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If your school taught you how to dry your shoes quickly and quietly, your school was on a different level than mine. lol

This is one of those life skills that's so simple, you're never taught.

Maybe it's a life hack, but either way, knowing how to dry your shoes quickly (and quietly) is something we all need to know at some point or another.

This video tells you:

• what you need,
• how to position your shoes, and
• how to make sure they get dry on both sides.

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When I learned how easy it was to clean out a candle jar, I was shocked. I'm all about re-purposing functional items, so this made my day.

If that's you, too, try this method. It's honestly the easiest way I've found to clean and re-use burned out candle containers.

I've tried different approaches in the past, but once I did this - bingo. It wasn't messy, it was super simple, and it actually made my jar super clean.

Click below to see how easy it is:

Have...

I was a big time follower in elementary, junior high, and early high school. I did what my friends were doing, I didn’t want to sit alone in the cafeteria, I didn’t want to be left out of things, so I always followed. I didn’t want to be by myself feeling awkward.

At a certain point in high school, my brain switched and life got sooo much better.

I don’t recall the details, but I know that there was something I really wanted to do. It was...

My husband and I have stopped “cutting the ends off the ham”, and it’s totally been worth it.

If you don’t know the ham story, here it is (edited for simplicity):

A man’s wife sent him to the store for a ham. After he bought it, she asked him why he didn’t have the butcher cut off the end of the ham. The man asked his wife why she wanted the end cut off. She replied that her mother had always done it that way and that was reason enough for...

I finally got to attend a conference. Back in September of 2018, I bought tickets for the Smart Conference because it covered a multitude of topics (and if I was going to drive 3.5 hours for it, I wanted to learn more than just finances).

Dave Ramsey Smart Conference, Dallas, TX. Jan. 2019.

This did not disappoint. It addressed so many areas of life and had incredible speakers.

They covered Parenting, Finding Your Purpose, Money, Relationships,...

I have so many goals and dreams, and I’ve been more deliberate in reading up on them lately, learning how to conquer them, and putting action steps into place to make sure I don’t end my life without having gone after the things in my heart.

Hopefully, it’s all adding up and will start bringing forth change in my life. My life is amazing right now, actually, and I love it, but I also know I was created for a larger purpose, and I’m becoming more...

It baffles me when people aren’t up for hearing truth. I don’t mean truth in the Jesus sense of the Truth, but in the, “Hey, I’ve recognized this about you and thought you’d like to know” kind of way.

I say this because when I go around my family, I notice things. We’re not around each other all the time, so the differences stand out to me, just as they stand out to my family when I go around them.

A simple example of this is that one of...

I’m not a fan of getting irritated in traffic – or riding with someone who gets irritated in traffic. Already, I see traffic as a time-waster, so yes, the idea of it is super bothersome.

So, of course, I’ve come up with ideas to turn it into something useful, and hopefully you do (or see value in doing) the same.

Before you shoot this down, definitely try it: podcasts or audiobooks.

Honestly, for me, music just isn’t enough to take my mind...

I love when something hits me as I’m doing life.

When I was going through the airport recently, it dawned on me that my purpose in life is to be like these escalators.

I’m here to help people get to Jesus – as best I can.. by lightening their load along the way.

Yes, there are stairs that everyone could take to get to the next floor, but wouldn’t it be great if there was something (someone) who could assist them? Something that (someone who)...

When you’re starting to declutter, rearrange, or get things in order, a very important thing to remember is to “know thyself”. That doesn’t mean you can’t change, but if you want something to work for you, it’s a great idea to know your own tendencies before putting together an action plan.

Real example from my week:

Becky has a full office space upstairs with a computer, filing cabinets, office supplies, etc. Someone told her that she...