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Introducing Career & Money Month!
When stepping into Career & Money month, it is easy to focus on the word “success” rather than “happiness”. Don’t get me wrong, the...
Jessica McKinley
Sep 1, 20152 min read
Define Your Brand
It’s true that you will change 1 million times over through the defining decade that is your twenties. But that doesn’t mean that you...
Jessica McKinley
Aug 28, 20154 min read
Identity & Purpose Experiment #4: How to Stay “On Purpose” using only 1 second Every Day
We all want to live “the dream”, no matter how different our definition of those dreams are. But how do we turn those fleeting...
Jessica McKinley
Aug 25, 20153 min read
Identity & Purpose Experiment #3: Take a Personality Quiz
“You know yourself better than anyone.” Or do you? Experts tout “self-awareness” as one of the most crucial qualities in leadership and...
Jessica McKinley
Aug 21, 20152 min read
When the time comes, will you Sink or Swim?
Identity is a complex term. It is partly shaped by things we can control, like the choices we make in work, love, and hobbies. It also...
Jessica McKinley
Aug 18, 20153 min read
Identity & Purpose Experiment #2: Create a Vision Board
CONGRATULATIONS!!! You have discovered your WHY. (If you haven’t already completed Experiment #1, stop reading and go create your...
Jessica McKinley
Aug 14, 20152 min read
4 Ways to Make Sure Growing Up Doesn’t Suck
One of the best and hardest parts of our twenties is the part where we grow up. It sounds boring and full of annoying responsibilities...
Jessica McKinley
Aug 11, 20153 min read
Identity & Purpose Experiment #1: Create Your Personal Mission Statement & Discover Your “Why”
Why do you get up in the morning? What motivates you? What are the reasons behind your career, relationship, and other choices? If you...
Jessica McKinley
Aug 7, 20152 min read
Are you a Concept Person or a Details Person?
“There are two kinds of people in the world. Those who divide the world into two kinds of people, and those who don’t” – Robert Benchley...
Jessica McKinley
Aug 4, 20153 min read
Introducing: Identity & Purpose Month!
This month’s happiness theme is Identity & Purpose . I decided to link these because the “Who I am” and “Why I do what I do” questions...
Jessica McKinley
Aug 1, 20152 min read
Body Experiment #4: Get an Accountability Partner/Team
Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. 6:30am alarm. Snooze. 6:39am. Snooze. 6:48am. Snooze. [Cue my husband grabbing my phone and throwing it across...
Jessica McKinley
Jul 31, 20153 min read
Body Experiment #3: Host a Healthy BBQ
If you are a healthy eater, or at least trying to be one, the word barbecue probably gives you the sweats. I imagine myself in a...
Jessica McKinley
Jul 24, 20152 min read
The Connection Between Success & Being In Shape
Success and happiness are often used as synonyms. And they should be! …assuming that your successes are your own, and not defined by...
Jessica McKinley
Jul 21, 20154 min read
Body Experiment #2: Make a Habit of Trying New Forms of Exercise
I’ve already established that exercise does wonders for my body and for my happiness. I have more energy. I gain muscle and stamina. I...
Jessica McKinley
Jul 17, 20154 min read
20 Body Habits You’ll Wish You Started In Your 20’s
1. Improve your posture There is nothing more terrifying to me than seeing an elderly person who is completely with it mentally, but...
Jessica McKinley
Jul 14, 20158 min read
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