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How to Create a Productive Evening Routine

Does your evening routine look anything like mine did? You’ve finally made it home from a long day of work and, at this point, you’re exhausted. You could unpack your bag and put things where they belong… or you could…

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How to Create a Simple Morning Routine (Success with Less)

Why do you need a simple morning routine? Here’s why: It was 7:30 am and I felt like I was in a relay race as I frantically ran around the apartment looking for my keys. Where. Were. My. KEYS?! Listen,…

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How I Know My Self-Care is Lacking

Have you ever found yourself counting down to the weekend, exhausted? Trick question because who hasn’t, right? But how did you get there? I’ve come to the end of so many weeks wondering, why am I so tired? Is there…

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How to Experience “Travel” When You’re Broke

I haven’t been anywhere for a while because, well, your girl’s broke: money- and time-wise. But I absolutely love traveling. It’s one of my passions. If this sounds like you, this post will help you recreate the experience of travel…

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4 Prompts to Make You Proud of Your “Unprofessional” Passion

Look. We’ve all been there. We’ve found something that truly brings us joy and yet we’ve downplayed it because, quite frankly, we were embarrassed by it. It just didn’t fit into the spaces we made for ourselves, and so we…

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How to clear your workspace to get things done

Yup, that’s all of it: my office workspace. It’s not very glam, but it’s functional. Keeping this space neat and organized has been really important this year, especially as I transitioned from 30-minute to 15-minute appointments. In this post, I’m…

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How to Do More and Stress Less

If you’re feeling stressed about how much you need to do, then maybe it’s too much. You heard me. You’re doin’ entirely too much. Don’t get me wrong though; you can work on all of your passions with less stress.…

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6 Prompts for a Strong Professional Week

We made it! It’s Friday – or your next work break if you do something without traditional weekends. I always appreciate when someone wishes me a happy weekend – even if I’m working through it – because what they’re really…

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4 Reasons to Make Time for Your Passion Now

Raise your hand if you’ve ever said, “I’ll get to it when…” When you finish your degree, or once you finish that paper, or when you get that promotion. Here’s the thing: when you’ve got more than one passion, you’ve…

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3 Useful Questions for When You’re Worried About Time

This one’s for my career women who’ve worried about whether or not we were going to accomplish x, y or z within a certain timeframe. Remember when you worried about getting into that program? Or when you dreaded answering questions…

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Bali: 3 Simple Reminders for Self-Care and Focus

In residency, I decided to splurge on a solo trip to Bali. It was going to be ten days of beauty, exploration and writing, and it was going to cost my whole tax refund. But the thing is, I deserved…

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