Hole with Dr. Allegra Nevins
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This week I am joined by one of my oldest friends Dr. Allegra Nevins. We talk about our childhood memories, how Allegra got started in her career and answer questions found on one of Reddit's most infamous subreddits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Alyssa Ljubicich
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50 | What You Need to Be Tracking in Your Paper Planner to Build Consistency and Reach Your Goals
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Are you struggling with having big dreams but you aren’t sure how to achieve them? Do you also love the idea of a paper planner, but you don’t know if you can actually commit to using it and are also wondering what the heck to track in there anyway? This episode is just for you because we are mashing those two things together! Let’s talk about what…
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49 | 4 Things to Consider When Trying to Break a Habit and Be More Mindful About Focus Routines When Working From Home
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We had a question come up in our Facebook Community and I want to help answer it today on the show! Stephanie was looking for help to build habits or routines to help prevent impulse snacking when she is working from home, even though she isn’t hungry. Can you relate? I know I can! Today we are tackling four things to consider when trying to break …
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48 | How to Create an Annual Task List to Get Stuff Done Without Feeling Overwhelmed
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If you are juggling work, home, laundry, cleaning, yard work, and more…it’s time to pause. There is a LOT on your plate and when we don’t have a clear plan on when to tackle certain things, we constantly have it in the back of our mind, feeling like we are falling behind and that in itself is exhausting! Not to mention the additional energy we will…
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47 | Use My Step-By-Step Meal Planning Routine and Make It Your Own!
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If you feel like you are trying to do 100 things at once, figuring out what’s for dinner might be one of those tasks that are frustrating and exhausting after a busy day. So let’s make it easier! Today we are talking about meal planning and I am laying out my personal routine so you can make it your own! Follow along, step-by-step, while you are ac…
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The Red and Green Flags of Love Is Blind Season 6 with Ashley V Robinson
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This week Ashley V. Robinson returns to the podcast with myself and Producer Matt as we discuss and digest the first 6 episodes of Love is Blind Season 6. Who are the winners, who gives us pause and what do we expect to happen in this season! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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46 | 7 Health Benefits of Getting Outside During Your Daily Routines to Help Reduce Stress and Anxiety
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Can you think back to your time as a kid, playing in the yard, running through the woods, and just spending hours outside? Now think about how that felt. Joyful? Peaceful? Fun? As adults, the demands in our life begin to pull us in all directions and it can overwhelm us if we aren’t careful. Stress climbs. Anxiety creeps in. Depression pulls us dow…
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45 | Setting Marriage Goals & Creating a Roadmap and Routine to Help You Reach Them
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We talk with our spouses about dreams and things we want to do, but have you ever sat down to actually set a plan and create the roadmap of how to reach them? This was something Tony and I recently did for our marriage, and I can tell you right now that it has been an incredible experience already! We are still in the “testing” phase of this routin…
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44 | How to Set Up a Functioning System to Organize Your Email & Keep It That Way
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When you think of “digital clutter”, is your email inbox one of the first things that come to mind? If your inbox is a bit of a nightmare and you are looking to get it organized in a way that is easy to maintain, then you are going to love this episode! You are most definitely going to want a paper and pen for this one, and maybe even your computer…
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43 | Use This Simple 4-Step Method to Declutter and Organize Any Space
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Are you feeling a little overwhelmed by all the stuff in your home? Getting spaces decluttered and organized doesn’t have to feel like a big chore or a ton of work! I want to share with you this 4-step method I use to declutter and organize my home! This task will no longer feel daunting, but can actually be exciting! Especially when you begin to s…
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We are so excited to be celebrating 50 episodes of the podcast with our return guest Rena Martine. Rena's new book The Sex You Want: A Shameless Journey to Deep Intimacy, Honest Pleasure, and a Life You Love is available NOW wherever books are sold! Get your copy now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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42 | 5 Cleaning Tips to to Make Housework Easier, More Efficient, or Simply More Fun
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When you think of cleaning, do you feel stressed, overwhelmed or even a little annoyed? Well, today we are going to put a little twist on that! I want to share five tips that might help make chores around the house a little easier, a little more efficient, and dare I say…even a little more fun! Let's get to it! Renae . . . NEXT STEPS: > Leave a RAT…
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41 | Creating a Nighttime Routine that Sets You Up for Success Every Day
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How do you feel when you wake up each morning? Are you feeling refreshed and ready to tackle the day or are you getting up to dirty dishes in the sink, thinking about your to-do list, and like you need the biggest cup of coffee that is humanly possible to drink? Did you realize that how you end your night can affect how you wake up? It’s true! So l…
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40 | Four Budget Tips to Help Stay On Track With Your Money Goals
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We are completing the first month of 2024, which means it’s time to check in on our monthly budget! How did it go?! Today I have four tips for you that will help you stay on track with your money! Follow these tips and you will finish each month feeling really great about your process AND your progress! Let's get to it! Renae Need help getting star…
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39 | The #1 One Thing You Can Do Right Now to "Balance" Your Work and Home Life
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When you are feeling stressed and are struggling to find “balance” between all your responsibilities at work and also managing your home, it can feel like there is no hope and no end in sight. We can go, go, go until we completely burn ourselves out trying to get it all done until we finally collapse in exhaustion and shut down for a few days. Then…
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38 | Beat Procrastination with a Simple Trigger Task Built into Every Routine
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When life feels out of control and it feels like we are being pulled in so many directions, our thoughts get flooded with all the things TO DO and it can stop us in our tracks. Instead of letting that overwhelming feeling take over and causing us to procrastinate, let’s talk about a few things that can help us get OUT of the chaos and feeling like …
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37 | A Little Secret You Need to Know to Keep a Consistent Morning Routine
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Have you been trying to implement a morning routine, but feel like you are failing because you don’t have the time to get it all done before life starts happening around you? I have something important you need to hear. It’s one little secret that can make or break your consistency with morning routines! Let's chat! Renae . . . NEXT STEPS: > Leave …
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36 | Meal Planning Method to Build Quick and Healthy Weekly Menus for Your Family
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I want to share with you a little trick I use when selecting the meals we are going to have each week. Sometimes I will use a favorite recipe or something new we want to try, but if we want to keep it simple and easy - this is my favorite method for building a meal plan quickly while keeping it healthy and accommodating different types of eaters! G…
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35 | Going to Bed Without Washing Your Face? 3 TIPS to Begin a Personal Care Routine That Sticks
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Today we are talking about a routine with a little different focus! I was asked about a personal care routine so in this episode, we are going to dive into 3 tips to help you find a personal care routine that actually sticks so you can feel great every day and a brief overview of some of the things I do each night to make sure my face is squeaky cl…
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This week we are joined by one of my best friends from college Saige Levine. Saige is a psychic who has freaked out myself and John on multiple occasions with her clairvoyant abilities. She joins me to share how first realized this skill, what types of messages she frequently receives and to help announce a future project between her and I! SIGN UP…
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34 | How to Use a Paper Planner and a Google Calendar Effectively to Get Organized and Get Things Done!
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Are you a paper planner or digital calendar person? What if I told you that you didn’t have to pick a side and you can actually use BOTH! I love the creativity and the sense of calming that comes with writing in a paper planner, but I also love the convenience and accessibility of my Google calendar! Over time I have figured out a way that works fo…
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33 | Use My Time Blocking Method to Organize Your Day Without Feeling Restricted
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If you feel like you are running ragged every day just trying to keep up with all of your responsibilities and obligations, I can relate! When I first started timeblocking, I realized my days were starting at 5:30am and ending around 10pm (without breaks) and I would be ending the day completely exhausted and feeling like I still didn’t accomplish …
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32 | Getting Your Annual Base Budget Ready and How SINKING FUNDS Can Help You Stick to Your Monthly Budget
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Getting your base budget prepped for the new year is one thing that should be at the top of your list right now! Together, we can make this the year that you stop feeling overwhelmed with money stress. In order to do that, you need to start with your base budget and then learn from there. You have permission to tweak it as you go, but the first thi…
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31 | The #1 Thing to Do NOW to Guarantee a Financially Stress-Free Christmas Next Year
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I hope you had a wonderful Christmas! Unfortunately, one sad thing about this season is that a lot of people tend to get very stressed this time of year because of the extra expenses. My husband and I used to feel the same way! But over the years, we have found our perfect after-Christmas tradition that has served us well! I want to share it with y…
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