Friday, 7:45 am, a black car arrived at my house to take me to the airport. By 5:30 pm I was at the most adorable boutique hotel in Palm Springs with the clothing brand Chico’s and some of the loveliest people in the influencer game. Through Monday at noon, we…
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This was an unusually difficult week for me. One of those weeks where I wake up already feeling overwhelmed and as though I screwed something up. I hardly left my house; Tuesday night I had plans with my sister to see Stormy Daniels speak at The Wing and I bowed…
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Thanks to a previous career that required a lot of business travel and plenty of travel opportunities as a blogger, I have become quite expert in packing for travel. I find especially for airplane travel, your carry-on bag contents determine how comfortable of a flight you will have. Friday I…
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It’s very easy when you work from home and work for yourself to feel isolated and turn that isolation into anger, jealousy, paranoia, and frustration. I’ve been down about the whole influencer world. So much fakeness, so much deception, so much competition. It’s hard to find peers to trust and…
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Blogging isn’t what it used to be. And with everything in life that changes and evolves, we can complain and live in the past or embrace it and find ways to have it improve us or our lives. I’ve been blogging since 2005, I’m a straight up blogging dinosaur and…
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Annie Spratt My family and I have been battling some sort of cold for what feels to be all winter long. It hit me Friday. I woke up all congested and achy but thanks to some motivating texts from my sister I got dressed and ready for the gym. But…
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In the comments of a recent blog post, a reader had a question regarding packing non-clothing items for a trip. She wanted to know how to pack light but maintain her style. How to consolidate beauty products and toiletries, shoes and accessories to reduce the number of bags without ending…
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I skipped the gym Friday. I was sitting on the couch after meditating, drinking water and staring into space when my daughter came down the stairs. It was a good hour before she usually gets up for school. She came over to the couch and crawled into my lap, pulled…
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