I don't know about you, but there are certain items I always have in my kitchen. This list might fluctuate from time to time, but for the most part, these ten things have been in my kitchen for years. These are the things that I can base plenty of our meals around. They're the things that help us stick to our budget, because most of them are frugal finds. And they're the things that I go back to again and again because they work with the way our family eats. These are my top ten pantry … [Read more...]
Helping My Future Self
Helping your future self is not a new idea. In fact, I've heard several bloggers that I follow mention it fairly recently. The idea is to constantly be thinking of ways to make life easier for yourself in the future. When I'm feeling especially unmotivated, I try to think in terms of what "Future Katy" would want me to do right now. Would she be better off if I rested now? Then I'll do that. Would she have an easier time making dinner if I spent five minutes now washing the dishes from the … [Read more...]
5 Ways to Use the Notes Page in Your Planner
If you're a planner person, chances are you've already broken into your new planner, ready to tackle a year that will hopefully have lots of fun things in it. And you've probably already started filling out appointments and work schedules and your daily to do list. But what about those "notes" pages at the back of the planner? What do you do with those? Here are five ways I use those notes pages to keep my life more organized. Track family health visits. In our family, I am in charge … [Read more...]
2021: Growth
Last week I shared how my 2020 word of the year worked out, and today I want to talk about my word for 2021. 2020 was a year of introspection for me. It was a year where I really processed through a lot of what makes me the person I am, and why I do the things that I do. And armed with that knowledge, I'm heading into 2021 focused on growth. Now don't get me wrong - I have spent most of my life trying to grow as a person. To know more. To keep learning. To do better. And that's going to … [Read more...]
2020 Year in Review
2020 was quite a year. How's that for an understatement? But 2020 was actually a good year for me in many ways, although certainly not how I expected it to be at the start. My 2020 word of the year was calm. My life by the end of 2019 had gotten pretty hectic and chaotic, and I was ready to slow things down and be calm. Although that might seem laughable, I did manage to calm some aspects of my life. I quit my job at Dunkin mid-January. I was getting stretched too thin trying to juggle … [Read more...]
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