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November 11, 2016 by Carrie

Friday flâner

  A couple of things I enjoyed this week: Frugal doesn’t mean cheap from AndThenWeSaved – I believe it was the authors of Your Money or Your Life who encourage people to keep a spending diary and after reviewing it, ask: “Did my spending align with my values?” – This is a powerful exercise. If […]

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October 21, 2016 by Carrie

Friday flaner

A few things I wanted to share before you start your weekend… I haven’t gotten into the adult coloring book craze yet, but as a huge fan of her work, I ordered this new book by Gretchen Rubin: The Happiness Project Mini Posters: A Coloring Book: 20 Hand-Lettered Quotes to Pull Out and Frame. It […]

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September 30, 2016 by Carrie

Friday flâner

A few things I enjoyed from around the web this week: Whenever my family goes on a road trip, I like to buy coffee out but bring breakfast, and it’s usually something like bacon-egg-cheese muffins. I found this recipe for Frittata Breakfast Sandwiches that looked genius. The eggs are baked in a baking sheet. Great […]

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September 23, 2016 by Carrie

Friday flâner

Good Friday! I hope you enjoyed your first day of autumn yesterday (I’ve never understood why we don’t capitalize the seasons. Oh well.). It’s still hitting 90 here during the day so I haven’t needed my cardigans much yet. A few things I enjoyed from around the internet this week: I LOVE this idea of a […]

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September 16, 2016 by Carrie

Friday flâner

Flâner is a French word and concept that I love, and that we don’t have nearly enough of in our fast-paced lives (assuming, of course, that you, dear reader, are not French). To flâner is to stroll, hang around, saunter. Imagine yourself leisurely enjoying your coffee at a Parisian cafe, watching the locals walk by, then […]

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July 29, 2016 by Carrie

A few weekend reads…

A few links I thought you would enjoy for your weekend reading. Deprivation Is Not Part Of The Journey I love this. Being frugal doesn’t have to mean asceticism or being  a martyr. It’s more about planning ahead and being creative. “we do not find that much joy in spending money mindlessly. It isn’t about […]

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March 9, 2016 by Carrie

Random

Printemps I love this time of year. At this moment I’m sitting on my deck sipping coffee while the kids play around me. And my coffee isn’t getting instantly cold! We had supper out here last night, the first time this year. It’s the little things. One of my favorite things about spring is this: […]

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October 13, 2013 by Carrie

Weekend Links, Habits Edition

Note: This post is part of a 31 day treatise on habits. To see all the posts, click here. It’s been a stressful few days, and I don’t have it in me to write a long blog post today. So I decided to do a “weekend links” post, with a few things I’ve read recently […]

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October 11, 2013 by Carrie

Handy-Dandy Habits Flowcharts

Over at Charles Duhigg’s website, there are two handy-dandy flowcharts you can print out. There is a flowchart for making a habit and a flowchart for breaking a habit. Check it out! Once again, Charles Duhigg is the author of  The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business. Yesterday […]

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November 29, 2012 by Carrie

Habits Freebies

Thanks so much for purchasing my ebook, The How (and Wow!) of Habits. In order to get your free printables, please enter your email address below. The link to your printables will arrive in your email inbox instantly. Please be assured I won’t ever sell, rent or spam your email address. By entering your info, […]

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