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Former NFL Player John Diggs Bounced Back From a Crisis and Found Success With His “Mapineering” Technique

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Eventually, he built one of the largest mortgage brokerages in southern California, living the comfortable millionaire lifestyle with his wife and kids. All he took with him in the move were some gym clothes, his bike and a “big-ass box” bursting with all the motivational CDs, DVDs and books he’d accumulated over the years.

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Modern Homesteading and the Trend Towards Greater Independence

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For example, the growing FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) movement is all about independence.    Another example is modern homesteading, which the Small Town Homesteading blog defines as : Homesteading is a lifestyle of the pursuit of self-sufficiency and sustainability.

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Rachel Ceruti Is Curbing Environmental Waste By Upcycling Clothes

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Growing up, Rachel Ceruti had an appreciation for the environment, but she didn’t consider herself an environmentalist nor had she started upcycling clothes. While she was there, she learned about how secondhand clothing is shipped to Africa and then ends up in landfills. “We What is upcycled clothing?

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My Way: Kristin Cavallari on Work-Life Balance and Finding Inspiration

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Not long afterward, she launched Uncommon Beauty, a clean skin care line, and Little James, a kids’ clothing line. I have something else going on in my life to pull from (for example, a girls trip, my Laguna Beach rewatch podcast, etc.). A book everyone should read is…. I feel most inspired when…. The Four Agreements.

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Managing the Mess: Creating Organizational Systems after an ADHD Diagnosis

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For example, when she avoided doing laundry, she was able to identify her “bottleneck” as needing to fold it. So, she decided to cut out this step and put away clothes without folding. This led to one of the key concepts in her book: “Being messy is not a moral failing.”

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How 30 Days of Kindness Made Me a Better Person

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It’s a warm September day in New York, but he’s sitting under a mountain of ragged bits of clothing, towels and blankets. In fact, my first few acts were buying something for someone—lunch for an old friend, a copy of my favorite book for a stranger—but they didn’t make me feel much of anything. I dug for tangible proof of my growth.

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Go Straight for the Joy and Follow Your Purpose

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In her book Steering by Starlight: The Science and Magic of Finding Your Destiny , she recalls writing a mission statement for a scholarship application when she was 16 years old. You’ll outgrow it like your baby clothes, and then you have a choice to either try to contort yourself back into it or to leave.”

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