A few weeks ago, I saw someone on Instagram mention the book “The Lazy Genius Way: Embrace What Matters, Ditch What Doesn’t, and Get Stuff Done” by Kendra Adachi. Later that same day, another person mentioned the book. I took that as a sign that I probably should check it out. I stopped what I…
In January, after a two-year break from owning a paper planner, I wasn’t thinking too much about how I plan. I was more concerned with my actual need for a dated planner. Period. Not wanting to spend a fortune, I opted for a softbound planner from Erin Condren (versus purchasing one of their pricier signature…
A few weeks ago, when I realized writing my to-do’s in my weekly planner wasn’t working for me, I set an intention to come up with a better solution. While I didn’t mind writing down my tasks, I just didn’t like the system in which I was doing it. Once a week, I would map…
In my household, we typically elect our healthcare coverage through my husband’s employer. Rarely are we ever uninsured, but when my husband was laid off in August 2020 and went several months without work, we fell into that category. Under normal circumstances, being without insurance probably wouldn’t have been that big of a stressor because…
I’m no stranger to financial stress, especially after all the unemployment spells my family has had to deal with in the last two years. Due to the nature of my husband’s work, which is in industrial construction, projects start and projects end, which means sometimes there are unemployment gaps. It also means that he works…