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    5 Simple Practices to Elevate your Morning Routine

    December 6, 2024 - By 

    “Morning is an important time of day, because how you spend your morning can often tell you what kind of day you are going to have.” — Lemony Snicket You wake up in the morning and restlessly get out of bed dreading to start your day. We all have been there, and still do on some days. Don’t beat yourself up for it…life happens for the best of us. If you find yourself doing this every morning, then maybe it’s time to change some things around. How you want to start your day, believe it or not, it’s up to…

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    21 Journal Prompts for Self-Reflection and Deep Thinking

    September 15, 2024 - By 

    “Journal writing gives us insights into who we are, who we were, and who we can become.” – Sandra Marinella There are many ways to figure yourself out, but the one I found to be effective personally to me is journaling.  The neat thing about journaling is that it’s free form writing, where you can jot down all your thoughts, feelings and emotions, basically unload everything in your mind onto the paper without worrying about perfection. There is no right or perfect to journal, it can be however you want it to be, but one thing it needs to be…

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    Why I Needed to Take a Step Back from Writing

    September 9, 2024 - By 

    “Relax, Recharge and Reflect. Sometimes it’s OK to do nothing.” – Izey Victoria Odiase The last time I wrote a post here was back in July, just before I went away for a trip with my family for a week. I really needed to get away and was hoping by the time I come back, I will be pumped up and swing back into full throttle with my blog. BUT that wasn’t the case, I went MIA on my blog. The whole month passed by and I did not write a single post nor did I make an effort for…

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    20 Journal Prompts When You Need Some Mental Clarity

    June 18, 2024 - By 

    “We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand.”– Cecil Day-Lewis No one is born with all the answers to all of life’s challenges and uncertainties. Even though you may feel everyone else has their life figured out and everything seems picture perfect…but in reality it couldn’t be further from the truth. Everyone has their moments in life where they feel stuck, but the difference is in how they choose to overcome it. Part of our life journey is to figure our way out of these uncertainties and self doubt.  Journaling is a great…

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    Things I Journal about to Help Clear my Mind

    May 18, 2024 - By 

    “Journaling is like whispering to one’s self and listening at the same time” – Mina Murray I think everyone should take the time out of their day to journal, to experience the wonders it can bring into your life. Journaling is such a powerful exercise to help you clear your head in many ways. You can use many different approaches to use this tool, and there is no perfect way to do it…do what works for you.  Journaling is not only a relaxing exercise but it also comes with many benefits: And you don’t even need much to start with…all…

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    5 Helpful Tips for Practising Self-Reflection

    March 25, 2024 - By 

    “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” – Aristotle Do you feel your mind wander about your present life, your past or what you plan to do in the future? Whether you are doing it intentionally or unconsciously…what you are really going through is the process of SELF-REFLECTION. When life gets too busy, it’s often easy to lose sight of what we truly want out of our life. Self-reflection gives us the clarity and direction we need to truly live our authentic life, by reconnecting us with our values and morals. From this we can go on to understand…

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    6 Signs of Burnout for Watch out for

    March 18, 2024 - By 

    Your body cannot heal without play. Your mind cannot heal without laughter. Your soul cannot heal without joy.” — Catherine Rippenger Fenwick Do you think you can spot a BURNOUT when it’s happening to you? Burnout is defined as a state of emotional, physical and mental exhaustion which is caused by an extended state of stress. Knowing what it means doesn’t make it easy for you to know when you are going to reach burnout or even going through it! To be honest, you are most likely to attribute the signs and symptoms to “stress”, shove it under the rug…

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    Self- Reflection – What is it and Why is it Important?

    February 12, 2024 - By 

    Have you ever wondered why you think or behave the way you do? Or thought about the choices you made in your life and what has driven you to make them? Well…it might seem a bit pointless to spend time analysing what has already happened, it’s not like you can go back in time and change them anyways. Valid point! Self-reflection doesn’t change the past, but it can definitely help you change your future. Sitting down and reflecting on the past is probably not on anyone’s top of their “to do list”. It doesn’t have to be on the top…

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    5 Reasons to Start Decluttering your Space!

    January 30, 2024 - By 

    We often will come with excuses or wait for the “perfect” time to start decluttering and organizing. How often do you hear yourself saying, “I will start in the next month” or “spring is around the corner…what better than spring cleaning!” As much as you hate to admit it, these are excuses you make up to keep pushing off the task of DECLUTTERING. Ignoring your clutter doesn’t make it disappear…the opposite is actually true, you will end up accumulating more junk. As many excuses you can come up with to put off decluttering, I am going to give you 5…

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    5 Steps to Creating the Life you Envisioned in the New Year!

    January 1, 2024 - By 

    Welcoming a new year can be exciting and daunting all at the same time. New year is a good time to start fresh with…new goals, new resolutions, new habits and new positive life changes! Although the idea of starting new seems promising and inspiring, it can also feel intimidating. This is because…you feel the NEED to make big changes in your life for the New Year to start off right. This creates an inevitable pressure on oneself to come up with a substantial change in their life so the New Year actually means something. Especially with the social media era…