When we're stressed, it can feel like the easiest thing to do is to say yes. But in a lot of cases, it just makes everything more difficult. Saying yes means keeping everyone happy. It means not being the focus of disappointment. It also means taking on the...
Over this past year, you may have surprised yourself. Perhaps you got caught up trying to perfect your sour dough and realized that you could eat your way through several loafs in a week. Or, while you were trying out dalgona coffee you uncovered a deep-seated desire...
Teamwork makes the dream work. Nothing makes work more enjoyable than doing what you love with a group of people you like. But sometimes getting into a good rhythm can be a challenge. Whether you’re incorporating someone new to a team or building a cracker-jack lineup...
Every night I go to sleep with five things on my bedside table: a lamp, a book, a baby monitor, a phone, and a clock. While two of these items serve as an alarm clock, the baby monitor is what wakes me up every morning. Over the past year, I decided to stop setting my...
Without question, the past year has been a tough one. From our finances and careers, to our personal lives and key relationships, it’s safe to say that not a single circle of the seven key areas of our lives have gone unscathed. As we look with a hopeful eye toward...
We’ve previously discussed the importance of unearthing core values, particularly when it comes to setting goals. But how do we make time for these values in our daily lives? While it’s easy to sit and outline what your values are, in practice, those values can mean...
Famed motivational speaker Jim Rohn said that we’re the average of the five people that we spend the most time with. This concept also applies to our finances. You may be used to thinking of your financial well-being as a solo enterprise, that our personal discipline...
Some parts of life grab more of our attention than others. Some “circles” like our finances, our careers, and even our health have clear indicators of success that are easily definable. The goals we set for those areas are easy to make measurable and specific....
The new year is always an opportunity to reset our diets after a holiday season of indulgent treats, but it’s especially important after a year like 2020. So many variables worked against healthy habits: Stress and uncertainty led many of us to reach for fast,...