The Kristin Journal

I have been through this feeling literally OVER a million times. I know the times where we just want to crawl in our bed, a corner of a room, in our closets, or even locking ourselves in the bathroom. I have been there...in ALL of those places. There are times where we just feel like we can not win at all in a day. Life is hard, it is so true and I will not argue with that. What needs to happen is how we are reacting to certain circumstances and situations life throws at us. I am a firm believer that things do happen for a reason, there is MEANING behind the thing we are having a battle with.We all have fear happen inside of us. But it's okay... it's okay to feel unsure at times, it's okay to not know what to do next, it's okay to really just FEEL and take some moments to ourselves, we truly need that in our lives. Sometimes, I have to take a moment and just let it all out and cry. If we cannot feel our feelings at times, then how do we know what we really are ...

I have been doing my Gratitude journal for a month now. I kept hearing about the "Gratitude Journal" also the "Start Today Brand" Journal , which I would totally want one, but my budget right now has to have other things right now to cover, but it is definitely one of the things I would love to have, so I created a "wish list" of the things I would eventually love to put away money for, then I just work my way around the list. I list out 5 things that I am so grateful about that happened during that day. It's small things, small blessings you start seeing everyday despite all the bad that did or has gone on about that day, but you choose to look at the positive side of the times, yeah things can still tick you off but, not like it normally would, that is how I am, I have generalized anxiety so I get really aggravated and antsy SO fast. since I have started writing things down that made me happy that day and also that night, EVERY. SINGLE. DAY, it r...

I joined this amazing community called "The Collective" founded and created by Kacia Fitzgerald, this woman is inspiring, energetic, passionate and just down right AWESOME. I started listening to her podcast and I started thinking "wow, this definitely resonates with me" and any podcast that get's me thinking that, I BINGE listen to all previous episodes, from that moment on (haha!) I am so serious too. kaciafitzgerald.com Kacia's podcast is called "EmpowerHER" It is all about empowering us women and giving us tools for our TOOLBOX to live a life we are obsessed with. Do you want to absolutely LOVE your life? Or do you want to constantly sit in worry? These are questions I asked myself before as well. -If you want to deep dive more into what is on the podcast! -Worksheets for each video. There is 3 per month that goes out! -THEN there's a live call at the end of each month! You don't have to set aside ALL the time in the w...

This list that I have provided below, is some of the ways that I have found to make  EXTRA income. I put the all caps and also underline on "extra" because that is exactly what it is. There are a lot of blog posts, Pinterest pins,and Youtube videos that say you can "make $100.00 in ONE day!"...No, that is definitely not true and a bold face lie. I have personally tested all of these out and can verify that you really can make extra money on the side without it getting in the way of your main income. I just want to be completely honest and not make anybody think they could *dial their bosses number* then quit their job. Let's not do that! 😏 So, now here is some of the sites that I think could benefit, give me some feedback if you want another post about this or simply have a question.  Number 1: SurveySavvy - I have been doing surveys with this site for a couple years now, it's a great site, better than most survey sites that are out there...

I have not posted anything in a while and I do apologize! I am super excited though because we found a place as I did talk about previously and we are now living in our HOME. It is so nice to actually be able to have a home for a our family again. It has been a crazy time getting settled in, I mean if any of y'all have ever moved then you know what I am talking about. I am talking boxes for days, random things everywhere, random things in each corner of our living room and bedroom but I have got things done and I am very proud of myself because I am not a fantastic organizer to be honest.  We started with the boxes in the middle of the living room and then I took each box to the room it belonged in. I started putting things together in my kitchen and in my 2 year old and 4 year -old room (that they share together) and got their room to where it was livable for them and to where I could say "okay, I think this will work for now". I also wanted to start in their room firs...

When you begin your day, try to think of a positive thought you can tell yourself each and every morning. For example, "I am worthy", "I am strong", "I got this and nothing will tell me otherwise", etc. We all need some empowerment and confidence in us to get the day going on the right foot. I struggled with this, I would wake up and be like "NOPE!, I am not doing anything today." I would set myself up, I would set my MIND up in a negative way and not even think twice about it. I had no idea I was doing that to myself I would constantly find other reasons on why and how my day is going to be horrible disregarding the first thing I said to myself the moment I was at-least half awake. I tell myself that I am going to do my best today no matter what comes my way, this is positive and it uplifts me in the morning and the morning is not my friend, seriously! If your like me your the type of person who could probably sleep until noon if they wanted ...