Shake Up Your Wake Up With a Morning Dance Party!

Every weekday morning means 5 days of work pressure, personal obligations, and loads of stress. Sit in traffic for an hour. Get yelled at by your boss. Answer angry customer emails. Realize you’ve gained another 5 pounds. Have your kid throw up on you. Ugh! It makes you want to crawl under the covers and…

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Why I’m Retiring the Life Editor Podcast

I’m not one of those coaches who spouts a lot of self-development mumbo jumbo but never walks her talk. I really do follow my Life Editing Process! And today, I’m using Step 2 to delete a bad influence that started out nice but slowly became a major drain on my time and energy. I’m retiring…

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Plan With Me #2: Bullet Journal, Watermelon Dream

Now that we live in Florida, I’ve had to get used to having summer all year long. It beats a Chicago winter, no doubt. And it means I get to wear sandals and breezy dresses whether it’s the 4th of July or Christmas. Sure, sometimes I miss the changing leaves or sipping hot chocolate when…

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Editor’s Notebook 84

The Editor’s Notebook is my place to share the things I’m loving this week and other random links that have caught my eye. Enjoy! PS, the live session of Life Editing for Beginners is going on right now. CLICK HERE to join us. What I’m Loving This Week The Evolution of the Book. Nothing beats opening…

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DIY Gratitude Bullet Journal

Practicing gratitude is a huge part of my life, so of course I made it Step 1 of the Life Editing Process. I like to keep gratitude journals, but I’ve recently become addicted to bullet journaling and was looking for a way to combine the two. A bullet journal is a a way of writing…

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How I Edit: Sarah Fox, The Bookish Fox

This is a post in my How I Edit series where ambitious women share real-life examples of how they edit their lives and businesses with the help of my Life Editing Process. Please say hello to Sarah Fox! Sarah Fox, The Bookish Fox Website Twitter Instagram How I Create a Foundation of Gratitude I am really…

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Life Editor’s Picks: I’ve Been Mugged!

It’s true that I encourage deleting bad influences, cleaning up clutter, and living a more simple, streamlined life. However, there’s a growing mess in my cabinets that’s getting slightly out of hand: my mug collection. In my defense, I’ve paired down my collection every time we’ve moved (and we moved 6 times in 4 years), but…

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