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My 2020 Word of the Year

January 2, 2020 By Ashley McKeown Leave a Comment

My 2020 Word of the Year isn't just a word, but a lens through which I make decisions and take action. Instead of a New Year's resolution, I choose a word of the year. Reflecting on the last decade, I'm looking back at what has and hasn't worked in my life. I want the next 10 years to be amazing, and my word of #2020 will help me achieve my goals! What's your word of the year? Check out my story and what I've learned in the last 10 years to see how I chose my word of the year. #wordoftheyear

The end of the year always creates feelings of nostalgia, but the end of a decade feels even more significant, especially when you’re trying to choose your word of the year.

So naturally, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about where I was ten years ago…

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Filed Under: Lifestyle, Mental Health Tagged With: 2020, new year, refresh, word of the year

5 Steps to Managing Holiday Stress

December 23, 2019 By Ashley McKeown Leave a Comment

Managing holiday stress is critical, especially for busy moms. Here are some practical tips for how to manage stress and deal with holiday anxiety. Following these 5 steps will help you eliminate or at least reduce holiday stress. You'll learn about triggers: what they are, how to identify them, and how to cope with them in a healthy way. This post also explains decision fatigue and how to reduce it, as well as providing tips for simplifying the holidays and time management.

Stress has, sadly, become a normal part of our daily lives. Our fast-paced world celebrates increased productivity at the risk of our health and mental sanity, and Christmastime is a perfect example of that. I wish we didn’t even have to talk about this, but managing holiday stress needs to become a normal part of our Christmas planning.

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Filed Under: Mental Health, Mom Life Tagged With: #momlife, anxiety, christmas, mental health, stress, triggers

21 Fun and Simple Family Christmas Traditions

December 8, 2019 By Ashley McKeown Leave a Comment

Family Christmas traditions don't have to be complicated and expensive! Make memories as you decorate, do a Christmas puzzle, hunt for candy canes, make ornaments, and more! Make memories without sacrificing your mental health or budget. These easy family Christmas traditions are affordable and fun for all ages. This list includes Christmas movies to watch, books to read, DIY kid ornaments, white elephant gift ideas, and so much more! #Christmas #Christmastraditions #familyChristmastraditions

Christmas is here, and with it comes so many feelings and mixed emotions. Though we dream of a perfect Christmas filled with love, memories, family, and friendship, the holidays are rarely perfect. The pressure to create the perfect Christmas can be a heavy mental burden, especially for moms.

Family Christmas traditions are a wonderful part of the holiday season, but it’s so easy for traditions to become a stressful race to do everything. Social media is filled with kids decorating cookies, wrapping presents, and ice skating, and as moms, we feel the need to give our kids as many memories as possible.

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Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: christmas, family, holidays

Why Every Mom Needs a Rocketbook

November 22, 2019 By Ashley McKeown 2 Comments

Rocketbook Review: Find out why the Rocketbook is a must-have!! This reusable, techy notebook is a sanity-saver and makes a great gift for moms. Organization takes work, and Rocketbook is the perfect planner, organizer, journal, bullet journal, list-maker, and note-taker. The Rocketbook is one of the best gifts for mom - it's easy to use and syncs with her phone so she never loses her to-do lists! The Rocketbook is also great for meal planning! Learn more about meal planning with the Rocketbook.

Even though I’m far too much of a hot mess to ever be a “Type A” mom, I’ve always been a list-maker. 

As a child, I journaled daily, which I now see helped me process information and remember important details. I often journaled in a bulleted format, listing out what I had done each day or what issues stressed me out.

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Filed Under: Lifestyle, Mom Life, Reviews Tagged With: #momlife, amazon, gift ideas, gifts for mom, rocketbook

The Ultimate List of Toddler Stocking Stuffers

November 16, 2019 By Ashley McKeown Leave a Comment

The Ultimate List of Toddler Stocking Stuffers! Stocking stuffers, toddler stockings, stockings for toddlers, stocking ideas for toddlers, toddler stocking stuffer ideas, stocking stuffers for kids, stocking fillers, stocking stuffers, stocking stuffers under $15, cheap stocking stuffers, good stocking stuffers, quality stocking stuffers, Christmas toddler ideas, gifts for toddlers, Christmas gift ideas for toddlers, stocking stuffer ideas for 2 year olds, stocking ideas for 3 year olds, stocking ideas for 18 month old, stocking stuffers for babies, stocking stuffers from Amazon, Amazon stocking stuffers, best stocking stuffers for kids, ultimate list of stocking stuffers.

Stocking stuffers are a majorly underrated part of Christmas and gift-giving. 

Gifts don’t have to be expensive to be valuable and special, and stockings provide the perfect opportunity to surprise others with little items they forgot they wanted or needed.

In our family, we follow the 4-gift rule (want, need, wear, and read) for presents, so I enjoy filling up the stockings with items that don’t always fit those categories, or are smaller items I know will be loved.

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Filed Under: Lifestyle Tagged With: 2019, christmas, stocking stuffers, toddler gifts, toddlers

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