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What To Do When You Get Sick as a Single Mom
As I write this, I have just spent the last ten days along with my kids, sick as a dog. It has been ten days of hell, the kind of days where you slide from ‘thriving single mom’ back into barely surviving. And yet, finally, I am beginning to see the light at the end…
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Decluttering: The Key to a Stress-Free Home
Does it ever feel like no matter how much you clean, things are always chaotic in your home? I spent so many years feeling believing that if I just cleaned harder and organized better, my house would finally look Instagram-worthy. The truth was, however, that no matter how hard I worked or how many new…
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Self-Care Tips for Single Moms
I am not sure when the world became so divided about self-care. Self-care is not selfish. It is the act of replenishing yourself so that you can go out and be better moms and members of society in general. In fact, I think single moms need self-care even more desperately than most. Self-care is a…
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Reducing Wants: The Key to Finding Happiness
In a society that normalizes and even celebrates the constant pursuit of happiness via the acquisition of more “stuff”, it can be difficult to remember that this will not lead to happiness. By shifting our focus away from materialism and consumption we are free to embrace a life of contentment, gratitude, and simplicity. The key…
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Creating A Budget for Single Moms
Disclaimer: I am not a financial expert, and this information is not intended to replace that of a financial professional. I am simply a single mom trying to help others by sharing things I have learned that have helped me personally. It is no secret that most of us single moms are struggling financially. Because…
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Stop Waiting for One Day
I used to be a “one day” gal. “One day”, I told myself, “I will use the expensive moisturizer that I got on sale. But not today because what if I end up really liking it and can’t afford to replace it at full price?” So there it would sit. Morning after morning I would…
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Why I Got Rid of Our TV
In all my years on Earth, I had only met a small handful of people who did not own a TV. It puzzled me how a person could get by without a television. I knew they had to be missing out on a lot of good content, yet I admired them, nonetheless. I had what…
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Why I No Longer Use Dating Apps
Before I got married in early 2017, dating apps were just beginning to become relevant in my social circle. It seemed that I barely managed to scrape by and somehow find a husband out in nature without having to resort to using them. Well, as it turns out, in the eight years since I got…
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My Testimony
I never knew what I wanted to do when I grew up. The only thing I was ever sure about was that I would get married and become a mother. Unfortunately for me, this doesn’t pay the bills and I had to do something to support myself after high school. On a whim, I joined…