From as long as I could remember, I loved books and writing. I loved storytelling and the safe place stories brought me to when I was younger. Even when things were chaotic or stressful for me as a child, there was some comfort in escaping my real world into a world I would rather be in. As an adult, sometimes there’s nothing better than curling up with an old book and visiting that place again.

I have learned the hard way when it comes to money that getting your finances under control is a major act of self-care. Paying off debt, having a budget and saving for a rainy day does wonders for your peace of mind. Dave Ramsey has a simple 4 step plan that can help you get you on the right track managing your money. 1. Create a budget. 2. Get on a money management plan. 3.

Gold is a soft metal, coming in as 2.5-3 on the Mohs scale, while iron is 4.5. But gold has a much higher density than iron. Gold has significantly more protons and neutrons in the nucleus of each atom than iron does. So, each gold atom weighs almost four times as much as each iron atom, making it heavier. Obviously, you would need significantly more volume gold, though, to weigh the same as iron.  When

Strength is developed when you overcome all the things you thought you couldn’t. Maybe that is loss, in the form of the death of a loved one, or your partner deciding after 25 years of marriage they don’t want to be married anymore. Perhaps it’s a scary medical diagnosis, loss of your job, physical injury or any situation or circumstance that you once felt you’d never be able to move on from. It is only

When we go through setbacks and challenges, we can begin to feel like these trials and tribulations won’t ever end. But don’t confuse these things that are happening along your journey with your final destination. It has been particularly difficult for everyone in the last two plus years with the pandemic. Coach Pain has a great motivational video that touches on that and how when we are going through hard times, we need to hold

Most of the time, we only get one shot at something. In The Dark Knight Rises, Bruce Wayne is in a prison, and he feels defeated because he can’t make the climb out of the pit. Every day people trying to make the climb up the cobblestone walls of the pit. They wrap a rope around their waist because if they fall, they will die. After many failed climbs, Bruce begins to feel defeated, worried

Like Shakespeare said, expectation is the root of all heartache. When we start expecting things from others, we set ourselves up for disappointment because other people are inevitably going to let us down because they are human. We receive messages from society that happiness is created by fulfillment of our expectations. The problem is that our expectations tend to be focused on external things we can’t control. And when we base so much of our

When you think about it, 99% of the things that we fear and worry about never happens. Yet we stay stuck in a pattern of living our daily lives shackled by these fears that will likely never come to fruition. Why are we living our fears rather than our dreams? Worry is an emotion fueled by fear and it is our way of coping. It takes up a lot of time and energy, which are