It's Giving Growth

It's Giving Growth

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  • 10 Holiday Shopping Hacks & Common Mistakes (Inflation, Budgeting, Secret Santa, Credit Cards) - Ep. 17

    Holiday shopping is in full swing. And if you are a millennial, then you are likely in the 86% of millennials that overspent on holiday gifts last year. That’s right. Had a budget. Blew a budget.

    And no one blames you - it’s too easy to get wrapped up in the spirit of the season, and Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza gift buying and wanting to spoil people (and yourself) after a long year. Plus, add all the glitter and glam of holiday marketing on top and you got yourself and it’s one slippery slope away from a full blown holiday shopaholic.
    In this video, I’ll give you 10 tips to save money during the holidays and do it without being a scrooge or grinch. Frugal living this season! Save money while you spend. Especially with inflation right now and an upcoming recession, you need to make sure you are prepared and don't spend your hard earned money on one day!

    10 min
  • 11 Winter Essentials under $30 - Homebody Cozy Budget Deals (CANDLES, TEA, ROBE, ETC) - Ep. 16

    Who doesn’t love a good excuse to stay inside, especially during the winter. It’s all cold outside and nobody’s trying to go out in the world and do things. Plus, you always end up spending money. And We are trying TO SAVE this season. My advice: STAY HOME AND SELF CARE. My favorite weekend plans are no plans at all. If you can relate to the hermit life, you are part of the growing worldwide HOMEBODY trend. I love that we are all in the era of staying in and binge watching Netflix or reading and playing video games, taking naps. I’m SO glad we’re all on the same page: Staying in is the new going out!!

    In today’s video, I’ll be sharing cozy homebody products that I love that get me through the winter. Winter Blues, Seasonal Depression, Holiday Chaos -- we have all been there. These products will help you keep your mental health during the winter! They are also perfect gift ideas for anyone who loves self care and feeling good and staying home. These are COZY, HOMEBODY, luxury vibe products that also make PERFECT gifts. I’m not sponsored by ANY of these brands!!! I just genuinely love these products.
    ALSO: ALL these items are budget friendly -- under $30!!!
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    #4 - Tortilla Burrito Plush Blanket
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    #6 - Loose Leaf Tea
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    #7 - Candles
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    #8 Comfy Clothes - quarter zip sweater
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    11 min
  • Surviving Christmas Chaos & Thanksgiving Fights: 7 Tips for Seasonal Depression, Stress, Loneliness - Ep. 15

    Holidays are supposed to be this splendid time of the year filled with loved ones and ginger bread cookies and presents and Santa and all glitter and joy, right? Research shows that 88% of people are stressed during the holidays.

    Many people are overscheduled, broke, sad, lonely, broke again. Between Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Christmas and News Year's, there are a million reasons that this time of the year gets more complicated -- people report some of them are: getting along with family at the dinner table, missing loved ones that have passed away, stressing about eating more at Thanksgiving and gaining weight, spending money on gifts, feeling OBLIGATED to give people gifts, feeling lonely if you don’t have loved ones to spend the holidays with, for students, they have a bunch of exams before break.
    So many people deal with this yet because we make it out to be this season full of #live, laugh love, people don’t open up about their struggles, it’s stigmatized. It’s totally normal to dread the holidays. You’re actually in the majority if your holidays are not merry and bright.
    In this video, we go over family, money, relationship, body image issues. Here are 7 Tips to Cope with Seasonal Depression, Anxiety -- about things that come up specifically during the holidays.

    12 min
  • 10 Mistakes Graduates Make in their 20’s (Money, Friendships, Anxiety, Identity Crisis, 401k) - Ep. 14

    Whether you graduated from high school or college, this video is for you.

    Because when you graduate, you feel like you are just getting launched out of a cannonball into the “real world” and while you know that mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell, you don’t actually know how to…you know…cook food to keep yourself alive or budget to keep a roof over your head.
    I don’t know about you, but when I graduated college, it kind of felt like moving to a new country or something. EVERYTHING changed. I no longer lived at home with my family, I started making real money and paid for all of my bills by myself, my friends weren’t two doors down in my dorm hall, I realized I barely knew how to make cereal. Yea…it was pretty bad.
    So if you’re either graduating soon, recently graduated or are just in your 20’s and just got a job are lost like the rest of us, here are some mistakes I made or just things I wish more people knew.
    We cover friendships, cooking, finances, 401ks and the a bunch of more adulting things we should have learned in school but didn't.

    13 min
  • 10 Hacks to Survive a Recession in Your 20’s (Saving, Getting Fired, Budgeting) - Ep. 13

    The R word is being thrown around a lot and the last time R visited, millions of people lost their jobs and homes.

    A lot of us, especially gen-z'ers - we’re newbies, we never had to deal with a recession before. The older generations is traumatized -- they’ve been around a recession or two in their days. If you’ve never been through a recession before, you might see it as some jargon that finance wall street investors debate about and are - why does this affect me?
    In times of major uncertainty - grocery costs rising, employers firing people, interest rates rising, it’s really important to prepare. Because this could be like this for a while or they could get even worse and you don’t want to be caught slipping. So here are actions you can take right now to hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.

    12 min
  • how to find yourself in your 20's (be authentic, original & think for YOURSELF) - Ep. 12

    If you think about it, most of what we do was taught to us, or we do it because it’s a cultural norm. That’s everything from brushing our teeth to what kind of clothes we wear to what language you speak.

    So much of who we are is dictated consciously and subconsciously by our environment and culture -- group think. And that’s not inherently a bad thing. We are all copycats in a lot of ways. Cultures, traditions, brushing your teeth everyday can be a beautiful thing. Participating in the same things as the people around you can feel inclusive, like you are part of a community.
    But I feel like it’s really easy to conform to the groups around us… but sometimes to the point that we lose our individualism and authenticity.
    So taking the time to learn who you are, how you are different from others and to embrace that, lean into that, spend time exploring that, and proudly be that is bold. Understand the psychology of have original thought.
    In this video, I go over three common examples I see of how succumbing to society's status quo and cultural norms can be harmful. I see this play out a lot in people choosing their careers, how/why people post of social media and people's thoughts on when they should get married. These are huge parts of life and the personal side of them, the authenticity, often gets swept away in what people think those things should look like and be.
    Re-think everything and make sure you are choosing YOUR reasons for being a lawyer or getting married. The reasons that make sense to YOU. Not just vague reasons you were TAUGHT.

    15 min
  • Winter Blues: How to Get Out of a Rut & Reset Your Life - 9 Easy Steps to Get Back on Track - Ep. 11

    We've all been in a rut. The ones where we are sleeping for 10 hours a day, eating fast food, not exercising, binge watching Netflix, scrolling on social media for 4 hours a day, isolating ourselves. Our apartment looks like a tornado went through it and our our trashcans are overflowing with weeks worth of rotting garbage. Maybe you haven't even showered in a few days.

    It happens to the best of us. A lot of times, during these slumps, we can feel totally powerless and overwhelmed, but there are some simple steps that I take that help with slowly, very slowly, getting my life back on track, getting back into my routines and feeling better.
    DISCLAIMER: These steps are in no way a substitute for therapy and more advanced help if you suffer from clinical mental health issues. Please do what works for YOU!

    13 min
  • Why I don’t have a dream job | Purpose Beyond a 9-5 (what’s wrong with the American Dream) - Ep. 10

    Is it just me or does the idea of reporting to someone else, a boss telling your where and when to be until you're 65 and retire...just not it....? I don't have a dream job, I have a dream life. I think as human, I am way too dynamic and multifaceted to have a one track career for the rest of my life. I want to explore the world and all the different potential versions of me that could exist. I totally respect people who WANT to have to 9-5 job. The stability, the routine, the structure all makes a lot of sense, but it's just not for me.

    I think more people are starting to think this way. We are seeing trends like "I don't dream of labor," "I don't have a dream job," quiet quitting, the great resignation....it's all people who want something beyond a tradition job. Maybe that's working for themselves OR never working again! Whatever your dream is, I hope you choose it intentionally because WAY too many people just drop into a traditional one-track life path just because that's the way they were taught to do, or that's what everyone around them is doing, or they don't know how to do anything else.
    In this video, I'll share why I don't want to work for someone else forever, why I don't want the grind and hustle culture till I die, and what I'm doing about it.

    13 min
  • How to Break Bad Habits FAST: 4 Easy Tips ANYONE can use right now! - Ep. 8

    We all have bad habits we've been meaning to quit for days..months........let's be honest -- YEARS. Whether it's biting your nails, overspending, vaping or eating junk food, this video breaks down how to break a bad habit into 4 easy steps. And no, it's not just "believe in yourself" motivation. You can't just wish away your bad habits. You have to fix the SYSTEM. You have to rewire your brain to behave differently. We'll go over the book "Atomic Habits" by James Clear and learn how to recode the systems in your life to make breaking a bad habit EASY.

    11 min

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