Decorating Tips for Small Spaces

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I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday! The holidays often bring about feelings of what is next to come for the new year. There are sales galore, as retail businesses seek to make significant improvements to their yearly earnings, and customers take advantage to get the things they need and want. With the new year comes plans to make things happen, and spring cleaning brings about a feeling of accomplishment for people in regards to their homes. So, I've decided to give  some advice about decorating indoor spaces.

Investment Pieces Every Girl Should Have in Her Wardrobe

Investment pieces are something everyone should have in their wardrobe, because they are the staple pieces, by which you can make many outfits, and build your wardrobe off of. While all of these are staples, not everyone may need every item, it depends on your lifestyle. You know best what you need and what you will wear.  When investing in your wardrobe it is best to stick with neutrals, then if you want color, add it after you have all the basics.

Black is Always a Good Idea

Black is a color (actually a shade) that everyone likely has in their wardrobe, and for good reason. For many professionals, black consists of most of their wardrobe, and looks effortlessly put together and chic when worn casually too. Black is unique for its collective positives that no other color can match. Reasons to love black:

Decorating Tips 101

As a creative person, decorating is something I love to do, so I thought I should make a post about some basic, but very important tips about decorating, that some people may not know, or they may have not thought about.

Smart Spending Part II: Get What You Need

To smartly spend money involves thinking about the purchases you make, before you make them. To do this, you must reign in on how much you spend, and what you spend your money on. Buy what you need first, and if you have money to play with afterward, then you can spend money on what you want. It takes determination, self-control, and perseverance. But, it's worth it.

Smart Spending Part I: Invest

Every body knows how to spend money, but not everyone knows how to spend money in a smart way. The first thing to do is to stop buying things you don't need, and to invest in the things that you will get a lot of use out of. Spending money on things without thinking about it is not a good idea, when you don't have Scrooge-type wealth.

Achieve a Healthy Lifestyle: An Exercise Journal

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After you've made it a habit of recording your food habits, writing down your work outs is a great way to make regular exercise a habit. It's another step to get you closer to achieving and maintaining your goal. Every time you exercise, you will feel better about yourself, and have more confidence. Confidence puts a spring in your step, helps you feel more awake, and energetic so you will be more productive during your waking hours.

Achieve a Healthy Lifestyle: Healthy Foods

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Eating healthy is something we should all do, and do a lot. Many of us grew up eating other delectable foods, that are not good for us, but taste good, so we find them difficult to ignore all the time. For this reason, we must consciously choose foods that are delicious, but more importantly nutritious for ourselves. Nutritious food is the fuel for the body, it gives us the energy to get things done productivity, and at a high level. I heard this analogy once, and it's perfect for explaining why we should always (as much as we can) eat healthy food, and drink lot's of water. If you own a race horse, you want it to perform at its best. So what are you going to feed it, food that is healthy and nutritional , or junk?

Achieve a Healthy Lifestyle: A Food Journal

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Being healthy is a lifestyle. A lifestyle consists of repeating habits, in other words, making healthy decisions and engaging in healthy actions. To get to that point, you have to ease into it, especially if you want to drastically change your lifestyle. Think, one step at a time.

Stay Organized with a Purse Organizer

Staying organized is something we all try to do. If you are not the most organized person in the world, you probably have some issues with getting organized, if not staying organized. There is something that can help keep you organized (at least when it comes to leaving the house). When a girl leaves the house, she usually doesn't go without her bag, carrying all of her necessities. So to keep her organized, simply means keeping her bag organized, and a great way to do that is with the aptly named, purse organizer.
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Holiday Gift Guide

 With Christmas less than a month away, and  holiday shopping still to be done, it's the perfect time for a guide on holiday gift ideas. Shopping for yourself, or for someone else can be quite daunting, so here are some of my ideas for both, higher, and lower budgets.

 

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