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40 Things to Be Grateful For in Your 40s
As Thanksgiving weekend comes to a close, I finally had a chance to sit with a warm cup of coffee and contemplate a few things. Why is it that we become more grateful as we age? Is it because we now see a glimmer of the end and see what’s good about life? Is it because we have accumulated so many life experiences that we can form true opinions on what is important and matters most? Is it because we aim toward greater emotional positivity? Is it because we chose to now look at life through grateful lens? Whatever the reasons for feeling more grateful nowadays, here are 40 more…
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The Future Belongs to Those Who Prepare for It Now
This post is sponsored by the Boys and Girls Clubs as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central and all opinions expressed in this post are my own. As a woman in my 40s, parenting an active, rambunctious, competitive and beautifully spirited tween boy has been the hardest yet most rewarding job I’ve ever had. And while I often hear that the teen years are the hardest, I’m up for the challenge. You see, I’ve reached a stage in my rocking 40s where I feel strong enough and confident in my abilities to guide my child down the right path, and I’m not afraid to seek assistance. Because it…
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My Wish Has Been Granted: An Indestructible and Educational Tablet For My Son
If you have kids at home you know how hard it can be to control what they watch online, even when you use parental control measures. But with Amazon’s All-New Fire HD 8 Kids Edition Tablet I know that everything my 6-year old is watching and reading is SAFE. All its content is kid-safe and you can manage exactly what they watch or read, and for how long. And since my child is learning to read, he has a whole library of age-appropriate books at his fingertips, and I get to set reading goals. Talk about reading made fun! And with that case, it can go through a lot of wear…
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5 Things I Wish I Had Done More of In My 20s
The other day while I was driving to work, Alanis Morissette’s “You Oughta Know” song came on and I was transported to my 20s and all the fun and troubling times I had in that decade. I’m generally not the type of person that looks back on life with regrets. And to be fair, my 20s were pretty amazing. I’m a firm believer that every struggle, every joy, every experience, and every tear has shaped the person I am today. But…. Even though I spent a long time getting to where I am now, there are some things I wish I would have focused more in my 20s.…
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This is Your PrimeTime
Do you feel less sexy, less confident, or less passionate with each passing decade? Have you felt irrelevant or invisible since you’ve hit middle age? Are you looking forward to retirement so you can just “chill” for twenty or thirty years? Are you wondering what you’ll do after the kids leave the house? Have you lost touch with the days when you knew just what you wanted, and went after it with wild abandon? If so… check out my friend Juju’s new book! In Hot Flashes, Carpools, and Dirty Martinis, Juju Hook gives it to you straight about why women dread middle age, and why it should be the time…
