Your people.

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Here are the 5 people you need in your circle… (as succinct as possible 😉 )

  1. Coach- to take you out of your comfort zone so you can maximize your potential. Make things happen. Coach kicks you out of your comfort zone and encourages you.
  2. Cheerleader – a true fan. This person believes in you when you struggle to believe in yourself. If you are paralyzed, this person gets you unstuck.
  3. Mentor – points you in the right direction when you’re feeling lost. Your anchor. Willing to share knowledge and wisdom and point you in the right direction.
  4. Friend – to hear out your dreams and desires.  This person is connected to your heart.  
  5. Peer – to keep you focused on the task.  Helps in social situations too. Will always keep your head in the game.

Ask yourself, “who are my people?”

This information comes from Stacey Flowers. She is a motivational speaker and entrepreneur. After hearing her speak on this topic, I couldn’t NOT share it with you. I hope you feel motivated and empowered too. Cheers. ~Hannah

3 Ways to Use Your Planner and Achieve Your GOALS!

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I am activity using my planner multiple times a day now and I have noticed a big difference in my productivity (getting things accomplished, holding myself accountable, checking off the “to do’s”….Because I have invested more of my time that I spend with my planner.

Read on.

Planning 1, 2, 3…

1- Time investment. Set aside time each day to interact with your planner. (I choose the morning when I am having my coffee and water. PS- When I am the only one awake in the house.)

2- Big Picture. Use the monthly spread for the “big picture” items. Use this for meetings, trips, kid events, weekend fun, etc.

3- Brain dump. It’s all in the details. Use the weekly spread for your “to do’s”, detailed items, dinner ideas, cleaning schedule (boring, but works), monthly goals, physical goals, weight goals, eating goals….you get it.

The planner I am currently using is called the 18 month Reminder Binder. I got it on amazon for less than $15 and is great! My favorite planner of all time is the Erin Condren Life Planner ($$). But this year I told myself that I need to use a planner more (holding myself accountable here), so maybe next year I will (and be justifiable) to get the Erin Condren Life Planner….

I hope you enjoyed this weeks post. I thought I would share what has really worked for me… (hitting GOALS over here!) Write a comment if you plan and what works for you!

Your people.

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Here are the 5 people you need in your circle… (as succinct as possible 😉 )

  1. Coach- to take you out of your comfort zone so you can maximize your potential. Make things happen. Coach kicks you out of your comfort zone and encourages you.
  2. Cheerleader – a true fan. This person believes in you when you struggle to believe in yourself. If you are paralyzed, this person gets you unstuck.
  3. Mentor – points you in the right direction when you’re feeling lost. Your anchor. Willing to share knowledge and wisdom and point you in the right direction.
  4. Friend – to hear out your dreams and desires.  This person is connected to your heart.  
  5. Peer – to keep you focused on the task.  Helps in social situations too. Will always keep your head in the game.

Ask yourself, “who are my people?”

This information comes from Stacey Flowers. She is a motivational speaker and entrepreneur. After hearing her speak on this topic, I couldn’t NOT share it with you. I hope you feel motivated and empowered too. Cheers. ~Hannah

Homemade Pop Tart Recipe

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With Valentine’s Day approaching, I thought I would share the easiest and sweetest recipe…

  • Ingredients for HOMEMADE POP TARTS!
  • 1-Jam of your choice
  • 2- Ready-to-bake pie crust (2)
  • Bake @ 400 degrees for 13-18 minutes (or until slightly brown on top)

(Topping- Milk, vanilla extract, confectionary sugar, crisco). No measuring necessary— I eyeball the amounts and stir until I get the consistency I want… (Who’s with me on this? Can you tell I’ve made a lot of baked goods?)

Parchment paper- for easy clean up!

Now…when I made these the first time, I cut out cute little shapes and made the pop tarts look “perfect”. Nahhhhh…that’s a waste of time. Your kids (or really anyone) will gobble these up so fast, who cares?

Check out the stage of events that lead to HOMEMADE POP TARTS!

Ingredients: 2 ready-to-bake pie crust, jam of your choice.
I roll the pie crust out, just a bit.
Then, spread the jam…evenly-ish.
Plop on the other crust (looks like pizza here…not sure what to think? Keep scrolling 😉
Cut. Don’t overthink it. You are busy
(and most likely distracted by lego-talk with your kiddo…)
Don’t get fancy. Just press with fork, gently.
Take out of 400 degree oven after 13-18 minutes.
Pop tarts should have slight browning on top.
❤ Yum ❤
Oh goodness. These are pretty yummy and about 210 calories per tart as seen above.
But if you want to add frosting, see next photo…
Mix and spread out the topping and sprinkles to finish…
Enjoy! ❤

I like simple recipes for early morning baking. These took me about 10 minutes prep time and 13 minutes (in my oven) to bake. I whipped up the frosting in about 5 minutes (was a bit lazy and didn’t even use a mixer, so add on 5 minutes to that since I needed a step stool to reach the food coloring and sprinkles 😉

I waited about another 5 minutes to cool some down (I sliced some pop tarts in 1/2 to cool faster). So within about 35 minutes this was a start to finish breakfast hit!

Thank you for checking out this recipe! Let me know in the comments below if you would make these or if you have already!! Have a happy Valentines Day! ❤ Hannah

DIY Valentine Gift Idea.

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DIY Valentine Gift Idea.

A thought…

With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, I thought I would share with you how I am showing love and appreciation this Valentine’s Day. 

I got this idea online, so I can’t say it was all my idea… 

Create…

This is a great idea for kids and adults! Starting February 1st, create 14 hearts (or grab some heart shaped sticky notes). For every day leading up to Valentines day, write something that you love about your Valentine.  It can be something big or small- written in a paragraph or just a few words. Leave one heart a day in a place where your Valentine generally goes.

Appreciation goes a long way…

Have a happy Valentine’s Day!

Cheers! ~Hannah