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Do you dream of tropical beaches, visiting theme parks, or experiencing new cultures in faraway lands? How about relaxing at a resort or sharing new experiences with your family? Having the freedom to travel when or how often you want?  We love to take trips as a family but we don’t get to do it very often.  Traveling with a family of six can be crazy expensive.  Most of our trips are short distances from home once or twice a year, with a bigger vacation every few years. [Read more…]

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There is so much to learn as a blogger.  One of the best resources that I have found is the monthly 10k Blog Traffic Challenge that is offered by Heather and Pete Reese of It’s a Lovely Life.  I mentioned how this challenge helped me in my post-How I increased my Instagram and Twitter followers.  I have participated in this Challenge every month since I started my blog in August 2017 and it has helped me learn how to grow my blog through social media and networking.

The 10k Blog Traffic Challenge is FREE for bloggers and runs for 10 days.  Bloggers can win prizes for participating, but you do need to have a self-hosted WordPress blog to win (learn more about why that is best on my Blog Resources Page).

The focus of the 10k challenge is to teach what tools help a blogger reach 10,000 page views in a month. Every day, they cover a blog topic (social media, email lists, etc) and give a short assignment. In the Facebook group, there is an assignment thread to participate on and a question thread to ask questions about the topic covered.  There is also a directory to connect with other bloggers by niche.

By participating every month and using what I have learned from this challenge, my blog has seen good growth over its first year.  In June 2018, I reached a goal of having a combined total of 10k followers between the four main social media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Pinterest).  I love seeing my blog continue to grow and would love to have you join me in this monthly challenge.

The FREE June 10k challenge starts Monday (June 10th) so sign up today!

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When you picture your future, what do you see? A dream home, having a family, paying off debt, traveling the world?  Goals and dreams may look different to each of us.  Sometimes it might feel like our “someday dreams” may never happen.  Life throws us curve balls or we may be so busy trying to get through our day to day lives that goals get put on the back burner.

Maybe you are a SAHM that wants to help out with household expenses-diapers, school, music lessons, activities, sports, clothes, braces, college, etc. Or you are a working professional that is burnt out by the stress of your job and want to get rid of the daily grind and travel the world.  Or maybe you are nearing retirement and looking for a way to increase your nest egg.  Whatever the case may be, you decide to turn to the Internet to find ways to increase your income. [Read more…]

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Unlike my usual lifestyle posts, this post is written for fellow bloggers.  If you are not a blogger, thank you for following those of us that blog.  Your support means s0 much to us, and we couldn’t grow our blogs without you!

As a new blogger, there are so many things to focus on. Where do you start, who do you host with, picking a theme, setting up your blog, deciding what to write about, building a following, etc…..It is honestly overwhelming.  If you would like to see what I used to get started, you can check out my page of Blog Resources. [Read more…]