My “What’s Working” Record: Fall Version

I can’t let you know how a lot I actually loved your suggestions on yesterday’s emotional whiplash submit. It’s given me lots to ponder. One factor that I all the time take pleasure in and really feel fulfilled by although? Running a blog. It offers me an area to jot down my ideas, join, and share. It doesn’t really feel intrusive; it appears like a pal that’s merely right here if you wish to chat. Running a blog simply works for me.

Which had me considering. Have you ever learn any of these What I Know for Certain posts that individuals usually write round their birthdays? I all the time take pleasure in studying these. I’m not feeling fairly introspective sufficient to crank that out proper now however I did spend a few of my not-scrolling, psychological free time yesterday excited about what’s working for me proper now. By the top of the day I had a brief record of issues I can confidently say really feel good and proper and work for me proper now. Right here they’re:

Frozen Soup

A small factor I’ve been doing for myself currently is making a batch of soup on Sunday, freezing it in 2 cup Souper Cubes, then placing a single dice in my mini gradual cooker within the morning on excessive, and having scorching, selfmade soup prepared for me when my abdomen begins to grouse noon. One thing about simply having it prepared and ready is so good. And if determine to have a sandwich or leftovers as an alternative? No massive deal- I simply hold the freezer stocked of selfmade, completely portioned soup (I pop the cubes out and retailer them in labeled freezer Ziplocks; every bag holds 4 2 cup cubes).

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Telling Individuals What I Love About Them

I like individuals. I actually do. I like what makes every individual distinctive and clearly see their particular person strengths. The ladies and I’ve been studying by means of The way to Win Associates and Affect Individuals (teen woman model) and one of many factors discusses honest compliments.

I’ve taken it to coronary heart and pushed my fear of sounding like a fan woman apart and have began vocalizing my admirations. I’ve all the time been good about mentioning the ladies’ strengths to them, however I’ve been extra open about telling David how sensible I feel he’s (I actually admire him a lot; I feel he’s essentially the most sensible and proficient man within the world- shouldn’t all of us really feel that manner about our vital others?), and mentioning to buddies how a lot I admire their distinctive abilities (her capacity to make a home really feel like a house, her information and helpfulness on pure medicines, her spectacular time administration and organizational abilities). I be taught a lot from others and admire after they share their presents.

Important Amino Acids

Two of my most well being and health minded buddies have been ingesting this Kion Important Amino Acid Powder and each extremely really helpful it so I gave it a attempt. My preliminary impression was it tastes nice however leaves a humorous aftertaste. Nonetheless, I stayed in keeping with ingesting it throughout every energy coaching session and now two months in, it’s completely working for me. My muscular tissues aren’t as sore, they’re recovering rather more rapidly. And, that is the half I like most, it has undoubtedly helped me construct muscle/outline muscle. The distinction is seen so we’ve now added it to autoship.

Snuggly Homeschool

It is a totally different homeschool 12 months for us, because the co-op we attend has homework for the youngsters to finish in the course of the week. It’s shifted the dynamic of our homeschool and the jury remains to be out on whether or not I’m bought on it or not, however there are lots of issues I’m liking. One factor is that in some topics I’ve shifted from ringleader to assistant. They’ve their assignments and I’m simply there to assist as wanted. This has lent itself to us all spending the morning hours hanging out collectively within the homeschool room- candle lamp on, fuzzy blankets in tow, chillaxing on the ground and sac. I like this cozy really feel we’ve bought occurring proper now.

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Twice a Week Grocery Buying & a Stocked Pantry

I haven’t shared lots of grocery hauls or full weekly meal plans as a result of I actually hadn’t discovered my groove in our new house. It’s solely now I’m beginning to see what’s working for me and it appears to be like a little bit one thing like this: twice every week grocery purchasing, as soon as at Complete Meals and as soon as at Ingles or Swamp Rabbit Grocery, and protecting a stocked pantry and freezer.

Residing a little bit additional out, it’s actually working to maintain an adequately stocked pantry. I load up on unperishable objects after they’re on sale (condiments, vinegars, rice, pasta, tuna, and many others) and have gotten in an excellent rhythm of all the time having a again up able to go. I get as a lot produce as I can on my Complete Meals journey, then complement with Ingles or Swamp Rabbit.

I nonetheless have a stable portion of the half cow we break up with a neighbor within the freezer and use Butcher Field and AMPM Farms to fill within the gaps. My subsequent journey, impressed by my pal, is canning meats. She walked me by means of the quite simple sounding course of utilizing this digital canner and I can’t wait to provide it a attempt! As a fan of canned hen (I usually open a can so as to add to leftover rice and veggies for a fast lunch), I’m very enthusiastic about this prospect. I’ll report again with my experimentation!

Amazon Evaluation Movies

I’ve solely not too long ago realized prior to now couple months that I could make Amazon Evaluation Movies with my standing of being an Amazon Influencer. I’ve by no means been an Amazon Influencer celebrity as a result of I’m solely going to share objects I purchase, use, and may vouch for, which has me sharing the identical objects time and again. I’ve been nice with that and all the time admire once you store by means of my hyperlinks and use my reward guides and such, because it helps pay the internet hosting prices and different weblog bills, however lengthy story brief, I’ve by no means actually targeted a lot on it.

Effectively, I simply realized that Amazon offers me suggestions for merchandise I’ve purchased that want evaluations. As an Amazon shopper myself that closely makes use of evaluations and the movies when making a purchase order determination, it thrills me that I could make evaluate movies and assist others with out having to hyperlink it on my weblog to my readers (buddies). All my evaluate movies present up on my storefront however even cooler, Amazon can pull these movies and put them on the product web page. Useful for a possible purchaser and in addition useful to me, as a result of for those who watch my video and find yourself buying, I get a small fee from that.

This can be tremendous area of interest and nothing you care about, however I’m additionally all the time joyful to supply some transparency on how cash is made on the web. 80% of my earnings comes from show adverts, so pageviews. That’s why I steadiness writing these chatting kind posts (my favourite!) with recipe and parenting content material that’s extra polished and higher for serps. Should you ever have any questions on it, simply ask; I’m an open ebook!

I’m beginning ramble now, so that is me signing off, however thanks for the dialog within the feedback yesterday. I like that a lot. And for those who really feel up for sharing, what’s one issues that’s working for you proper now?