This post may contain affiliate links, which means I’ll receive a commission if you purchase through my links (at no extra cost to you). Please see my disclosure for more information. For busy moms, It can be a challenge to stop and reflect on gratitude when you’re go-go-going all day, every day; when you’re constantly…
This post may contain affiliate links, which means I’ll receive a commission if you purchase through my links (at no extra cost to you). Please see my disclosure for more information. This morning, I sat down at my desk with my coffee, opened up my computer, and attempted to write a blog post. I really…
The holiday season is supposed to be the most amazing, magical time of the year, so why is it always so stressful? Gifts to buy, food to make, parties to attend – there’s a lot going on. Every year, I have this idea in my head of how I want the holidays to go, and…
This post may contain affiliate links, which means I’ll receive a commission if you purchase through my links (at no extra cost to you). Please see my disclosure for more information. I sometimes (*cough* daily *cough*) find myself sitting down to scroll Instagram for “5 minutes,” then, all of a sudden, 30 minutes have gone…
Being a mom is exhausting – the long hours, shuttling the kids around, prepping all of the meals… And that’s just the physical side of things! There’s also the constant mental energy being spent making sure they’re kept safe, not spending too much time on their tablets, eating enough healthy food, etc. It’s a lot. I…
This post may contain affiliate links, which means I’ll receive a commission if you purchase through my links (at no extra cost to you). Please see my disclosure for more information. Parenting is tough. Expending all of your energy nurturing, loving, and cleaning up after those littles takes up all of your time and mental…
This post may contain affiliate links, which means I’ll receive a commission if you purchase through my links (at no extra cost to you). Please see my disclosure for more information. I’m a sucker for books. I love them all – parenting, self-help, biographies, novels… I’ll read pretty much anything! I use my public library…
As someone who loves to feel productive, I struggled as a stay-at-home mom for a while. There were many days when I felt like I was busily accomplishing tasks all day long, but then I’d realize at the end of the day that I’d barely even spoken to my kids at all, except to ask…
This post may contain affiliate links, which means I’ll receive a commission if you purchase through my links (at no extra cost to you). Please see my disclosure for more information. I had a hard day yesterday. It was one of those days – the kids just could NOT keep themselves together. There was a massive fight…
When I first heard the phrase, “Done is better than perfect,” it immediately became one of my most-used mantras. It was so enlightening to me! I’m a recovering perfectionist, and I’d always known that perfectionism was hugely unproductive, but I was never able to figure out how to get out of the perfectionist cycle –…
