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How I’m Planning to Read 52 Books This Year

| Entertainment

I’ve always loved reading. Even in college, I’d try to read for fun outside of class, homework, my social life, and my 4 jobs. Over the past few years, I’ve been trying to beef up how much I read, and this year I’m going for my biggest goal yet: 52 books in a calendar year, or one book per week. 😳

Reading seems to have gotten popular again in the past few years (I assume it’s thanks to our collective technology burnout), so if you’re also looking to make a bigger dent in your To Be Read pile this year, these tips might be useful!

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My Favorite Home Organization Purchases

| Home, Organization

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I’m always looking for more ways to get organized. My Passion Planners are always within an arm’s reach, my Notes app is full of things I need to reference, and I organize my books by color (don’t @ me).

Now that I own a house, I’m blessed to not have to deal with the small-space storage woes many people my age struggle with. But ample storage space doesn’t mean everything is automatically organized; especially for an over-buyer like me.

We have a pretty lean budget in our family (but our student loans will be gone before we turn 30!), so any organization purchases we make have to be worth it. And all of these purchases fit the bill.

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Sunday Scratches #78

| Behind the Scenes

Sunday Scratches is where I share the little stuff that has happened throughout the week. In hockey, “scratches” are people who are on the roster but do not play in the game. On the blog, “scratches” are the things that have happened to me throughout the week that aren’t necessarily big enough to be an entire post.

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Happy Sunday! Here are the scratches for the week.

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Sunday Scratches #77

| Behind the Scenes

Sunday Scratches is where I share the little stuff that has happened throughout the week. In hockey, “scratches” are people who are on the roster but do not play in the game. On the blog, “scratches” are the things that have happened to me throughout the week that aren’t necessarily big enough to be an entire post.

Please note, this post may contain affiliate links that I could make a commission off of.

Happy Sunday! Here are the scratches for the week.

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Sunday Scratches #76

| Behind the Scenes

Sunday Scratches is where I share the little stuff that has happened throughout the week. In hockey, “scratches” are people who are on the roster but do not play in the game. On the blog, “scratches” are the things that have happened to me throughout the week that aren’t necessarily big enough to be an entire post.

Please note, this post may contain affiliate links that I could make a commission off of.

Happy Sunday and happy new year! Here are the scratches for the week.

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Sunday Scratches #75

| Behind the Scenes

Sunday Scratches is where I share the little stuff that has happened throughout the week. In hockey, “scratches” are people who are on the roster but do not play in the game. On the blog, “scratches” are the things that have happened to me throughout the week that aren’t necessarily big enough to be an entire post.

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Happy Sunday! Today is Stanley’s Gotcha Day! We adopted him 5 years ago today. 🙊Here are the scratches for the week.

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Plan With Me: How I’m Using the Passion Planner and Passion Planner Daily Together

| Organization

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When Passion Planner announced the Passion Planner Daily this fall, I wasn’t super into it. I wanted to be into it, because it’s a Passion Planner product, but I didn’t see how it would fit into my life. I had already bought a 2020 Passion Planner, so I’d need to use them together, and I already have a to do list going in the Notes app on my phone. Did I really need a second planner?

But then I printed out the sample pages to test them out… and fell in love with them. A few days later, I ended up ordering my set of four Passion Planner Dailies (I went with Tranquil Tones!) on Kickstarter and began testing out how I would use them in conjunction with my regular Passion Planner.

I have the feeling this will evolve over the next year, but I wanted to share my current set up in case it inspires anyone else currently struggling to balance the two!

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2019 Favorites

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I’m going to be honest… as of late, I’ve felt pretty negative about 2019. It was a hard year! But last week, I saw Carly’s roundup of her 2019 favorites, and I decided I’d like to start doing similar posts on an annual basis, just like she does.

And you know what? I’m so glad I did. As soon as Sean and I started reminiscing about all the things we did this year, I felt so much more positive about 2019. It was definitely a lesson in gratitude!

Let’s recap the best parts of 2019.

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Sunday Scratches #74

| Behind the Scenes

Sunday Scratches is where I share the little stuff that has happened throughout the week. In hockey, “scratches” are people who are on the roster but do not play in the game. On the blog, “scratches” are the things that have happened to me throughout the week that aren’t necessarily big enough to be an entire post.

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Happy Sunday! Here are the scratches for the week.

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DIY Souvenir Keepsake Boxes

| DIY

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One of the very first things I pinned when I first got a Pinterest account was a set of souvenir boxes from Martha Stewart. I loved the idea, especially because I’m a borderline hoarder when it comes to things like ticket stubs and brochures.

The thing that always tripped me up was the style; my favorite color changes so often, I couldn’t bring myself to commit to a paint color. I ended up buying some boxes from Michaels to put my souvenirs in… and then left them blank and unmarked for five years and three moves before finally finishing them!

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