2018 is fast-approaching. (Granted with the Christmas holiday, I find that I don't know what day of the week it is, which is a great feeling!) Give or take a day or two, the New Year is upon us. And you know what that means?! It's time for those good ol' New Year's Resolutions! You … Continue reading How Bad Do You Want to Achieve Your Goal?
Life does not come with a guide book. It is filled with choices and the need to make decisions. Should you take that new job offer? Is the person you’re dating really right for you? Should you move into that new house? Don’t you wish someone could just TELL YOU EXACTLY what you were supposed … Continue reading The Art of Listening to YOU
Get your closets and drawers organized with these tricks and tips. Pull everything out, figure out the best system, purge and use these sorting and folding tricks to maximize space and get the optimized organization.
It's been a while since I've updated this blog. For many reasons . . . Time constraints. Sickness. More time constraints. The longer I was away from the writing, the easier it was not to write. The easier it was to lose my vision (or rather my belief in that vision). In simple terms, I … Continue reading How to Get Past the Messy Middle
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out. - Robert Collier I have big goals this year, and I have to admit: I am struggling with the process—the process of getting this blog off the ground, writing the sequel to my book, and getting fit. The process … Continue reading Trust the Process
"Do you feed your kids?" I was at a family gathering a few weeks ago when my sister in-law asked me this. We were discussing grocery shopping and how much we spend each week. My sister in-law gasped when I told her how much I spend; she said she spends twice as much, with my … Continue reading Saving Money with Meal and Grocery Planning
Cooking is not my forte. To be honest, I hate cooking. For me, it is a necessity--a means to an end. In the corresponding post, One Hour--Seven Dinners, I describe the plan that has literally eliminated a lot of stress in our household: Pre-Cooking or what I like to call Power Cooking. This is when I plan … Continue reading Cooking Tools That I Can’t Live Without
The Easy Guide to Making a Week's Worth of Dinners in One Hour I am all about making things E A S Y (finding ways to eliminate the stress)—that is one of the goals of BrightLightLiving.com and for myself. I have not mastered this (not by a long shot), but the intent is there. After … Continue reading One Hour — Seven Dinners
Finding Your Passion. . . Say what? How new-agey. What an esoteric and obscure phrase---finding your passion. You may have clicked this posting just to find out what the heck I mean by this? Do I mean, discovering your life purpose? Do I mean, figuring out what you want to do for a living? Maybe, I … Continue reading Finding Your Passion
This is my BEFORE (oh my, what a mess!). And this is my AFTER. Photo Credit: TessaSollway.com Photo Credit: TessaSollway.com It looks much more sparse, but the truth is everything has a place. I keep fresh fruits and vegetables elsewhere. To create the space (clean and clutter-free) that I wanted, … Continue reading My Pantry Organizational Re-do
Spring is in the air---at least that is how it feels in Maryland, even though it is the middle of February. And with this beautiful weather comes my itch to renovate, clean, purge, remodel, and redecorate. I am a dreamer but also a realist; I know that everything cannot be done all at once. There is … Continue reading The Ultimate Home Improvement Master List
“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.” - Oprah Winfrey There is a funny thing about gratitude—the more you are grateful, the more you will be given things to be grateful for. It may sound … Continue reading How Gratitude Brings Abundance
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