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Ten time-tested secrets for sticking to your New Year’s resolutions
by Sarah on Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013 | 3 comments
The start of a year is a powerful time to assess what we have achieved and make resolutions as to what we want for our lives in the year that is about to begin. New years are like fresh, white sheets with nothing written on them: we have the chance, yet again, to imagine what ... [read more] -
A stress-free plan to get your holiday cards out on time
by Sarah on Tuesday, November 20th, 2012 | 10 comments
Holiday cards. The only reason people don’t embrace this traditional ritual and go all bah-humbug on it is because they get behind the 8-ball. Then, when they’re exhausted from the Holiday run-around and overwhelmed with everything they have to get done…they just can’t imagine adding one more thing to the pile. So they throw in ... [read more] -
Win a trip to NYC to ring in the New Year
by Sarah on Friday, November 16th, 2012 | No Comments
Goodbye 2012, Hello 2013 Every New Year’s Eve is an opportunity to turn your back on the mistakes and missteps made in the past year and start fresh. That’s why so many people love this Holiday – it’s at once an objective look back and an optimistic look forward. 2012 certainly brought its ups (physicists found ... [read more] -
Part II: from frozen dinner queen to healthy weeknight cook
by Sarah on Monday, February 20th, 2012 | 7 comments
This is part two of my journey from slapdash meal assembler to cook. If you missed the first two posts, find the the post detailing why I made a resolution to get my weeknight cooking buttoned up and my post about the first tentative steps I took on my journey from slapdash meal ... [read more] -
Part I: From frozen dinner queen to healthy weeknight cook
by Sarah on Friday, February 17th, 2012 | 23 comments
As I promised yesterday, here is the story of the first part of my journey from someone who relied heavily on packaged goods, frozen dinners, and take out to someone who cooked healthy dinners from scratch at least 6 nights a week. Phase I: Fits & Starts Of course I started strong out of the ... [read more] -
How I went from frozen dinner queen to healthy weeknight cook
by Sarah on Thursday, February 16th, 2012 | 3 comments
At the beginning of 2011, I decided to switch up my typical approach to making New Year's resolutions. Rather than chasing five or ten different goals (and accomplishing maybe two-thirds of one of those), I decided to switch gears and make one big resolution -- one that honored my mom and enabled me to ... [read more] -
23 tips for starting fresh in 2012
by Sarah on Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012 | 9 comments
The statistics on setting New Year’s resolutions are pretty dismal. Most people won’t make it to the end of the month, let alone the end of the year. In fact, we’ve heard that as few as 2% of resolution-setters actually achieve their goals by year’s-end. Making a change stick is hard work. But it is ... [read more]
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