One of the biggest pitfalls of goal setting is too many goals. Trying to go from zero to hero is a recipe for disappointment. So instead of crafting an image of perfection and then falling short, I’m a huge proponent of staggering goals--or in other words, outlining smaller more specific goals on the way to a larger one. [Tweet "Set goals up for success with this strategy! #sweatpink"]But before any of that, it's important to reflect on what … [Read more...]
5 Keys to a Healthy Holiday Season + a Printable Reminder!
This holiday season was super successful on the surface for me. Thanksgiving night I cuddled up after a day of family and food and started my shopping on Amazon. I continued to buy, buy, buy, checking items off my Google Keep lists as I went along. I also sent out our holiday cards within the first weeks of December using a perfectly beautiful picture we captured this past fall. I’m done with my Christmas shopping, I would hesitantly … [Read more...]
Google Sheets Blogging Editorial Calendar
Being a full time teacher and trying to maintain fruitionfitness.com has at times been mentally exhausting. Mainly because my days are so busy that I would find myself staring at a blank screen with no clue what I was going to publish the next day. [Tweet "Beat blogger brain freeze with this Google Sheets editorial calendar! #bloggerlife "] Obviously this is not the most efficient way to do business. And the reason for the blankness was not … [Read more...]
Spring Cleaning Tips for Your Virtual Life Part 1: Cloud Photo Storage
Spring cleaning in today's world should be about more than just washing windows and vacuuming under furniture. If that's where you're stopping, it's just a surface clean. Your virtual life--your photos, important files, social media--are all cluttered too. Do you take the time to organize and clean up your virtual life? Part 2 in this series of Spring Cleaning Tips for Your Virtual Life focuses on cloud photo storage. Cloud Photo … [Read more...]
SMART Goal Setting
‘SMART’ is an intelligent acronym for an efficient strategy applicable to attaining any personal goal. Specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and timed are the critical pieces to outlining SMART goals. Effectively utilizing the SMART goal setting strategy can help any type of goal finally come to fruition. … [Read more...]