Breast Cancer Awareness
For those of you who are new to The Yuppie Files I wanted to share why breast cancer awareness month is so close to me. My mom is a breast cancer survivor, having been diagnosed nearly 6 1/2 years ago....
View Article5 Essentials for Productivity
This week marks the beginning of our moving chaos which coincides with the end of the quarter. That means I have a lot of work to get done at work while also having no time at home to work on it. I...
View ArticleSharing Your Family Online
This is a topic I have struggled with a lot in this past year. When Adelyn was first born all I wanted to do was share photos of her- I think that’s a natural new parent instinct! But I wasn’t sure how...
View ArticleAround Here…
weekend conference essentials | my makeup & hair for date night- successfully done! | family fun day to pick pumpkins | walking Abby around our favorite block while we still can I’ve been feeling a...
View Article10 Things About Me
Sometimes I think you really get to know the person behind the blog more in these types of posts- the little random tidbits that otherwise a reader would never know. I’ve been thinking of some of the...
View ArticleThe New Years Refresh
My resolutions or goals happen in August, a more natural time for a teacher. And I get that people really hate the idea of resolutions. So I’m looking at this New Years as a “refresh”, a time to...
View ArticleThe Year in Review
Oh, 2014. You (like my emotions) were all over the place. Pretty sure my hormones didn’t fully adjust for a solid 6-8 months post-baby & even then they’re not the same. Last winter was a...
View ArticleHow to Make Proper Yearly Goals
The first step in my New Year’s Refresh was to work on Whitney English’s Well-Designed Year, which I can not recommend enough. These worksheets have really helped bring clarity to how I want my...
View ArticleWorking & Using Your Strengths
In the spirit of New Years Resolutions (or refresh!) let’s talk about embracing yourself & what makes you valuable, versus trying to change behaviors. Obviously some behaviors should change like be...
View Article5 Reasons to Move to the Suburbs
My claim of never living in the suburbs ever again, as long as I lived? Eating crow. I swore I was a city girl or at the very least a urban suburb like Arlington, VA. But in my two plus months of...
View ArticleMost Valuable Purchase of 2014
I love The B Bar so am excited to participate in their new monthly link up. Each month they’ll pose a question & a series of bloggers will be answering it (go to the bottom of the post for all the...
View Article6 Steps to a Better Monday
Monday mornings tend to be determined by how my Sunday evening went. If it was lying on the couch & doing nothing to prep for the week, then I’m a mess. If it was spent working really hard &...
View ArticleLessons I’ve Learned
Today is my birthday & I felt this quote pretty much summed up all the wisdom of my 32 years. At the end of the day all that matters is your own happiness- not how prolific your career is, not how...
View ArticleThe Trap of Being “Busy”
Recently a blogger that I follow (& genuinely like) posted that she wished she had time to read for fun. And this comment really irked me not for anything that deals with her but because the “busy”...
View ArticleWorkout Diary Vol. 3
Remember how I was going to document my workout journey on here? Yeah, that ended quickly. The truth is I did pretty well with sticking to yoga, up until we moved. And then it all fell apart. I had...
View ArticleHow to Start Prepping for Spring
Each March we tend to jump ahead & declare it spring only to be slapped back into reality with one last cold front. I’m not falling for it this year, March! Instead I’m focusing on ways to get...
View ArticleMy #1 Trick for a Work-Life Balance
The idea of “balance” is something that a lot of us throw around & although I think we can all admit that it’s a pretty hopeless goal I still think aiming for a bit more balance in our lives is a...
View Article101 in 1001 Bucket List
I’ve been a long time fan of Mackenzie of Design Darling & as an avid list maker I really liked the idea of her 101 in 1001 bucket list. I’d previously tried to put one together but kept coming up...
View ArticleScenes from Mother’s Day Weekend
The recipe for a perfect Mother’s Day in my book is part pampering, part family time, & part naps. We actually had a full weekend of activities, starting with my hair getting chopped Saturday...
View ArticleWhat I’m Doing to Prepare for My Future
If you’re read this blog over the past year you know we made the big move further into the suburbs. And that this was never the grand plan, especially since we moved into the neighborhood I grew up in....
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