New Year's Resolution
Raise your hand if you have ever made a New Year’s resolution. If you ever have made one how long did it last? Research shows that many New Year’s resolutions are forgotten or stopped within 6 months. Resolutions and goals are great. However, to increase your chances of success and achievement, you want to make sure the resolutions are realistic and obtainable. Otherwise, you are setting yourself up for failure and the impact of not completing the resolution might be worse for your mental health than not setting one at all. As you are figuring out what your resolution will be or maybe you have even thought of one already, consider the following to help you.
Snow Day Activities Without Screens
Who doesn’t love a good snow day? If you are joining my blog from NJ or any other place that gets hit with snow during the winter, snow days can stretch out. The first few storms are pretty and it’s nice to have a day off here and there. However, once you are on snow day #5, it’s freezing, and you’ve had to cancel plans again, it gets annoying. A snow day can turn into the perfect (or not-so-perfect) day to sit around and binge-watch Netflix or scroll on social media. However, screens weren’t always around for snow days (yes, I know… shocker!). Sitting in front of a screen all day isn’t the healthiest or most productive way to spend the day. If you are looking to make your next snow day screen-free, or at least include less screen time, check out some non-screen-related snow day activities below.
Holiday Gift Giving Guide
As we continue out the month of November, we are getting closer and closer to the holiday season. The holidays can be a fun, yet stressful time. Aside from dealing with family members, one of the biggest stressors around the holidays is gift-giving. It’s a tad early in the holiday season, but that is the point. Let’s try to reduce some of that holiday stress with gift-giving and find out some helpful tips as we go into the holiday season together!
5 Tips for Showing Gratitude
Can you believe it’s the last week of October? Where did this month go? While most people are busy getting ready for the upcoming holiday weekend, some of us are already looking ahead to the holiday season. What is the holiday season going to look like this year? Will we finally be able to have a “normal” gathering for the holidays that doesn’t include video calls? Regardless of what the holiday season may look like for you this year, we are going into a season to show kindness, gratitude, and caring. No, we don’t need a specific season to display these traits. However, if you have been finding a decrease in your use of these things, there is no better time to start!
Winter Blues... or Is It?
Can you believe it’s October already? Where did summer go and where did September go? October offers the promise of fall activities, the upcoming holiday season, and the (usual) dreaded clock change. I mean, most of us do like getting an extra hour of sleep, but most of us also dislike how early it gets dark now.