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Photo by  CDC on Unsplash Can't get your kid to maintenance?  Try some of these tips! (Quick Post) Self maintenance, even for adults, can be a difficult task sometimes. Life gets in the way, we forget with our busy lives, or we're just too tired or lazy to do a specific task. We try to convince ourselves that it can wait till later but, sometimes, it never happens and turns to procrastination. Here's the problem, our children see this and they copy it! They copy our actions, use our excuses, and despite being little balls of perpetual energy, the throw on a theatrical play about how tired they are, like we do. Here's a few tips to not only help your child build a routine and good maintenance habits, but to also provide an opportunity to promote some self-improvement! Monkey see, monkey do! Photo by  Magda Ehlers  from  Pexels Whether we like it or not, THEY are watching! It sounds scary right? That's because it is scary! These tiny humans, our children, are wat...

Photo by Nghia Le on Unsplash GET PASSIONATE NOW! Do it for you! The time is now! I mean, now, right now! Life gets in the way of so much and with the world being the way it is right now, the wrench that gets in our gears gets bigger and bigger! We need to make a change in our lives, we need to get motivated, and we need to get passionate about it! People of all ages, especially the young and the retired, please read this, as I hope it will help you! What is it to be passionate, inspired, or motivated? Photo by  Pixabay  from  Pexels So, to start to be passionate, inspired, or motivated is to just try new things, to like it, keep going with it, and to obsess a...

  Image by Biljana Jovanovic from Pixabay Keeping New Years fun during "COVID time" It's difficult to think about being grateful or happy during New Year celebrations when there's a pandemic going on. With the stress of social distancing, naysayers, government turmoil, and anything else that 2020 decides to rain down on us, IT ...IS ...REALLY ...HARD! I couldn't agree more! But, dig deeper and pat yourself on the back because we made it. The human race continues to survive up to 2021 and as much as we think the world is at its end, it's still spinning and we're still kicking. So, with the ailments of 2020 how do we celebrate? How do we have fun safely? Hopefully I can give a few good ideas.  1. The Rose Parade is cancelled 😭 Photo by engin akyurt on Unsplash The Rose Parade is cancelled?!?!? Well, sort of. They are still planning to have a T.V. special which sounds different and exciting. So far a lot of virtual T.V. specials, due to the pandemic, have ...

Photo by Kiy Turk on Unsplash 2020 has been a CRAZY year! What can we possibly be thankful for? (Quick Post) For a year of uncertainty and for many, despair, it is hard to find things to be thankful for this year. With COVID-19, politics, protests, and violence it is hard to even imagine some positivity. At the end of the day, there is a lot we can be thankful for but, for some of us we have to dig deep and shovel the bad to the side. Hopefully, my list of what I'm thankful for can help you reflect on what you can be thankful for! 😉 Lets start with the worst of it COVID-19 When we put aside the beliefs, anger, stress, illness, and death there are a few things to be thankful for from this experience. Here's a list! Photo by  Anna Shvets ...

Photo by  Thirdman  from  Pexels Yes Grown Ups! It's Time To Dress Up For Halloween! We as adults really don't think about it. As we get older, we stop dressing up for Halloween. I think it was around high school, complete strangers began to tell me it wasn't ok for kids my age to trick or treat. I was taller than most, so fair enough ...or was it?  As I grew more and more into adulthood the spirit of one of my most favorite holidays began to dwindle and die. I slowed my routine of wearing a costume, parties became a chore, and then I just stopped thinking about it. A little scary movie was enough. It really became a mystery to me why it all stopped. Misconception will make you a bored and boring person Photo by Joshua Rawson-Harris on Unsplash Misc...

Image by STASH on Twitter STASH  PARTAY EVERY THURSDAY! (Quick Post) Do you like free money? Do you want it effortlessly? The investment program STASH now gives away free fractional shares EVERY      SINGLE     THURSDAY!!! Now, before I tell you how, don't get your hopes too high up in the clouds and also, do not be super discouraged. I tell you this because you're not going to get a full stock or filthy rich every Thursday,  BUT   you are going to get some free money in the form of fractional shares that is guaranteed and only by doing a few clicks.  To make things easier, I'll tell you how to do this in 3 ridiculously easy steps 😉! Step 1! Get a STASH  account. So first thing's first! You'll need a STASH  account. If you don't know what STASH  is, no problem at all. I wrote a review on it which could...

Brought to you by  Burst from pexels.com Soap VS Sanitizer: Useful Facts #1 There's a on going battle as to what works better; soap and water or hand s anitizer  and the answer is both if used properly. Soap has been the go to for a long time...well...like...forever really. In  perspective of soap's history, hand sanitizer is "future tech", convenient, and sometimes claimed to be a better solution for hygienic needs. This post will bring the bout to an end! Given the current times with the scare of  COVID-19 (corona virus) I feel this can be pretty relevant and useful information. WELCOME TO MY EXPERIMENT! I am trying something new; "Useful Facts". These will be a series of random facts and very brief posts (hopefully). I hope you find them enjoyable. So what's better?  In short, although it may be subjective, soap  and water. The reason being is that soap  and water, removes debris, oils, germs, viruses, microbes, and other contaminants...

So You Think The World Is Ending?   Thank you  Pixabay.com I figured this would be a good welcome back post from my hiatus during busy season. It seems after every joyous holiday season the world goes from crazy to crazier. We all believe at some point in time that the world is ending and to be honest, who can blame you? Just about every year,  demi- decade or   decade something terrible is happening in the world like a super plague, a war, an election, or our favorite celebrities are dying tragically (mine was Robin Williams and David Bowie :-( boo!). Well hopefully this post can put you a little at ease as I'd like to tell you it isn't "that bad" in my opinion and we should worry a little BUT not as much as we do! This is the small print:  Most of this post is a reflection of my views based off articles that I've read, listened to, or viewed in fears for the...