Blogelina currently has a work-at-home opportunity available that might be a great fit for someone who is good with blogging and social media. Here are the details of the position:
Here at Blogelina, we're excited to be adding to our team! We're looking for a couple of motivated, organized, social people to work with us in maintaining the Blogelina blog and social media platforms.
Our internship positions will start on a trial basis at 4 hours/wk. – for 1 month. At the end of the month, there could be potential to increase your hours if you would like to! Our internship compensation is $10/hr.
The Tasks We're Looking For Help With Are:
Uploading Posts To Blogelina
Adding To & Organizing Our Pinterest Account
Recycling Old Posts to Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, etc.
Organizing Online Events
Editing Images To Make Them More Social Media-Friendly
I’m a little obsessed with eating and drinking from jars right now. I got a few jars from Amazon and one from TJ Maxx and rarely does a day go by that I’m not using them instead of a bowl or cup.
There’s just something fun and unique about using a glass jar instead of a plain bowl or glass. Plus, it makes the colors look beautiful.
I love salads and eat one almost every day (sometimes twice a day!). If you want to eat more salads, but you don’t have time to prepare them during the day or you eat lunch on the run or at work, here’s an idea for you: make your salad in a glass jar with a lid or a plastic cup with a lid.
Not only are the colors gorgeous and make you just look forward to eating the salad, but it will stay fresh and be portable. Just leave off the dressing until right before serving and you have salad on the go!
Today at Tanga, you can purchase a set of 2 Salad on the Go Cups on sale for $6.99. Shipping is just $2.99. As a comparison, Amazon is offering single cups for $8.95.
These cups make eating healthfully a breeze. At night, just layer a colorful salad in the cup, put dressing in the cup, and stick it in the fridge. In the morning, grab the cup out of the fridge on the way to work or school and you’ll have a fresh and healthy salad ready to go for you for lunch.
If you’re weird like me and don’t use dressing, you can use the cup to put some nuts or cheese in to sprinkle on your salad before eating. You could also use the cups for fruit salad and stick some Greek yogurt in the cup to top the fruit with!
It feels like breaking things down into more bite-sized pieces. At this season of my life when it feels like I’m focusing on living one day at a time, this approach seems more doable and less daunting.
Plus, it motivated to me get in more reading — which is always a good thing!
This week, I'm reading:
I Thought It Was Just Me (But It Isn't) — I've had this one started for quite awhile, and it's good. It's just deep and it's taking me awhile to get through!
A Proper Pursuit — I've not started this book yet, but am hoping to have some down time some evening this week so I can actually read a fiction book from cover to cover. It's been quite awhile since I've done that and I'm itching to just get lost in a good story!
Love, Skip, Jump — Multiple readers have told me I must read this book. It looks good and I can’t wait to dive in!
All In — I’ve been so blessed by all three of the Mark Batterson books I’ve read so far and I’m guessing this will be another challenging and life-impacting read.
Eight Twenty Eight — I know very little about this book, but it showed up at my doorstep from the publisher. And I was so intrigued by the story when I read the back cover and flipped through it, that it went to the top of my book pile immediately!
Manage Your Day-to-Day — This book came highly recommended to me by a friend whose book recommendations I value, so I’m excited to see what thoughts and ideas I can pick up from it on better time management — something I love reading and learning about!
On the Alaskan Trail — I picked up this little book at a homeschool conference last year and have been meaning to read it to the kids ever since.
Made for More — I read a little bit of this book every morning as part of my morning devotions. I really appreciated the thoughts on how to live in God’s image in our everyday lives. I especially loved this quote, “When you embrace God’s providence in your life, you are free to reflect His power and love. Instead of being paralyzed by what you can’t control, you are empowered by the knowledge that God is in control.”
Essentialism — Michael Hyatt recommended this one and it was a challenging read. I would recommend that everyone read this book. You might not agree with all of the principles, but it will definitely cause you to step back and examine your life and choices.
The Cure for the "Perfect" Life — I ate this book up! I can so relate to the perfectionist tendencies in this book and loved the insights and wisdom the authors shared for how to overcome the desire to have a “perfect” life and instead live with braveness and authenticity.
The Mouse and the Motorcycle — We read this aloud at lunch time and the kids really enjoyed it. It's an easy and entertaining read — great to foster kids’ imaginations!
Insider Secrets Podcast With Ruth Soukup — Ruth always has such great insight and this podcast was no different. If you are looking for some encouragement and inspiration as a blogger or online business owner, I think you’ll really enjoy this podcast.
Chris LoCurto Podcast — I love Chris and learn so much from him. I listened to his latest two podcast on building a team, putting people in the right positions, and encouraging your team to succeed. Such great wisdom and inspiration!
Last Week, We Watched:
Mom’s Night Out — I’ve heard about this movie over and over again since it released, so we finally watched it as a family. Jesse and the kids loved it and laughed their heads off. Since I had already read the book, I knew the storyline so I don’t think it was quite as funny to me since I already knew what was coming.
I’m kind of “meh” about the movie… I think it was nice that it was clean and wholesome and genuinely funny in parts. But I also love movies with more depth in them and this one just felt fluffy to me, if that makes sense?
Shark Tank — Everyone in our family is fans of Shark Tank, so we watched one episode together this week. Our kids love to analyze the business ideas and offers made and give their own running commentary. And Jesse and I not only love doing the same, but we love the entrepreneurial conversations we have with our kids as a result of watching the show.
What are you reading right now? Any book recommendations for me?
You know what? After my decluttering session, I was so encouraged.
Why? Well, recently, I’ve been feeling like the clutter has been creeping in. And as you have probably figured out, I don’t like clutter. Er, more like, I loathe clutter.
So when it feels like clutter is creeping in and multiplying in closets, I can start to feel anxious about it. (I know, I know, I’m sorta weird. But it’s true.)
I figured that this challenge was going to be easy because I’ve not de-cluttered much at all since we moved in May. Well, guess, what? I had trouble finding clutter today! In fact, mostly what I found were things we use on a regular basis or have plans to use very soon.
As I analyzed it more, I think the reason I’ve been feeling like we have more clutter is not so much because we’ve been lowering our standards, but because we down-sized in house when we moved, my husband brought his office home, and our floor plan is laid out so differently here.
This left me feeling so encouraged! And it also made me have new appreciation for those of you who are currently living in really tiny houses or apartments.
Anyway, here’s a picture of what 30 minutes of digging through closets and dressers and drawers produced. A half-filled grocery sack.
I think I might try tackling the garage next week. That should produce quite a bit more clutter than a half-filled grocery sack!
Did you do any de-cluttering this past week? If so, how’d it go for you?
10. Shut down the laptop by 6 p.m. every evening and keep it off until my computer time the following morning.
How did you do on last week's goals? What are your goals for this week? I'd love to have you share your progress on last week's goals and your goals for this coming week in the comments. Of, if you've blogged about it, leave your direct link below. Let's cheer each other on to live purposeful and productive lives! You can download a free customizable weekly goal-planning sheet here.
