Good morning! By the time you guys are reading this (if you like to get up at 6 am PST and hop on your feed reader), I will be on a plane to Miami! I’ll be gone for a few days for a little business trip. What does that mean? It means I have to be very cautious because I’m bringing my credit card to pay for my expenses on the trip (no, not cautious about that, besides, Escobar was nabbed years ago). I have been restrained for quite a …

So you want to clean your closet but have no idea where to start? Recently walked into your closet only to immediately walk back out because “it wasn’t worth it”? My closet seemed to always be turning into a clothes-strewn mess, but I finally spent an evening getting out of my wardrobe nightmare (not the malfunction kind, just the kind where I am trying to cram 40 shirts into an already crammed cubbyhole) and I plan on keeping it pretty neat from now on. I knew it was time to …

I’m out sick. Since I don’t get sick very often, I’ve also been beating myself up for calling out sick and not “taking care of business” like I need to. This in turn makes me emotional and now I’m tearing up over ITT Tech commercials. “What’s wrong with you? The man got his AA and he’s very happy! Just be happy for him!” (I also noticed all the commercials during daytime television were really depressing. Each one kept referring to the high cost of living before offering some kind of …

I have to cut the small expenses because I don’t have the option of reducing my rent or loan payments right now. But doing all of the little things is making a serious difference for my wallet and stress level.
1. Work out at home or for free: I don’t pay gym fees and I don’t  have the added costs of driving to the gym. Instead, I have my BFF Jillian Michaels telling me to work out until “I feel like I’m going to die” and then do another minute of …