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Live Your Life on Autopilot (No, Really!)

Ah, hello there, folks. This is your captain, Sage, speaking. I’d like to thank you for flying Sweetness Airlines. We know you have a choice in self-empowerment blogs, and we appreciate your business. The “fasten expectations sign” has been turned off, so please feel free to move about your own potential. My flight attendant, Skyla,…

How to Avoid a Vacation From Hell

Have you ever been traveling and discovered somewhere along the way that you were actually on a vacation from hell? Vacations from hell usually involve massive disorganization, complete exhaustion, and someone getting a fruity drink thrown at them (watch out for those tiny umbrellas!). It doesn’t have to be that way! Watch this video for…

SMART Goal Setting and Why Your Bucket List Sucks

You might get mad at me for saying this, but let’s get real here: Your bucket list sucks. How can I be so blunt? I don’t even know you! What do I know about your hopes and dreams? It seems like everyone has a bucket list, a list of things to accomplish or do before…

When Doing Less Is More

“Let’s talk about why you haven’t been coming to the gym.” This week I met with my new personal trainer. My first personal trainer was fired (not my fault), and my second trainer was kind of a drill sergeant who I stopped seeing when I got overwhelmed with work. My new trainer convinced me to…

Fiftyfifty.me Challenge: April Recap

I’ve completed Month 4 of the Fiftyfifty.me challenge! The goal is to read 50 books and watch 50 movies in 2012. Here’s a recap of my April progress. Books The EveryGirl’s Guide to Life Women Food and God Naturally Thin Movies Wonder Woman The Wizard of Oz The Shift The Hunger Games All Star Superman…

Beat Procrastination and Reclaim Your Day

Would it be silly to mention that I put off writing this post? I knew I wanted to discuss procrastination, but then I got distracted by magazines, TV, cleaning up my desk, and all those little things that get in the way. When procrastination starts taking over my day, I pull myself together by following…

6 Easy Ways to Make Good Habits Stick

We all have bad habits. Maybe you forget to wash your makeup off before you go to sleep. Or maybe you put the spoiled food back into the refrigerator rather than throw it out (FYI, it ain’t gonna get any fresher). The best way I’ve found for eliminating bad habits is to replace them with…