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Behind the Blog: When Life Gets in the Way
It’s not very often that I sit down and write a personal post, speaking to my readers directly from the heart. You may have noticed, but things have been a bit quiet around the blog lately. I’ve...
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How to Motivate Yourself to Work Out
Working out in high school was so easy. I didn’t have to force myself onto the elliptical. I didn’t have to schedule my workouts or lay on the couch repeatedly telling myself to get up and do something...
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Keeping Fun at the Center of Your Marriage
Marriage is hard. That’s what they’re always telling us, right? And it’s true, marriage is hard. Granted, Dave and I have been lucky enough to not have any major stressors to deal with, for the most...
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Professional Habits to Develop in Your Twenties
So you’ve graduated college with that degree you worked so hard for, and now it’s time to find a big-kid job. Is it exciting? It sure is! Is it stressful? Absolutely. The habits you develop in these...
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Managing Your Time and Establishing Priorities
Anyone who has tried to blog consistently while holding a full-time job knows it’s a lot of work. In addition to the 40+ hours I spend at work, I spend countless hours on top of that writing blog...
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4 Ways to Pick Yourself Up When You’re Feeling Down
I don’t know if it’s the weather (it’s been cold and rainy here in Wisconsin), the lack of energy in my full-time job, or the fact that Dave and I haven’t had a free weekend to relax in quite awhile...
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Business, Blog and Life Goals for May
It’s so hard to believe we’re already 1/3 of the way through the year. I’m back once again with my monthly goals, sharing my goals for May today. April was honestly not a productive month for me. I...
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7 Things I Wish I Had Known Before I Started Blogging
Starting this blog was mostly an impulse decision. I had previously had a couple blogs, none of which I kept up with long. I had been feeling lately like I wanted to start blogging again, and I went...
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5 Ways to Beat the Afternoon Slump
One thing that has surprised me immensely since starting my career a few years ago is how draining it can be to sit behind a desk all day. Obviously, I’m not doing any hard physical labor here, but the...
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Questions to Ask Yourself Before Adopting a Dog
Adopting a dog is one of the single best decisions Dave and I have ever made. It’s also one of the single biggest undertakings of our life because dog ownership is a lot of work. I will tell anyone who...
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How to Develop Habits for Healthy Living
It’s amazing how difficult it can be to incorporate habits for healthy living into your daily life. It’s even more amazing how easy it can be to develop unhealthy habits! Trust me, it’s a struggle I...
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10 Things Every Woman Should Have in Her Purse
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #GIVEEXTRAGETEXTRA #Walmart #CollectiveBias Every woman knows that feeling of being out running...
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How We’re Preparing For Our Move – One Month Before
It’s so hard for me to believe that we’re less than one month from our move. We put an offer in on the house at the end of March, and the two and a half months we had ahead of us seemed like an...
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One Year of Marriage: Milestones and Lessons Learned
It’s crazy to think that one year ago today Dave and I got married. In some ways, it feels like that day was an eternity, and we’ve been married for far longer. In other ways, it seems like that day...
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3 Ways to Prevent and Reduce Blogging Stress
Blogging can be overwhelming, no doubt about it. I remember when I first started blogging. I had no idea what I was doing and it seemed as if there were an impossible number of things to learn. Now,...
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Essentials to Feel Confident on Date Night
As I mentioned in this blog post from last week, Dave and I celebrated our first wedding anniversary on May 24th. It’s so hard to believe we’ve already been married a year! Because we wanted to be able...
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5 Affordable Summer Date Ideas
Okay, so it’s not technically summer yet, but it may as well be with the weather we’ve been having lately (not complaining, by the way!) Since it’s absolutely gorgeous out and we’re all itching to...
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6 Things to Eliminate for a Happier, Healthier You
So hard to believe we’re already a week into June. You might have noticed I’ve cut back my posting schedule a bit to accommodate for how crazy things have been at home. We’ve been packing up our...
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A Reader Survey + $25 Starbucks Giveaway
I have been writing Very Erin for almost two years (since September 2014.) I have loved those two years, and this blog (along with my readers) has certainly become one of the most important things in...
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8 Habits of Highly Organized People
When this post goes live, Dave and I heading off to go close on our house, and then spend the day moving. So exciting! When Dave and I decided to move in the middle of the week (because of weddings...
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