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Why I Quit Amazon Prime
The overhaul of online ordering is inevitable, so let's do what we can to make it as sustainable as possible.
What They Wished They Knew Before Posting Their First Skillshare Class
I'm so excited to present this roundup of information to you. I've made a few friends I've made through Skillshare and I'd love to know what advice they can give to newbies. If you aren't sure you want to post a Skillshare class yet, take a tip from these 5 ladies, and know that success can come to you via Skillshare.
How to Maximize Your Blogging and Content Marketing Workflow
In a soundbite and popcorn-brain technology-driven world, it can be difficult to be able to focus and to generate high quality content for your blog, especially when writing or mapping out a project plan or outline for something. While it's taken me quite a long time to be able to perfect my own blogging workflow, the process I've developed has been incredibly helpful for productivity. (Note: I know my process is far from perfect, but it's miles from where I started.)
9 SEO Best Practices for Bloggers: Tips to Increase Your Traffic
A lot matters with your blog's SEO. Knowing how to implement SEO best practices can help your blog rank higher in search results. You put in a ton of work to write awesome posts, so it's best to go the extra mile and make sure your post is well-suited to get discovered by search engines! In this post, I talk about the importance of content, regularity, keywords, titles, headings, length, links, images, and networking in terms of good SEO for your blog.
Best Practices for a Successful Decluttering Project
When you have a whole room to declutter, a whole attic, or a whole house, the task can seem overwhelming. Just because it feels scary doesn't mean you can't succeed. Here are my personal best-practices for having a successful decluttering day.
My Minimalist Bullet Journal Accessories
In the few months since I started using my bullet journal, I've come up with a small gathering of accessories that I'd like to share with you, including pens, washi tape, correction tape, masking stickers, and more.
iPhone Minimalism: Outsmart Your Smartphone
When it comes to smartphones, it's very clear that phones aren't just being used as tools. They're being used as crutches. How are we supposed to enjoy what's here and now when our iPhones have hold of our senses?
DIY hand lettered coloring book page
It's super easy and so fun to create your own coloring book page! I just launched this course on Skillshare: make sure to check it out and enroll in my newest Skillshare class. This can be whatever you want it to be. For my coloring book page, I started by hand lettering my newborn son's name with block lettering. All I used to do this was a Sharpie marker and printer paper. Then I began to add illustrative and doodle-y details with the sharpie. Next up is digitizing, vectorizing, printing, and finally coloring!
An Accountability Calendar Will Help You Form Good Habits
You want to start a new habit or routine. You want to “exercise more” and “eat healthier,” but without a set routine your goal may feel futile and too flexible. There’s an easy way to fix that: with an accountability calendar.
How Close Do You Feel to Everyone in the World?
Apparently this is super important. How close do you feel?
You Are Not Your Car
You are not your car. You are not your job. You are not your belongings, or your house. None of these define who you are. You are an individual who just happens to own some things.
Motivation Doesn’t Exist
Motivation doesn’t exist. If you depend on its existence for you to get your work done and show up consistently, the job’s not going to get done. Here’s how to make sure you get stuff done.
Daily Journaling Inspires Creativity
Journaling every day can help spark creativity. Once you get the creative ideas flowing in a judgement-free zone, you’re primed to create beautiful and innovative stuff for the rest of the day.
You Won The Lottery: What Do You Do Now?
So you won the lottery. What do you do now? What is your true passion?
Create simple watercolor wash backgrounds
There are so many things you can do with watercolor backgrounds: hand letter on top of them, cut them out and make some mixed media art, digitize them and use them as watercolor textures, and more. In this video I'll show you a few methods to create easy watercolor backgrounds for your projects, using simple tools that you may already have lying around your house.
How to Overcome Perfectionism
Perfectionism can be paralyzing. Here are some tips on how to overcome that so you can get stuff done and make progress.
The $367 Minimalist Nursery Room Tour: Decor and Setup
Our painted nursery sat empty or in various states of disorganization for longer than I care to admit, but now it's a beautiful and simple solution for our newborn son. We decorated and furnished the nursery with everything-IKEA, and we did it all for a total out-of-pocket of $367.
Easy Baby DIY Project for a Changing Table Pad for the IKEA Sniglar
We purchased an IKEA SNIGLAR changing table for our newborn son. Turns out the the changing table pad was too big. I found a DIY and am now sharing that with you! With some scissors, sewing clips and thread, I made the changing pad so it would fit in our furniture. Follow along with this step-by-step DIY and budget-friendly project.
My Bullet Journal Setup for Blog and Business Planning
I am keeping all of my life in one bullet journal, including personal, blog, and business stuff. If I had multiple bullet journals I feel like I would be overwhelmed! I'm glad to have everything in one place, so I hope it works out in the end. While I'm using my bujo for everything in my life, this post will be focused on how I'm using my bujo for my blog and business.
