“Cut the Noise.”
Aaaaaaaand Monday, we’re back at it again. How was your weekend?? ICYMI in last night’s CURation (get the CURation by signing up here!), yesterday we did an Escape Room! Have you done one before? I HIGHLY…
View PostHow to Beat Comparison on Instagram
Social media is not real life. I heard this online not too long ago and friggin’ loveloveLOVED it with a burning passion, similar to that which I lovelovelove pizza and Cabernet and ice cream sandwiches.…
View PostLove is Personal – TREAT YO’SELF w/ LAGOS
(Only $40!!!! Also comes in black + navy. It’s just a beautiful chiffon fabric – a fabulous choice if you want/need a gorgeous dress without breaking the bank! Runs TTS – I’m in a Small)…
View Post10 Life Lessons I Learned from my Dad (It’s his birthday!)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my first favorite man, my dad! Today’s his big day – WOOHOO! He doesn’t know it yet, but we’ll be popping by later today to surprise him for dinner – HOLLAH. I…
View Post“Say No.” (+ 10 Quotes to Help you Say NO More, Guilt-free!)
Happy MONDAY. Can ya believe January 2018 is already almost donezo??? I think the second you graduate schooling and move on to “adulting,” suddenly the speed of life is magnified, and it smacks ya right in…
View Post21 Favorites Books to Cozy Up with this Winter (+ My 2018 Reading List!)
TGIF, friends! Any fun weekend plans??? I think I’m *most* excited about Saturday. A.) It’s J’s birthday! B.) Every Saturday, I’m trying to take one hour to just sit and read something. One of my biggest goals…
View PostTrust in God – Thoughts on Trusting God’s Plan in Our Lives
I was genuinely stumped about what to write about today. And y’all…that never happens. My editorial calendar is planned out months in advance (with wiggle room, of course). I’ve got a whole spreadsheet of categorized ideas,…
View Post“Why the hell not?” – Phoenix Travel Guide, Part 3
WHOA BABY, it’s been a hot sec since a Monday Mantra popped up around these rosy parts! Which is SO BAD, because I love ’em, you love ’em…we all love ’em, and I think they’re…
View Post15 Words to Live By this Year (+ my 2018 Word of the Year)
We’re 3 days into the new year…how are your resolutions/goals/etc coming along??? Statistically speaking, I read something somewhere sometime (super useful, I know – HA) that said that around 25% of folks making resolutions can’t…
View Post2017 Reflections + 2018 New Year Goals (+ Reader Survey!)
Happy New Year! It feels like it’s been a year since we last chatted. 😉 I’m SO FRIGGIN’ EXCITED for 2018, y’all. Especially here with you guys, on CUR. I’ve been neck-deep in reflecting, analyzing,…
View Post“You go girl.” – Phoenix Travel Guide, Part 1
Happy Monday – You go girl. Â (Buy 1, Get 1 50% off) // (code FRIENDS for an extra 30% off!) // // // (“Ruby Woo”) // Sunglasses (similar look to!) PHOENIX TRAVEL GUIDE pt.1…
View Post10 Ways to Choose Joy this Christmas Season
Happy FIRST OF DECEMBER! What a time to be alive. We’re in the Christmas spirit (slash have been since Halloween, #SorryNotSorry), so bring on the figgy pudding + Hallmark marathons by the fire. (Sidenote: Anyone…
View Post10 Steps to Declutter Your Mind Right Now
I hate clutter. Granted, anyone who sees the state of my house sometimes might disagree. But I swear…I hate clutter. My problem: My mental clutter creeps into my physical space. Cluttered mind, cluttered life. So…
View Post“I Will Be a Light.”
It’s happening! It’s happening! A solar eclipse is happening today, at points of visibility all over the world – a crazy phenomenon, considering that many eclipses happen over water or in areas too remote for…
View PostBlog Anniversary: 10 Lessons from 4 Years of Blogging
WHOA. Today totally snuck up on me. Not too long ago, someone asked me how long I had been blogging. I thought it was kinda sorta somewhere in the ballpark of around now a few…
View Post“Baby, You’re a Firework”
“Baby, you’re a firework…Just own the night // Like the Fourth of July” Happy (almost) 4th of July – it’s a party in the USA! Celebrating early with a lil’ patriotic Monday Mantra – break…
View Post“Choose the Chase.”
Monday, THERE YOU AT. I hope everyone had an *awesome* Father’s Day with your own fathers, grandfathers, stepfathers, father-in-laws, godfathers, and any other father figure who holds a special place in yo’ heart. Now, enter…
View Post12 Powerful Things to Remind Yourself Today
I was on a ROLL with creating content when I should be creating content – as in, getting ish done when I had actually scheduled it to be done instead of flying by the seat…
View Post“I Will Politely Persist.”
Another Monday, another day of feeling dread that the weekend is over, overwhelm at the fullness of your plate (already), and general worry about the week ahead, where anything besides being persistent at refilling yo’…
View Post“I was Born to Stand Out.”
“Why are you trying so hard to fit in when you were born to stand out?” If you know exactly what movie that quote is from, we just became best friends. 😉  (Hint: It stars…
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