It’s a brand new year! What are you doing new? With every new year, you should be sitting back and evaluating what you accomplished or didn’t last year and making plans for the future. Along with all the fun things you want to do, you have to consider serious topics too. One of the more […]
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Successful Quotes That Lead to A Successful Philosophy
When we set big goals for ourselves, we need big doses of motivation, patience and persistence. There really is no such thing as an overnight success, no matter what headline you might read. And while everyone wants to figure out how to ‘hack’ success, I don’t really think that’s possible. Big goals certainly take time. […]
Using Vision “Movies” to Achieve Personal Finance Goals
Today we have a guest post from Katasha at Broke Girl Rehab. Katasha is paying off $57,847 in debt like a baller. She uses videos and photos to inspire her to keep going. Today she’s bringing some of that inspiration to you! KaraKara Perez is the original founder of From Frugal To Free. She is […]
June Spending and Life Plan
Happy June! I love the start of a new month. June, in particular, has always heralded the start of summer for me personally. This June I’ve got big plans, financial and otherwise, and I can’t wait to share them. KaraKara Perez is the original founder of From Frugal To Free. She is a money expert, speaker […]
An Attempt at My Dream
I’m a woman of many dreams. I spend a lot of my time thinking about all the things I want to do, the places I want to see, the people I want to meet. (Oprah, top of the list.) Possibility is like a drug to me. In so many ways, my life is full of […]
Design, Purpose, and Communication
Happy Tuesday afternoon everyone! I’m holed up at a coffee shop, coming from a meeting for my non profit, heading to catering in an hour. It’s just another day of being stressed, and feeling resentful of my jobs. I’m closer every day to freelancing, but there’s a lot of time in between then and now, and […]
An Action Plan, and a New Goal
Last week I wrote about how I’d reached my breaking point. I’m pretty unhappy with my professional life, which is not great. And as many of you pointed out in the comments, this is not a dress rehearsal. It matters that I’m happy in my day to day. Thank you to everyone who left me […]
2016 Goals
Happy new year! I know pretty much already everyone posted their goals/resolutions/dreams, but I was deep in vacation mode. After a year of non-stop work I jumped on my holiday break as a chance to finally, really and truly, STOP. I took a real and prolonged break and it has made all the difference. But […]
On Being 27 and Only Getting Better
Source With the end of the year just a few short weeks away I feel like everything has moved into hyper drive! If you blink you’ll miss the end of this year. And it’s simply been too great a year to let that happen. KaraKara Perez is the original founder of From Frugal To Free. […]
I Can’t Do Everything at Once
I sometimes have to tell myself to slow down. I talk fast, I like to be moving and I hop from other thing to another quickly. I generate thoughts and want to act on them immediately. ‘I should do laundry soon’ flows into me standing up immediately and getting my clothes into the washer. ‘I want to […]