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Intentional Living

Happiness is different for everyone. But universally, it takes living with intention to achieve your happiness. These are articles that will help you identify what lights you up and fuels your happiness, and how to live intentionally and with purpose to achieve that happiness consistently. Because happiness shouldn’t be hoped for around the edges of all of the “have to do’s” of life. Happiness should be within all of our reach.

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How to Make Grinch Pancakes for Christmas!

A Better Life Lived Posted on December 16 by About KiraDecember 17
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I love the Grinch. How the Grinch Stole Christmas has always been one of my favorite Christmas movies. It is watched every year, sometimes multiple times, in our household. Since the release of the new The Grinch cartoon a few years ago, I love it even more! It’s just so fun. That’s why I took my favorite pancake recipe and Grinched it up! These pancakes are great for a fun Christmas breakfast! They’re also great to serve for a Grinch viewing or party as you celebrate the Christmas season. How to make Grinch pancakes! These pancakes are seriously so easy but look and taste so delicious. First, start with the basic recipe for my favorite pancakes. You’re just going to … More…

Posted in Family, Happiness, Intentional Living, Kids | Tagged christmas, Christmas breakfast, fun kids breakfast, Grinch Pancakes, holidays | Leave a reply

How to Make Family Meals Important, Even When you Don’t Have Time!

A Better Life Lived Posted on January 31 by About KiraFebruary 11
Mom and son making pizza with text overlay "How to make Family Meals Important even when you don't have time!"

Research tells us having family meals is one of the best things families can do together. They serve as a great way to strengthen bonds. The family dinner table is a place to come together and discuss ideas, talk about our day, open up to find support, and laugh. These days, however, family meals have become more rare and less the norm. With busy kids and parents working late, it can be difficult to get everyone together at the same time, in the same place. Even when it is possible, it’s often rushed so we can move on to the next important thing. What we fail to realize is we’re moving on from the important thing. These are the things … More…

Posted in Family, Intentional Living, Planning & Organization | Tagged family meals, family time, family togetherness, importance of family meals | Leave a reply

Struggling to stop a bad habit? You might be making this mistake.

A Better Life Lived Posted on January 30 by About KiraFebruary 10
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I can’t eat a few bites of ice cream and be done. I’ll also never be the person to take a handful of chips and be satisfied. But it’s not because I have no willpower. It’s because I’ve made the mistake of assuming I can stop a bad habit through sheer force of will and nothing more. I now realize I need to take into account a specific quality of my personality. Who eats four potato chips? When I was in college, I lived with a group of friends. The first time I saw one of them, a tiny, petite girl, take a bag of chips to the living room and then proceed to eat four chips and return the … More…

Posted in Diet, Health & Wellness, Intentional Living, Self-Improvement | Tagged abstainer, bad habits, healthy habits, stop a bad habit | Leave a reply

It’s Okay to Say No: Guard Your Family Time!

A Better Life Lived Posted on January 29 by About KiraFebruary 11
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If you’re like me, most days you feel like you’re being pulled in ten different directions. I am constantly having to decide what to do and when (which is why I love my planner). There are so many things that need my attention! From household chores, to work, to family time, to maintaining this blog…there just aren’t enough hours in the day to do it all. That’s why it’s really important if this is what your life feels like, that you guard your family time. Guard your family time with one magic word. In my house, family time is number one. If I don’t make a conscious effort to protect it, it could easily be consumed by everything else. That’s … More…

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How to Declutter Kids Toys (and Why You Should!)

A Better Life Lived Posted on January 27 by About KiraFebruary 5
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No matter how many kids you have or how old they are, one problem all parents have to deal with at some point is the overabundance of toys. Every birthday and Christmas the toys pile up. In our family, there are even toys added on for holidays like Easter and Valentine’s Day! It’s never-ending. That’s why it’s important to declutter kids toys on a regular basis. The importance of decluttering kids toys There are so many reasons it’s important to declutter kids toys. Your own sanity not being the least of them. When kids have fewer toys, a few amazing things happen that you wouldn’t expect. The most counterintuitive is that they will actually play with them more! Zach had … More…

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3 Awesome Chapter Book Series to Read to Preschoolers

A Better Life Lived Posted on January 22 by About KiraFebruary 11
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Do you have a preschooler that you love to read to? We do! Reading has always been a part of the bedtime routine in our house, since before Zach understood what the heck we were saying. Now, he loves reading time so much that I went on the hunt for some chapter books to read to preschoolers that he might like. This post contains affiliate links. Making a purchase through one of these links will provide me with a small commission at no additional cost to you. Your support helps me run this blog and I thank you! They aren’t super easy to find, if you can believe it. It seems authors and publishing companies think that if kids aren’t … More…

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Confession: 5 Reasons I Don’t Wear Makeup (and you shouldn’t either)

A Better Life Lived Posted on January 21 by About KiraJanuary 30
picture of woman without makeup with text overlay "Confession: Why I don't wear makeup and you shouldn't either!"

Confession time. Some of you who know me in real life already know this, but I don’t wear makeup. Like, any. That’s not to say I don’t mind having fun with it for super special occasions, like my wedding. But otherwise, I wear chapstick at the most. (And that’s only because winters in Wisconsin are miserably dry.) I don’t even wear blush or lipgloss. I can’t remember the last time I did. In fact, I should probably quickly go throw out the few things I do have as they’re probably all bad by now. This blog is dedicated to helping moms like you be more yourself, and in line with who you are and what you want your life to … More…

Posted in Happiness, Intentional Living | Tagged be the change you wish to see in the world, dont wear makeup, mom advice, you are beautiful without makeup | Leave a reply

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