“Some people are afraid to leave the security of what they know. I bet if you did research on the most successful people, I can guarantee they did not stay at home and surround themselves with the familiar. They take risks. And taking risks is a hard thing to get yourself in the mode of […] Read more…
Archive of ‘Self & Wellness’ category
The 80% / 20% on Developing Healthy Habits for a Lifetime
Earlier this spring I did a post on healthy living tips from Magen Banwart, a wellness coach, on 5 tips to being your 20-something best self. As we get into summer full swing I am reposting some of these tips on how not to let a healthy dose of indulgence get in the way of […] Read more…
Happily Independent
Happy 4th of July! In honor of Independence Day I took a look back at all my interviews to search for quotes and thoughts pertaining to independence. Here are some 40-something quotes on independence on subjects from family to finance to self-fulfillment. On independence within a relationship… “Give yourself some freedom to have independent lives. […] Read more…
Confessions of a Bad Girl Gone Loud…20-Something Wisdom on Living the Life You Want
Today I am sharing a conversation I recently had with Lindsay Siegel. I first came across Lindsay on MeiMei Fox’s “Life Out Loud” column on The Huffington Post. This is her “living out loud” advice” “When you’ve had doctors telling you, ‘You might die next week,’ it makes you say to yourself, ‘If there’s something […] Read more…
Five Twenty-Something Time Management Tips
Image by Dan Today I have some 20:40 vision with a guest post from Molly Ford, founder of Smart Pretty and Awkward, one of my favorite places to go to get smarter about all things pretty and awkward. Molly has a great way of synthesizing tips that seem so simple yet make such a big difference — […] Read more…
Old Dreams and New Dreams
Old dream: Other people can make you happy For those of you who haven’t seen it, 40:20 Vision was on The Huffington Post yesterday in their new “women” section. One of the changes that came with the merger with AOL…we now need our own section. While for the first time single people outnumber married people […] Read more…
Value Yourself
“The best thing about being twenty-something is that you have the priveledge and freedom of being an adult without any of the responsibilities. You need to feed yourself and support yourself, but you don’t have to support anyone else. The worst thing is that you don’t have a true sense of yourself. I was at […] Read more…
You Have to Respect How People See You
“You have to respect the way people see you.” Yesterday I interviewed a woman who had to prove to the IRS that she didn’t know her lifestyle was being funded by her husband stealing from the IRS. Carol Joynt, author of The Innocent Spouse ) made this comment about the fact that the IRS […] Read more…