Your Daily Dose of Awesome

Today I want to talk about finding the time to create more peace, love and joy by giving up small things like social media, TV or reading.

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• Get the Artist's Way by Julia Cameron on Amazon.
• Another great read! I am almost finished with The Happiness Dare!
• If you feel inspired by this episode to get a jumpstart on bullet journaling, get this journal on Amazon! It is just the right size with the dot paper. It has an elastic band to keep it closed and two ribbon bookmarks! It has been one of my fave purchases lately!
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Today I want to talk about another book that has been changing my life. I was unaware, but it is a widely known book called the Artist’s Way. I would not classify myself as an artist. I mean, when I hear the world artist, I think of one who paints for a living, or someone who is creating actual art work and that is their job and they hang out at street fairs to sell their work. However, I have learned that really, we are all artists! We are artists of our lives! Learn how to go on a journey to self discovery where you will find more creativity, happiness and energy!

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• Continue the declutter journey from my last episode! Need a jumpstart? Get this book: The The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
• Get on a spiritual path to higher creativity and so much more with the book The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron.
• This Erin Condren journal with dot paper will definitely be my next purchase! Click on the link and see a ton of her beautiful journals. Getting a brand new journal really motivated me to do the morning pages. I just picked up a random one at Target, but had I known how much I would love Morning Pages, I would have purchased an Erin Condren!
• Click here to get the hippy stickers that I bought for my journal and absolutely LOVE!!!
• I also bought these monthly journaling stickers too!
• These Happy Planner stickers are the ones I use to motivate myself! When I finish a task, I get to mark it off with one of these stickers!
• Getting new pens is also super motivating! Check out these colorful ones that I purchased on Amazon!

I never knew how much getting organized could bring so much joy! You might think I am crazy, but keep listening! It has been a ton of work, but so worth it in so many ways!

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• My journal Create the Awesome is now available on Amazon. Go to www.yddoa.com/journal. 
• Get the 100 Life Challenges Journal on Amazon! This journal has helped me improve all areas of my life!
• Wayfair.com is the site I used to shop for inexpensive rugs and furniture.
• Here is the Amazon link to the coat hook/shelving unit that has really helped us keep the coats from laying all over the living room and kitchen!
• Love this 24 pair shoe cubby!
• My Himalayan salt lamp from Amazon puts out positive vibes and makes my bedroom even that much cozier!

Today, I did an impromptu interview with a long time friend of mine, Veronica Allen Hunt. I brought her on the show today because her life and how she lives it goes right along with my new year new you series! She’s super positive and successful and a mom and a principal. One thing that I like about my show is that I try very hard to make sure that you know I am a real human being. I work 2 jobs, I have 3 kids that live with me, two stepsons, a long distance husband and I dabble in side hustles, this podcast being one of them. I have a lot on my plate, yet I am happy and I am doing it. Veronica is the same. It was very refreshing to meet up with her because I feel like often, in the area of self improvement, gurus, experts of whatever they call themselves, do not seem real to me. I mean I have often wondered if these overnight success stories have a real job or husband or kids? I mean, do they struggle ever, or do they constantly have their game on? See, I do not, and if I can do this life, you can do yours too! Veronica brings to us some very useful tips that are realistic and are things that I have not thought of myself. So if you feel like you’ve heard it all, I assure you, you are in for a real treat!

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• My journal Create the Awesome is now available on Amazon. Go to www.yddoa.com/journal. 
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• Get the 100 Life Challenges Journal on Amazon! This journal has helped me improve all areas of my life!

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I used to never be a person who made goals ever. My close friends that have known me for a long time know that I have really transformed into a new me. Years ago, New Years Day would roll around and I would say bah humbug to resolutions and goals. What was the point? All I was ever going to be was Christian’s mom and a wife. Have you ever felt like this? Today, people ask me how I get so much done. I owe my accomplishments, big and small, to realistic goal setting.

For the next few episodes, I will be doing a series for the new year called New Year, New You. Since the new year is when we tend to try to get back on track, I have broken these down into a few topics. This week I’ll be talking about getting healthier. Next we will talk about goals, getting organized and then on to getting a healthy mindset.

I had heard of feng shui, but I did not know much about it.  As far as I knew at the time, it was some kind of Chinese way of decorating.  And that’s what it is, but there’s more to it than that.  According to Google, it’s a Chinese practice that helps people align their energies with their surroundings.

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If you totally immerse yourself in hygge, you will feel awesome.  In fact, as I was getting my material ready for this episode, I had candles lit, the fireplace on, the station Acoustic Chill on my Alexa, and a kissed caramel hot chocolate.  Let’s talk about how you can get your hygge on!