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Happy Planner hell....or my attempt at being more organized and creative failed.

This is my adventures with trying to plan and become more organized and creative. I had been using a Clever Fox planner for awhile. I started out with the Pro version that was full-size a couple years ago. However, that was just a bit too big and bulky for me to tote around everyday. So I bought the A5 version and used that from January 2020-September 2020. Then I heard about something called The Happy Planner.  I don't remember where I first heard about them. But they seemed awesome. So much more customization. The disc bound system seemed full of limitless options. So I bought one. I had the brilliant idea that unlike my Clever Fox Planner - I could easily combine it with my Budget by Paycheck printouts.  It seemed really cool. I went to Hobby Lobby and discovered this entire section dedicated to planning.  The aesthetic were these dark flowers with an inspiring "GOOD THINGS ARE COMING" emblazoned across the cover.  It was larger than my Clever Fox planner but smaller t

My takeaways and thoughts on "Unfuck Yourself: Get out of your head and into your life"

For 2020 I am going to try and actually read more. At minimum, I would like to finish at least one book a month. Doesn't matter if it's a novel, non-fiction, self-help, or self-development for my career. I bought this book, "Unfuck Yourself: Get out of your head and into your life"  sometime in 2019 if I remember correctly. Started reading it - but I really wasn't in the right mindset in 2019 to read some of the books I did read in the self-development or self-help realm or even try and start. First half of the year was rather stressful and I felt quite sarcastic and bitter about a lot of things going on. Starting in September of 2019 - I was getting back into a better place mentally. And in December it really set in. So I picked it up again and started re-reading. (First go-round I may have gotten to page 30 if that). I totally recommend this book. I purchased the companion to it as well. This is one of the first books I actively highlighted sections in it

April, May, and June 2018 Empties

I am so far behind with this. I've been decently good at using up a lot of what I've had - including samples. This is a mixture of stuff I used between April, May, and June 2018.  Life has been super busy so I've not had time to do a whole lot of writing - as much as I've wanted to.  So much in one picture! I am actually pretty proud of myself for how much I've gone through. Some of the items are in closeups below. One of the items I didn't get a good picture of was the Farsali Unicorn Essence. I don't know how much this actually helps my skin - but I love the smell and I love the subtle shimmer. Only thing I don't particularly like is the price. I was lucky and acquired another one by swapping some of my unwanted makeup. I had quite a few of the Urban Decay foil samplers of the eyeshadow primer. I've always loved their eyeshadow primer and have used the Original or Enigma (finally dried out on me after a bit) and haven't used

March 2018 Empties

So March flew by and I was able to use a decent amount of items. Some make up and some not. There were also some items destined to the garbage bin and some that I'm on the fence about tossing. During my adventure in majorly downsizing my collection my thought has been to focus on products I truly enjoy using. And not just use to use them.  I finished some of my normal everyday items. This is my favorite body wash or it's Aveeno equivalent. I'm not picky if it's store brand or name brand. I love the Winter Candy Apple soap. One of my favorite scents. I don't purchase a lot from Bath and Body Works because I'm picky a out smelss. And then deodorant. Out of these two the deree worked the best and since I wear a lot of black the no white marks is a huge plus .  Used up a giant bag of cotton balls. I really prefer cotton rounds to remove make-up. But cotton balls are cotton balls.   Went through one of my favorite hair products. The Wella Texture Touch has

January and February 2018 Empties

The first round of 2018 empties has begun! I have all the items I used up in January/February 2018. And I have a few items that are hitting the garbage can because they've gone bad or one of my minions got into them again. I love my perfume. I find a scent and I stick with it. I'm such a creature of habit. In one of my first Birchbox orders I got the sample of Hello by Harvey Prince and it has fast become a favorite. So when I had enough Birchbox points - I purchased the full-size. I just finally finished it as well as a mini sample I had laying around. I am totally keeping the full-sized packaging. It is so pretty.   A staple in my collection of products I love has been the Shea Moisture 10-in-1 shampoo. Due to budget cutting I won't be repurchasing any more. But I love how this (and the conditioner) make my hair look and feel. The Thayer's Witch Hazel has been a staple for quite some time now. I use it in the morning after my shower and at night after I was

Empties Round 3 - the last of 2017

Just wanted to wrap up the last of my 2017 empties!! :D I finished a nice number of products in 2017 and while I was going through my collection - there are some items I'm tossing because they are old and were going bad. (I also apologize that I don't have links...I wanted to finally get this posted so I can start working on my 2018 Project Pan and 2018 Empties). I love my Aveeno. The Positively Radiant 60 Second In Shower treatment is amazing and I've repurchased it again. I didn't really care for the Clear Complexion. I didn't notice that it did anything for my skin in preventing or helping breakouts. . The Philosophy Purity face wipes are amazing and do a good job for my lazy days where I don't feel like going through all the steps I normally do to take my makeup off. I just don't like how expensive they are. The other Positively Radiant products - I keep repurchasing as I like the scent, I like that they do seem to keep my face nice and

2018 is going to be a big year of changes...

So 2017 didn't end like I expected and 2018 is going to be an interesting year. In 2017 I filed for divorce. In 2018 it will be final and this will be the first time I will be single since I was 20 years old. In the aftermath of all that my life is drastically changing from a financial position for some time. I am required to pay both spousal and child support (even though custody is split evenly). While assessing my finances it looks like I'm going to have to buckle down substantially and declutter my life as much as possible in order to stay afloat. With that said I would like to continue writing as an outlet.  I'm decluttering almost the entirety of my makeup collection because I need the cash I can get from that during this time or today.  It will be a low buy to mostly no buy sort of year.  But I thought I could explore more project panning. Also I want to write about ways I'm making ends meet.  My instant pot is going to be my new best friend I think this year