My family tends to make fun of me for being a very frugal person. I don’t know any other way to be. Splurging or purchasing unnecessary items (except for books) leaves me with a tremendous feeling of guilt. Thus, when I share a plan to help you save $5,000 this year, you can take it […]
Motivation
30 Life Lessons for 30 Years of Life
Today is my 30th birthday. Good gracious. I have a lot of feelings about this. I have heard quite a few people say that their 30s is the best decade of their lives. My 20s were reasonably questionable, so here’s to hoping I’m 30, flirty, and THRIVING. Also, here’s to the life lessons I’ve learned […]
Delightful
Happy New Year, sweet friends. I think we’ve all seen the meme/tweet/whatever going around that says to NOT claim 2022 as “your year,” so I’m certainly not going to do that. However, the time has come to look forward to a new year, and reflect on the year that we’ve had. A look back at […]
12 Interview Tips to Land Your Dream Job!
Interviewing can be intimidating, no matter how many you’ve done or how often you interview. Even if you have a job and are looking for a new one, these interview tips can help. Additionally, you can use these tips if you’re the one doing the interviewing! I’ve had the opportunity to do it all. My […]
6 Ways to Save More Money This Year
After the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, we could all use a few new tricks to save more money. I know my reserves have been depleted. I’ve managed to develop a few habits over the years that have helped me save money in “unexpected” ways. Now, I am no financial planner. In fact, […]
2020: The Year of ‘Passion’
Happy New Year, friends! Here’s to fresh beginnings in an even-numbered year with an extra day to do something amazing! Can you tell I’m trying to force this year to be better than the last few? If you caught up with my blog yesterday, then you know I’m not very good at setting goals. I […]
11 Ways to Calm Your Anxious Mind
I tend to get anxious sometimes. In the last year or so, I’ve been encouraged to think through my triggers of what works me up or makes me anxious. They’re things like flying, work stress, PMSing, money…really, there’s no shortage of things that can get me worked up. Thus, I’ve come up with a few […]
From Offer to the Front Door: Your Homebuying Timeline
I’m going to start this blog with a caveat: This is my story. Based on people I’ve talked to and other stories I’ve heard, I think this story is becoming more common. If you’re looking to get into real estate, take this as your starter homebuying timeline. Note: All time windows below are working backward […]
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From the Mouth of Influential Women
March 8th is International Women’s Day! In honor of that, I’m sharing some of my favorite quotes from some beautifully influential women. My sister recently read In Praise of Difficult Women, and it would be the perfect read on a day like this. A novel full of stories of influential women who were labeled as […]
2018 Resolutions & Goals Retrospective
Oh, if only I could go back and prepare 2017 Caroline for the horror that was 2018. Y’all, my favorite number failed me. I had both resolutions and goals for 2018. I did pretty well on the 2018 resolutions…not so well on my goals. I have plans to change that in 2019. 2018 Resolutions Read […]
