Atomic Habits by James Clear

“Atomic Habits” by James Clear – Summary Core Idea:Small habits, when repeated consistently over time, lead to remarkable results. Lasting change comes from building a system of habits—not from setting goals. Key Concepts: The 4 Laws of Behavior Change: To build a good habit: To break a bad habit, invert the laws: Practical Strategies: So, if you have a goal in…

Self Publishing vs. Traditional Publishing

Self-publishing and traditional publishing each offer distinct advantages and challenges, and the right choice depends largely on an author’s goals, resources, and preferences. Self-publishing provides authors with complete creative control over their work, including decisions about content, cover design, pricing, and release timing. It also offers significantly higher royalty rates—sometimes up to 70%—and a much…

Rewriting My Future

My daughter and I are a family. We are stable and loving and just enough the way we are. We don’t need anyone else to make us complete. Don’t get me wrong I still value marriage and if someone down the road compliments my lifestyle then they are welcome to join me in my journey. I dislike the idea that I have to be with someone or seeing or sleeping with someone in order to be valued or worthy of conversation. I want people to ask me about me and what I am doing, not who. 

Unequally Yoked.

When dating, you want your partner to be your equal, not the same as you per say but have the same goals and future desires as you. To be equally yoked goes far deeper than just interests and hobbies and housework duties. It’s more about how you two are on a spiritual, moral, life goal level.

Q&A: Writing Edition

Here’s a few little questions and answers I did based on my Instagram story I posted. I thought this would be a fun thing to do! What inspired you to start writing? When I was younger, I started a dream journal. I would, and still do, have very vivid dreams and I would always wake…

Reading Challenge Update:

I challenged myself to read 50 books this year.

Last year I challenged myself to read 25 and ended up with 40, so this year I shot high to hope for the best.

I use Goodreads to help be track my progress.

I don’t really consider myself a fast reader, especially if I get really into a series, I try to stretch it out as much as possible with those. But I do tend to read more than one book at a time depending on what I am doing and what mood I am in. Sometimes I struggle with reading really emotional books, and I lean more toward gentler, easy reads. Other times I want horror and tragedy and thriller. It truly just depends.

Paranoid.

Paranoid. I took a psychology class last semester and one of the extra credit options was to take a psychoanalysis personality test. Crazy I know, but the results were intriguing. Stages of life: I’m always willing to take tests to find out who I am, and I know I’m not alone in that. I feel…

Things to Help You Reach Your Fitness Goals

The truth about fitness and being healthy is that there is no right or wrong way to do it. The fact of the matter is we could all have the same workout plan and eat the same foods and still have different bodies. It’s just the way life is, so you have to customize your plan to what works best for you and what makes you feel the best. I hope this post was helpful in some way!

6 Things I learned in 2022

A lot can happen in a year. I feel like so many people do posts like this. I’ve gained inspiration from a blogger friend of mine, jennyinneverland. She has a wonderful list as well. When I was thinking about this past year as a whole. It certainly not what I was expecting but when is…

Year 2022

As 2022 came to a close, I reflected on the past year and the “bucket list” I made.

The goals for 2022 went from everything simple and doable to some big things that I’ve always wanted to do. Did I accomplish all of them? Not really. Is that okay? Absolutely. Because there will always be another year.

What’s on your goal list for 2023? Let me know in the comments!