Learning To Balance It All
I love all of the hidden gems around the Washington, DC area. In Poolesville, Maryland, along the Potomac River, one of those gems blooms in late July. The McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area is home to gorgeous fields of sunflowers, which are open to the public. The McKee-Beshers sunflower fields are located in Poolesville, Maryland and about 30-40 minutes from Washington, DC at…
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Off of Interstate 66 in Centerville, Virginia is the Bluebell Trail in Bull Run Park. In mid to late April each year, the trail is lined with wild Bluebells, making it worth the trip! The 1.8 mile loop is flat and runs along side the Bull Run river. If you’re in the DC area, or up for a drive, the…
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It’s pretty surreal entering March. I was at Target the other day and saw all the Easter candy, which was such a flashback to March 2020. It was such a weird moment where it really hit me that we’ve been doing this for a solid year now. As I cross the 1 year mark, I want to take some time…
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Moving on and into 2021. In many ways saying that brings with it a breath of fresh air. In other ways, the realities of 2021 come flooding to the forefront of my mind. If 2020 was the great pause and slow down, 2021 is the year of patience and transition. Patience as we wait for the vaccine to roll out,…
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Despite loving goal setting, I have long wanted to create a vision board. Over the past few weeks I’ve attended a variety of professional development trainings that discussed vision boards, so it felt like it was time for me to bust out my art supplies and dream away. To get started, I gathered magazines from around my house (I always…
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2020. It was a life changing year for me and my family. I started 2020 with a list of goals that I didn’t actually share here on Balancing Today. Save money Simplify our home Decorate the house Focus on the joys within my work Rearrange my work office Go on walk breaks during the work day Go hiking Go dancing…
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