Church of the Highlands senior pastor Chris Hodges believes in the power of having five healthy habits that you practice every day. So does author, motivational speaker and blogger Rachel Hollis. She even has a name for this — “five to strive.”
(more…)Help Me Create My 40 Before 40 List
You might be a blogger if you’re excited about your next birthday just so you can start blog series you’ve been planning for years.
Let me explain.
(more…)Currently
Pop culture and everyday life are great sources of inspiration for blog posts, articles, essays, and more. That’s why I love sharing with you what I’m currently watching, writing, reading, listening to, loving, feeling, and planning. Here’s the latest edition of Currently!
(more…)Why Writers Need a Five-Year Plan
For the first time in my adult life, I don’t have a five-year plan.
People who know me well won’t believe this. In my friend group and even in the See Jane Write community I’m known as the queen of goal setting and planning. My best friend once said to me, “Girl, your goals have goals!”
(more…)Making Friends As an Adult is Hard — Unless You’re a Blogger
Have you ever thought about how hard it is to make new friends as an adult? When we were kids we could just walk up to another kid on the playground and ask her if she wanted to join us on the monkey bars or the swings and a friendship was forged. Later you’d invite her over for a sleepover and you’d eat junk food, share secrets, or try to figure out how to put on makeup.
But once I traded pigtails for pencil skirts making new friends got tough — that is until I started blogging.
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