15 Ways to Add More Peace of Mind to your Everyday Life

15 Ways to Add More Peace of Mind to your Everyday Life

TGIF, friends! By the time you’re reading this, I’m already well en route to the Big Apple for what’s sure to be an ~insane~ week at New York Fashion Week. “Insane” is pretty much the…

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Mastering Your Big Girl Budget (Part 2: The Long Term Budget)

Mastering Your Big Girl Budget (Part 2: The Long Term Budget)

The long-term is made up of a series of short-terms. It takes short-term successes, repeated, to create that long-term final “success” that we see in the distance. Last month, we went suuuuuuuper deep into the short-term,…

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Mastering your Big Girl Budget (Part 1: The Short Term Budget)

Mastering your Big Girl Budget (Part 1: The Short Term Budget)

Happy HUMP, friends! First off, a huuuuuuuuuge big fat THANK YOU is in order to all of you were *so* insanely kind/sweet/supportive/wonderful after our big announcement to kickoff the week! You guys are just the…

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Read this if you don’t want to get hacked. (11 Must-Know Digital Safety Tips)

Read this if you don’t want to get hacked. (11 Must-Know Digital Safety Tips)

Raise your hand if you’d like to get hacked online? Anyone want their identity stolen? How about money – would you like someone to empty your bank account one sunshine-y Tuesday afternoon? Um, no. No…

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25 Hacks for Spring Cleaning your Car

25 Hacks for Spring Cleaning your Car

Happy Tuesday, guys! I dunno about you, but it’s fiiiiiiiinally starting to feel like SPRING in Philadelphia. #BlessUp. This has been a long April coming, so the fact that it’s supposed to get into the…

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Brain Dumping 101: What, Why, When, + How I Brain Dump Effectively

Brain Dumping 101: What, Why, When, + How I Brain Dump Effectively

Happy MONDAY. How was your Easter weekend??? I hope it was relaxing + rejuvenating, full of blessings + reminders of God’s immense lovelovelove for you. 🙂 (ICYMI, we talked about Coming Up Thorns to prepare!). I’ve…

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10 Ways to Get Lucky on Purpose

10 Ways to Get Lucky on Purpose

The month of LUCK is upon us, friends! IDK how on earth it is, ’cause I swear it was Christmas a few weeks ago, but either way, here we are. The month of luck, the…

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50 Ways to Say I Love You

50 Ways to Say I Love You

HOW ‘BOUT DEM BIRDS THO?!?! Whether you were tuned into the Superbowl last night for the big Justin Timberlake concert, for a big bowl o’ queso, or for actual football, I’d say last night was…

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35 ways to be a better version of yourself this year

35 ways to be a better version of yourself this year

  (similar , , , , + !) // (one of my faves! is another fave of mine with a similar wash but cheaper price point, although I prefer the waist of the first exact…

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My Christmas Home Decor Tour + 7 Tips for Safe Decorating

My Christmas Home Decor Tour + 7 Tips for Safe Decorating

The countdown is on: 19 days ’til Christmas! Who’s excited??? *we all raise hands wildly and cheers eggnog* We’ve decked the halls…TBH, we’ve had the halls decked since the day after Halloween. J used to…

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How to Host Thanksgiving 101

How to Host Thanksgiving 101

It’s the mooooost wonderful tiiiiime of the year! HAPPY NOVEMBER, YO! I’m married to a wonderful man who believes in waiting until Thanksgiving is totally over until any Christmas festivities can begin. He’s married to…

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7 Mistakes I Made in My First Year of Owning a Business

7 Mistakes I Made in My First Year of Owning a Business

Happy HUMP, yo! If you’re subscribed to the CURation (if not, you should be! Get in the loop ), you might’ve caught this past Sunday’s chit chat on dreams etc…it was a goodie. In it,…

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10 Things to Know about Cat Adoption (+ How to Prep your Home!)

10 Things to Know about Cat Adoption (+ How to Prep your Home!)

Hi, I’m Erica, and I’m a cat lady. Not a crazy cat lady…cos I’m totally sane about it. 😉 But anyone who knows me knows I’m a cat lady through and through. ICYMI, J and…

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10 Essential Tips for UV Protection (+ My Favorite Products with SPF!)

10 Essential Tips for UV Protection (+ My Favorite Products with SPF!)

Break out the firecrackers + sparklers…the 4th of July has come and gone, and summer is really HERE. I swear I’ve been hallucinating when I walk to my mailbox that I’m really walking towards the…

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How to Save Money on Vacation (to Afford a Luxury Stay!)

How to Save Money on Vacation (to Afford a Luxury Stay!)

Summer is finally here – ahhhh!!! Well, *technically* it’s the 21st…but I’m hitting the pool later and who’s counting? 😉 I dunno about you, but this girl could use some R&R in the form of…

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9 Unexpected, Funny Things You Argue About After Moving In Together

9 Unexpected, Funny Things You Argue About After Moving In Together

May signifies the one-year-anniversary of a lotta things. Namely, graduating college, buying a house, and moving in together with my then-fiancé. #phew. We had had a *brief* taste of what cohabiting together would be like…

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401k Benefits: 10 Tips to Start Saving NOW to Retire a Millionaire

401k Benefits: 10 Tips to Start Saving NOW to Retire a Millionaire

Can we jump right into some #RealTalk? …Of course we can. Not too long ago (like, a week ago TBH), I had absolutely no friggin’ clue what 401k benefits were besides knowing it was something…

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