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2022 Year In Review

Overall, 2022 was a good year. I was so happy to return live get together and events, and to travel to see family and have adventures. I also continued to learn new recipes and methods for making pizza in my Ooni pizza oven, and enjoyed making pizza every Friday! I…

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Creating Productive Habits and Avoiding Procrastination

Developing and maintaining good habits to be productive can be a challenge. On the other hand, it’s easy to develop a procrastination habit. For me, I suddenly feel hungry when I am about to start working on a project I am not excited about. Since I work from home, I…

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2021 Year In Review

2021 Review Last year was hard. The novelty of isolation wore off. Life was supposed to return more to normal, but it never really felt normal, and maybe never will. I was a bit less motivated to make changes, and that’s ok, because I am pretty happy with my routines…

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Selling Website Maintenance Plans with Easy Digital Downloads

We offer ongoing website support and maintenance for our clients. They have the option to pay monthly or annually. A few years ago, we began selling these plans through our website, to create automatic, recurring payments, and to make it easy for clients to sign up for the plan of…

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2020 (and 2019) Year In Review

I prepared two versions of my 2020 review: one here which focuses on business goals and plans, and another, on my personal blog, which focuses on personal development. I didn’t do a year in review for 2019 (in fact, I didn’t publish any blog posts after November 2019) , which…

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The Miracle of a Paused Inbox

I have been on a super Unproductive streak lately. Why? Because I have been avoiding things like writing blog posts and other “frogs” I don’t want to do by using my Inbox as a To Do list. Constantly checking email gives me something to do besides what I am supposed…

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Searching for Emojis on Your iPhone

I’m always impressed by the fun and unique emojis people add to their text messages, Instagram posts and Tweets. I am pretty much limited to the thumbs up ??, love happy face ?, exasperated/disappointed face ?and tongue sticking out while winking ?emojis, which I used often and pop up as…

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Addicted To Work: Change Is Hard

I have spent most of the past five weeks in a temporary home on the New Jersey Shore. I wrote about this opportunity when I first arrived, hopeful at the first signs of a “new me.” I am going to share my experience, even though it is not really advice…

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It Doesn’t Hurt To Ask

Going out on a limb is a trip that is not always easy to take. Sometimes when we ponder the risks of asking or saying something that has a risk involved – a risk of getting a negative response or reaction, we don’t take action. This could be a good…

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Where Are You? How Changing Your Environment Can Help Change Habits

I have recently been spending time at my family’s house on the Jersey Shore. Alone. I am so lucky to have this opportunity for many reasons. I wish everyone could have this experience. I acknowledge the place of privilege this post is coming from. However, the basic point is universal….

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