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The Unmistakeable Creative Podcast

Best Thing I Heard All Week: Sally Hogshead on The Unmistakable Creative

The best thing I heard this week was guest Sally Hogshead on The Unmistakable Creative podcast. I’m subscribed to the Unmistakable Creative, where the host Srini Rao interviews thought leaders from all walks of life. Although I had not heard of Sally before this episode, her background is right up my alley. She started her career in advertising, and did some pretty amazing client work as a copywriter and creative director. She is an accomplished brand strategist, researcher and author. Her specialty is helping… Read more »

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Living Room Refresh - The Outside & In

March Home Project: Living Room Refresh

As I discussed in THIS post, I am trying to just focus on one area of our home per month to help combat the paralysis that sometimes comes with wanting to do too much. Today I wanted to share the progress we made with the living room in March. I knew going into this month that I was not going to have a large budget to get new furniture. We are dying to replace the oversized chairs against the wall with a… Read more »

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Review for The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday

Recent Read: The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday

Over spring break I read “The Obstacle is the Way”, by Ryan Holiday. You may recall it was on my 2016 reading list that I posted about HERE. The book is small in size and length, and the chapters are too. It was the perfect little book to bring to the pool and still keep an eye out for the boys. I learned about “The Obstacle is the Way” through podcast interviews with the author, Ryan Holiday. After listening to interviews… Read more »

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Happier Podcast with Gretchen Rubin

Best Thing I Heard All Week – Happier with Gretchen Rubin

The best thing I heard this week was Episode 61 of the Happier Podcast with Gretchen Rubin. This week’s podcast had several topics that made me think about things in a different light, which I think is always the sign of time well-spent. The two topics specifically were over-apologizing and identifying your preference for familiarity versus novelty. The discussion on over-apologizing was so intriguing to me because I realized I do it often. Just saying “sorry” all the time, without having… Read more »

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Torreya State Park

Torreya State Park Camping Trip

Two weekends ago we met our good friends for a little family camping at Torreya State Park.  It is about a 3-hour drive north for us and is located on the Apalachicola River.  The landscape in this section of Florida is so different than the rest of the state. There are actually hills and changes in elevation. Which, if you are familiar with Florida, is pretty close to non-existent around the rest of the state. So when we were trying… Read more »

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