Another year is coming to a close. This year has been good, in my opinion anyway. I mean, yeah, bad things happen, but you pick yourself up and move on. For me, this year was filled with a lot of good times and memories that will stay with me. The trials I've been through have … Continue reading 5 Things [2017 edition]
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Whether you celebrate this holiday or not there's always a reason to be thankful. I know life can get rough at times, but when you put things into perspective, you realize that more often than not, we're better off than so many other people in the world. That in itself is something … Continue reading 26 Things I’m Thankful For
Anger is something deal with in different ways. Some people lash out, others shun the person who hurt them, and there are some who bottle everything up until they explode. I am typically the 'bottle everything up' person, though I've had a few tantrums in my past. I've gotten better, thank God, but I'm nowhere … Continue reading Playlist: Songs for When You’re Mad or Annoyed
Two years ago I posted My Essential iPhone Apps to share some of my favorite apps with you all, but we all know that things change. Since this post I have deleted a few of those apps either because they were no longer useful or I didn't like the updates they've gone through over the … Continue reading My Essential iPhone Apps [2017 Update]
Okay, so I did a list of books I want to reread this year, but I think it's time to give the movies some love. I have always been a fan of movies, but lately not as much because there never seems to be any that I'm interested in anymore. Even continuations of movies I … Continue reading Movies I’m Looking Forward to This Year
I saw this prompt on two different blogs I follow, and while I was originally going to wait and do this post for my birthday to add one extra item... I've decided that I'm too impatient to wait another five months for this post. So you're getting it now. What is the prompt? Write a … Continue reading 25 Things I’ve Learned About Myself
Some people get annoyed with these posts, but I think it's fun to share what I got for Christmas because it shows the thoughtfulness of my family and friends. I also enjoy reading others' haul posts, so feel free to share! Let's take a look at what I got for Christmas 2016: Snow tires for … Continue reading Christmas Haul
While I'm planning on writing up a Christmas Haul post of what I got for Christmas, right now I'm going to switch things up and tell what I got others for Christmas. This isn't to brag about what I got everyone, but to share the presents I gave because I was very excited about what … Continue reading Reverse Christmas Haul
Last year I did this as a prompt piece in December and I was thinking it might actually be a good one to do every year. It's a nice way to reflect on the events that happened during the year and to keep perspective of the good and the bad moments because even bad moments … Continue reading 5 Things [2016 edition]
I've seen a few other bloggers do this sort of post as part of a tag or the #100daysofhappy and it just seems like an encouraging thing to do. Even if it's not directly encouraging toward the readers, it still throws out some positivity into the world. I like that. So today I'm going to … Continue reading 33 Things That Make Me Happy
Social media has become an essential in our lives. Almost everyone has some sort of social meda profile, whether it's Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram or a blog (I happen to have all listed). It's the only way we connect with each other these days. Seldom do we actually call people or make weekly meet-ups a … Continue reading 5 Reasons I Would Delete Facebook (and the one reason I haven’t)
I've decided to do this... 101 things in 1001 days. From what I gather, it was started over at the Day Zero List website, which is a website where you can set up timed bucket lists to keep track of your progress and make sure you actually get things done. I originally found out about this … Continue reading 101 in 1001 Kickoff!
It's that time of year everyone... the time where bloggers are all posting their most popular posts of the year - and I'm no exception. I thought it'd be interesting to see which of my posts did the best this year. I can tell you one thing, 2015 has been the best year for my … Continue reading Top Posts of 2015
orangeowldiaries 