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Fall is Here! The Ultimate Fall Bucket List Challenge

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Fall is Here! The Ultimate Fall Bucket List Challenge

Fall is finally here! Get ready for hoodies, bonfires, pumpkin spice and everything nice. There is no better way to start off the holiday season then with a bucket list full of adventures. This year I promised myself that I’d make an effort to enjoy the holidays to the max. After all they only come once a year. I absolutely love Autumn. Everything about this season screams beauty, the falling crunchy leaves, the cozy sweaters and cuddles. This is the time to create beautiful memories with our loved ones.

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Easy Home-Made Almond Butter Recipe

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Easy Home-Made Almond Butter Recipe

If you’ve ever purchased almond butter, then you definitely can agree with me when I say that it’s not very budget friendly. A simple 16 Oz jar can cost anywhere from 10 to 15 bucks! That can be pretty pricey to maintain if you’re someone like me who chows down a whole jar within a week. That’s why I’ve recently started making my own almond butter at the comfort of my home. The process takes about 45 minutes and will cost you half of what you spend on a jar of almonds. I bought a pound of almonds at Aldis for only $5.00! If that’s not a bargain then I don’t know what is.

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My Top 5 Self-Care Tips: How To Beat Burnout

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My Top 5 Self-Care Tips: How To Beat Burnout

Ever push yourself to the point where you can’t take anymore so you just give up? It’s called overload burnout. When we fail to make time for ourselves, our body turns to a state of emotional, mental, and physical exhaustion. This in turn affects our overall health and wellbeing.

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What I learned in 2017

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What I learned in 2017

2017 has been an interesting year. I entered the year determined to take on risks so I did what any twenty something year old trying to figure out her life would do –I quit my full-time job. I knew that quitting my job would give me more time and flexibility in discovering what it was that I really wanted to do. Not to mention I dreaded waking up at 4:30am every morning to go to a job that I hated even more. –Ya feel?  Little did I  know that in this year I’d be confronted with failure.

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