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How to Be Awesome and Successful

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If you’re highly motivated to the make the most out of your life and aspire to be awesome and successful simply continue reading to discover a fool proof guide to living your best life and achieving all of your long term goals.

How to Be Awesome and Successful:

Dream big:

The bigger that your goals are, the more likely you are to experience incredible moments that you’ll remember for the rest of your life. Remember that you’re capable of achieving any goals that you set for yourself and not to be limited to by other people’s opinions on what you can achieve in your life. As an example if one of your dreams is to set sail on a world wide cruise, it’s well worth starting a fund to pay for your dream. Or if you have a dream of crossing the finish line of an international marathon, it’s a great idea to start a training regime, in order to get started.

Actively take steps to reach your goals:

Once you’ve chosen goals that make your heart sing, your next step should be to start taking small steps in order to reach your goals. As with each step that you take towards reaching your goals, you’ll become even more excited and motivated to reach your goals. If you don’t know how to get started simply list small baby steps which you can take towards your goals.

Spend time with positive uplifting individuals who make you feel supported:

If you want to be an awesome individual it’s important to spend time with awesome, inspiring, supportive individuals who will lift you up and push you to achieve your goals. If there are negative individuals who suck your energy and who try and put you down on a regular basis, it’s well worth cutting them out of your life so that you can make room for new supportive, fun friendships.

Encourage others to reach their goals:

Not only do awesome individuals achieve incredible milestones but awesome individuals are not competitive and instead seek to assist others in reaching their own personal goals. As an awesome individual seek to be the type of individual who everyone leaves feeling happier than when they met you. As a bonus you should notice that you’ll feel a lot happier and optimistic if you spend some of your free time helping other individuals who you care about, meet their life goals.

Don’t be afraid to take regular breaks:

While it’s important to be proactive when it comes to your goals and life, if you don’t take regular breaks you’ll run the risk of burning out and becoming jaded. Instead make sure that you take a least one international vacation per year and that you that set regular time aside for yourself each week to recharge and rejuvenate. As an example you may find that completing daily yoga sessions or sitting in your backyard for a few hours each week with a good book may help you feel rejuvenated. Especially during busy weeks.

Remember just for reading this helpful guide to being awesome and reaching your goals, you’ve already shown great initiative and are well on track to becoming the very best version of yourself!

Stay at Home Mom Business Tips

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If you’re an entrepreneur and a stay at home mom and are looking for a handy guide to running a business from home, simply continue reading to discover a few invaluable tips which will make your life a whole lot easier.

Stay at Home Mom Business Tips:

Make sure that your office is located in a quiet section of your home:

As a stay at home mom and entrepreneur it’s important that your home office is located in a quiet section of your home, where you won’t be distracted by any loud noises. Especially if you have young children or noisy teenagers.

Consider setting up a second make shift office in your bedroom or garage:

If your office is located too close to your family’s lounge, you may want to set up a small office in the corner of your bedroom or in your garage, where you’ll be able to work in peace and quiet. After all, the quicker that you get through your workload, the more time that you’ll be able to spend with your kids and partner.

Purchase a baby monitor to keep an eye on your kids when you’re working:

Even if your youngest child is no longer a toddler, you can’t go wrong choosing to purchase a baby monitor to place in your family’s lounge or your children’s playroom, sot hat you’ll be able to keep a watchful eye over your kids when you’re working. As while your work is important, the health and wellbeing of your kids is even more important and it’s important to keep tabs on your kids.

Consider working when your kids have gone to sleep:

While it’s not advisable to pull long hours on a daily basis if there is a particular project that requires a lot of attention, you may be able to get a lot of work done when your kids have gone to sleep. Especially as it’s quiet in the evenings and you’ll be able to get a lot of work down without worrying about your kids. As they’ll be sleeping soundly while you’re working.

Don’t be afraid to ask your partner or your friends and family members for help:

As an example if you have a business meeting to attend but your kids need to be dropped off at dance class or music practice, don’t be afraid to ask your partner, your friends or family members to help you out. As more often than not your loved ones will be willing to help you out and to get to spend a little extra time with your kids.

Consider hosting business meetings at a local cafe:

If your house is a mess and you don’t feel comfortable inviting potential clients or customers to your home, you may want to host business meetings at a local cafe which boasts free WiFi. As an added bonus you may find it relaxing to get out of your house for a couple of hours.

So if you’re a stay at home mom and an entrepreneur who is passionate about running a home based business, it’s well worth using all of the tips listed above in order to make your life a little easier!

How to Spend More Time With Your Family

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As there’s nothing more important in the world than family, it’s a wise idea to spend as much time as you can with your family. To discover a few tips that will help you spend more time with your nearest and dearest simply continue reading!

How to Spend More Time With Your Family:

Plan to enjoy a meal with your extended family at least once per month:

If you wish that you could spend more time with your extended family members such as your grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews you may like the idea of setting up a family lunch or dinner every month. As while not all of your extended family members will be able to attend each meal, there will still be plenty of individuals who’ll turn up to each meal. So instead of waiting till Thanksgiving or Christmas to share a meal and to enjoy each others company, it’s well worth planning a family picnic or an easy to plan pot luck dinner.

Switch your phone off when you’re spending quality time with your family:

If you’re frequently distracted by your smart phone, when you’re spending time with your family, it’s a great idea to get into the habit of switching your phone off or putting your phone away, when you’re spending quality time with your family. As the memories which you make with your loved ones are a lot more important than responding to social media messages or scrolling through your Facebook or Instagram feeds.

As a bonus you should find that your family members will be a lot more talkative and open to having fun together if they know that they have your full attention and are not being distracted by your phone.

Find ways to be active together:

If you spend 30 minutes being active with your family members each day, you’ll get into the habit of spending quality time together on a daily basis. As an example, you may want to take your family dog to your local park for a short walk every evening or you may want to shoot basketball hoops or play catch in your backyard.

Come up with fun new family traditions:

If you come up with fun new family traditions such as board game night or movie night, you’ll find it easy to make time to spend time together as a family. As an example, if your family enjoys playing board games together or playing video games together you may want to start a new family tradition where you play games as a family every Sunday afternoon or every Friday night. When your children grow up they’ll fondly look back at all of your fun filled family traditions and may even choose to continue the traditions that you started as a family with their own children.

Wake up 30 minutes earlier:

If you make a concentrated effort to wake up 30 minutes earlier than you currently do, you’ll be able to enjoy a relaxed breakfast with your nearest and dearest instead of being rushed when it comes to enjoy breakfast with your family.

Hopefully you’ll be able to use all of the helpful hints which are listed above in order to spend a lot more quality time with your family members. As there’s nothing more important in the world than family.

Mom Budgeting Tips

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Budgeting is a whole lot more complex when you become a mom, compared to when you were single and carefree. If you’d like to discover a few tips that will help you navigate budgeting as a mom, you’ve come to the right place. Simply continue reading to discover a handy guide to budgeting which has been designed specifically for busy moms.

Mom Budgeting Tips:

Consider using cash in order to keep your spending under control:

If you currently rely on cards to pay for all of your weekly shopping and have a hard time sticking to your budget, it may be worth going on an all cash diet. Where you’ll take out all of the money which you need for the week out from an ATM machine, so that you’ll be able to keep track of exactly how much money you have left in your weekly budget.

Better yet, you may want to seperate your weekly budget into different envelopes, for different types of expenses. As example, you may want to place your food budget in one envelope and your gas money in another envelope. Which you’ll be able to keep in a folder or a large wallet.

Once you’ve spent all the money in one of your envelopes, try to wait till the next week in order to replace the money which you’ve spent. Instead of being tempted to get out your credit card and to spend money that’s not in your budget.

Purchase your family’s gifts during major sales:

Instead of waiting till the week before your husband or child’s birthday to purchase their gifts, you can save a lot of money if you think ahead and purchase your family’s gifts during major sales such as Black Friday. It’s also well worth planning to purchase all of your Christmas gifts during Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Which should save you several hundred dollars, which you’l be able to put aside for a rainy day.

Make sure that you have a rainy day fund:

Instead of living from pay check to pay check which can be an extremely dangerous move, it’s a wise move to put any surplus money in your budget towards an emergency fund or a rainy day fund. That way if you find yourself stuck paying for unexpected car related bills, vet bills or medical bills, you’ll have plenty of money in your emergency fund in order to pay your unexpected bills. Without having to dig into your primary savings account.

Swap your unwanted kids clothes and toys with family friends:

If your kids have outgrown their clothes and need new clothes you may be able to swap some of your unwanted kids clothes with your friends or family members. Which is a win win situation which can help you and your friends and family members save money. As an added benefit, you’ll also be able to free up much needed room in your home as your home won’t be cluttered with items that your family no longer uses.

So if the thought of budgeting as a mom makes you feel stressed out, hopefully you’ll be able to use all the smart family budgeting tips which are listed above to your advantage.

Family Fun Activities

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If you’re looking for a list of family friendly bucket list activities to tick off this year, simply continue reading to discover a few family fun activities that your kids will remember for the rest of their lives.

Family Fun Activities:

Skiing:

While sun filled tropical vacations are a lot of fun, it’s also well worth treating your family to a snow filled ski vacation. As not only will your kids get to learn how to ski down a kid friendly beginner slope but your family will also get to take part in other winter activities such as sledding and ice skating.

Building a snow man:

Every kid needs to build a snow man or woman with their family at least once in their life. So if you live in an area where it snows or you’re interested in planning a snow filled getaway, it’s well worth building an adorable snowman with your family.

Sandcastle competiton:

No matter what time of the year it is, you can’t go wrong going for a walk at your local beach and challenging each member of your family to create the most extravagant sandcastle which they can come up with. Make sure to get creative and to show your kids how to decorate their sandcastles with pebbles, seashells and sticks.

Alternatively, you may want to challenge your kids to create sand figures of their favorite animals or cartoon characters. As an example, if your children are obsessed with Pokemon you may want to hold a competition where each family members has to create a realistic looking Pokemon sculpture. Just be sure to take photos of all of your sand sculptures to add to your family scrapbook.

Get crafty and create a family scrapbook:

Instead of posting all of your family photos onto Instagram why not print out some of your favorite family photos in order to create a family scrapbook. As your kids will love getting creative and decorating each page with glitter, ribbons, stamps, stickers and embellishments.

Go shopping at a local thrift store:

For a unique challenge why not challenge each family member to put together and purchase an entire outfit from a local thrift store on a set budget. As an example you may want to give each family member $30 to spend on their outfit. Once you get home you’ll be able to host your own fashion show, which will give each family member a chance to showcase the outfit which they styled.

Horse riding:

For a treat that your kids are unlikely to forget, it’s a great idea to surprise your kids with a family horse trek. Especially if your kids love animals or have begging you for their very own horse or pony. If your kids show a keen interest in horse riding and throughly enjoy their experience, you may want to gift them with horse riding lessons for Christmas or for their birthday.

Backyard camping:

Your kids will love camping out in your backward, swapping ghost stories and creating shadow puppets on the wall of your tent.

So if you’d love for your kids to enjoy the best childhoods possible, it’s well worth adding all of the family friendly bucket list activities listed above to your plans for the next year!