It’s tax season again – and for me, it’s way more of a hassle this year than it should be. Even between having a regular day job, managing a non-profit, and owning my own business, it should all still be fairly easy since I have an accountant, right? He can figure everything out easily enough [...]
National Sleep Awareness Week
This week is National Sleep Awareness Week. As someone who routinely experiences loss of sleep, I think it’s wonderful that there is a whole foundation devoted to increasing awareness about just how important sleep truly is. You can learn more about National Sleep Awareness Week by visiting the Sleep Foundation. And here’s an infographic to [...]
Sexualizing Food
This weekend my friend sent me a link to the video below. As someone who has had emotional issues related to food for years now, I found the video below to be a really wonderful examination of our culture, body image, and the way food is sexualized. Definitely watch the video if you are interested [...]
Weekday rules
In addition to the weekend organization tips that I discussed on Wednesday, I also have some “weekday rules” which I find very handy for keeping me sane and on top of things! Here are my Living in the Real World-style weekday rules: 1) Set a time limit for the computer. I write three personal blogs, [...]
Weekend re-organization
You all know that I’m super into organizing and tidiness and planning and crossing things off lists. Well, I’ve recently borrowed a book from the office, called One Year to an Organized Work Life: From Your Desk to Your Deadlines, the Week-by-Week Guide to Eliminating Office Stress for Good by Regina Leeds.* We’re reading a [...]








