March is Women’s History Month. this is a time to reflect on all the accomplishments women have made throughout time. It is a celebration of society’s progress regarding women’s rights. March is 31 days to focus on women! And we as women must focus on ourselves. Did you know? 13.9% of women 18 years and older are considered to have fair or poor health. Only 20.4% of women 18 years and older met the 2018 federal physical activity guidelines for aerobic and muscle-strengthening activity. And 41. 8% of women 20 years and older are considered obese. At least 45.2% of women 20 years and older experience hypertension. The leading causes of death…
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How to squeeze in self-care activities during a busy week
Hey everyone! It is important to find ways to incorporate self-care into your daily activities. Self-care is the practice of taking care of yourself to improve or preserve your health. When you do not practice self-care, you are at a higher risk for burnout, stress, negative health outcomes, etc. While self-care is important for mental, physical, social, and emotional health, it is often overlooked and neglected. With the increase in stress caused by work, family, the economy, politics, and much more, self-care is essential. So, instead of writing several ways to practice self-care, I have included some resources to help you squeeze in self-care activities during a busy week. Self-care 30-day…
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Seven Ways to Reduce Burnout
Burnout is a real thing. More and more individuals are experiencing burnout due to isolation, being a caregiver, working long hours, and so much more. I know what burnout feels like because I have experienced it. Here are seven ways I have reduced my stress and burnout. Exercising– Exercise is a great way to reduce stress and burnout. Just moving the body can help to improve your mood. Exercising does not require going to the gym and working hard for 30 minutes. Exercise could be parking further away from the door at the store, walking every aisle in the store, taking a short walk, dancing around the house to your…
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Five Signs You Are Experiencing Burnout
If you are anything like me, you probably have been experiencing burnout and do not realize it. It took me months to figure out why I was always tired and couldn’t get anything done. I would have to push myself to accomplish tasks and then be completely wiped out afterward. Or at the end of the work week, I only wanted to turn off my phone and sleep because I was genuinely exhausted. If that sounds like you, then you are probably experiencing burnout. According to the Mayo Clinic, burnout is “a state of physical or emotional exhaustion that also involves a sense of reduced accomplishment and loss of personal…
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Five Ways to Stay Productive While at Home
Hi everyone! I hope that everyone is doing well during this coronavirus pandemic. I am doing okay; I never realized how much I took being able to travel, go shopping or being able to socialize for granted. With all the stay in shelter orders, it is easy to get stir-crazy or experience cabin fever. I want to share five things that I have been doing to stay sane and productive while working from home. I hope that you find them helpful! Create a schedule. Have a designated time that you will do schoolwork or work. Schedule meals and only eat during your scheduled mealtime. Set a time that you will…
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Reevaluate the Dream
Hi everyone! Welcome back! This year, I decided that I wanted a mantra for the year. I needed something that I could read that would help me get through the rough times. The quote, “you always pass failure on your way to success,” has been so motivational to me recently and is my mantra for 2020. Have you ever felt like quitting when pursuing your dreams or your goals? Have you ever felt as though you ‘failed’ and just wanted to be an average Joe or Jill? If you answered any of the questions yes then I feel your pain. I FEEL YOU! I had so many goals in 2019,…
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How to reach your 2019 goals: Creating a vision board
In the last post, I mention that making a vision board helps you keep momentum when working towards your goals! Well today I and Jesseñia Melise, who also is a blogger, will help you create a vision board for your 2019 goals! A vision board is a visual representation of your goals for the new year. In order to create one, you take old magazines, calendars, or anything that you want and you cut out photos, quotes, or whatever represent you and your goals. You then glue them to a poster board, decorate it and there you have it! “Then the Lord answered me and said: “Write the vision And…
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How to reach you 2019 goals: Keeping Your Momentum
It’s week four of 2019! It is around this time that I normally loose momentum towards my goals for the year, but not this year! Momentum is so important in reaching your goals; it helps you to continue to work on your goals, even when you do not see progress. So, with all that being said, this week we are going to talk about keeping momentum towards your goals! “Stay focused, go after your dreams and keep moving toward your goals.” ~ LL Cool J Question: What do you think is the number one reason why people do not reach their yearly goals? Answer: The mentality of wanting it all and…
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What 2018 Taught me: My top 5 lessons from 2018
And just like that, we are in a new year. I can’t believe that 2018 is over. I feel as though 2018 just started. However, the year is over and 2019 is here! I am so excited about this new year. New opportunities, challenges, learning experiences and so much more is possible in this new year. The new year provides us with an opportunity to ‘restart’ while at the same time grow from all the life lessons we experienced in 2018. I learned a lot in 2018 and want to share my top 5 lessons and what they taught me. 1. Strength is a mindset. This year taught me that my…
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Stay Focus on your goal!
I can’t believe how fast this year has gone by. In two weeks 2019 will be here. As we all get ready for the new year there is something we should have on our new year’s resolutions, or on our goals for the new year and that is to stay focus. Stay focus? Yes, stay focus. Stay focus on our dreams and our life goals, just stay focus. A lot of times we get discouraged, unmotivated, and stop working towards our goals or dreams. We sometimes get distracted and that keeps us from reaching our life goals or dreams as well. To help us stay focus, motivated and encouraged here…
