Tag: vlib
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Monday Motivation: Let Your Heart be Light
The day after Christmas, it’s time to eat yesterday’s leftovers. It is when the cold spaghetti becomes tastier (if there is more left). I wish you had a wonderful Christmas surrounded by loved ones as you shared wonderful stories, laughter, and sumptuous food. I know you had a blast! monday #motivation #merrychristmas #vlib
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Tips to Overcome Crutch Words
For many, using filler words is so routine and reflexive that asking them to stop saying “ah” or “um” is like asking someone to control his sneezing. The trick to controlling this habit is substituting another behavior in its place, or at least adopting tactics that reduce its frequency. These four strategies can help. Crutch…
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Monday Motivation: Happy Holidays!
Few more days, and it’s Christmas day! How will you celebrate? Where will you go? Wherever you plan or however you do it, I wish it will be with the people you love, heart to heart and hand in hand. monday #motivation #holiday #christmas #vlib
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Positive Parenting
Being a parent is one of the most challenging jobs anyone could have; however, it is also the most rewarding. There is no right or wrong to parenting; as long as your child is happy, you are doing the right thing. Here are some things I learned to be a positive parent to my three-year-old…
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Monday Motivation: Greatest Gift
Life comes with many struggles. However, it is a beautiful gift to be alive. As long as our heart is still beating, our feet are still running, and our brain is still working, there is hope. Hope to achieve one’s goals and dreams and experience the wonders of our surroundings: the green trees, colorful flowers,…
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Thankful Thursday: Be Grateful
Thankful Thursday. A simple act of kindness to thank the people around you—your family, friends, colleague, or strangers you meet outside. Today I am thankful for everything I have: my family, excellent health, life, and all the blessings I received this year. Sometimes we take for granted the things that we have, and we focus…
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My 3 Must Have Writing Tools
Are you into writing? Do you love to curate stories, whether fiction or true? I got my interest in storytelling from my grandparents—my favorite storytellers. Although I convey my stories through written words. These tools help me write my stories well. Those are three of the most used tools I have whenever I write my…
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Tip Tuesday: Writing Your First Book
Do you want to write a book? I have written two memoir books, and these are the steps I have learned as I self-published my books. More about this in my next writing tip, which comes every first Tuesday of the month. Which of these steps do you want to know more about? #tip #firstbook…
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Monday Motivation: Love and Giving
They say you give anything to make your loved ones happy.Giving is part of how we show love, and it is wired within us. We give of ourselves, our time, our talents, our treasures, and even our blood as a way of helping, protecting, and nurturing the ones we love.You can give without loving, but…
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3 Apps to Keep me Organized
Being a work-from-home mom of a toddler who likes to get my attention every second he is awake, I have to keep up with my to-do list so that even though I get distracted, I can quickly return to what I am doing. Aside from using an actual planner, as I often like to write…