BORN TO BE BRIGHT
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Using Perceived Control to Boost Your Well-Being
I don’t share too much about my life on my blog but I recently graduated from college with a degree in psychology and recently I’ve been thinking a lot about the cognitive fallacies and false beliefs that are holding us back from being our happiest selves. We have all of these choices to make every…
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My Hybrid Work Morning Routine
I’ve gotten used to the hybrid work environment, as I’m sure many of us have over the past months/years. One thing I noticed was how my morning and night routines were affected by whether I was going in to the office or not. When I’m at home, there’s much less prep time (lunch, clothes, makeup,…
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My Under $100 Skincare Routine
After a mini meltdown at the airport this summer when I was leaving for Europe in which I had to toss almost all my skincare, I went all summer this year with an SPF, cleanser, moisturizer and spot treatment. Gone were the deep hydrators, the serums and the makeup removers. I ended up not purchasing…
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Reasons I’m Hauling Smaller
Over the past few years I’ve gained a new attitude towards the beauty industry. With the nonstop launches set up to keep us placing orders, I realized how much I own and how little I can actually put on my face. As I’m sure we have all felt throughout the past year, wearing makeup less…
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New Year Journal Prompts
We’ve all been waiting for 2020 to end but it can feel good to take a moment and try to learn from this year before quickly moving on to a new one. Writing in my journal has always been therapeutic for me and it’s usually what I try to do when I’m feeling especially down…
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Productivity: The “Just One More” Method
Let me paint you a picture: You’re working from home. You can’t focus for more than 3 minutes at a time before reaching for your phone, typing in twitter or sephora.com and you think “if I restructure my week, I can push these last few things off until tomorrow”. Stop right there, put down the…