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Guilty & downright ashamed! Bare with me as I expl

Guilty & downright ashamed! Bare with me as I explain... ⠀

Pic pre-2020, swipe right for 2020.⠀
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It's no secret that I love fashion, decorating, etc (but, I'm a hoarder at that, a deadly combo). One of the (many) reasons I started blogging. ⠀
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But just like so much else this year, my shopping habits changed too. While I still love to shop, I hit pause when we entered pandemic. That soon had me Q my mindless shopping habits (that's a hard pill to swallow when I try to be mindful about everything else in life). To date, I didn't buy a single outfit this year (except hubby's surprise for my B'day). ⠀
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It is F'n ridiculous to own 30+ pairs of jeans (that look as good as new + still fit me perfectly). That's just for starters... Even if I wore a different outfit every day, I've enough clothing to last me a whole year, without repeating an outfit, UGH! Yet, that's never stopped me from buying more new 'stuff'. ⠀
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How atrocious is that!?⠀
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Not that I mindlessly splurged $, I am a bargain shopper & always took pride in finding the best sales/deals. But that quickly adds up, not just in terms of spending but also in terms of how much nonsense I accumulate! ⠀
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Consumerism at its worst!⠀
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I'd typically spend an entire week (non-stop) scouring through all.the.sales during Black Friday/Cyber Monday, to share with y'all + to shop for myself/family, but this year I spent (no kidding) all of an hour shopping online (& curbside pickup) for holiday gifts. ⠀
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Exactly why you heard nothing from me this Black Friday. ⠀
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It is hard for me to get rid of the old (especially when they still look new + I still like them just as much). But a few weeks ago, I spent an entire day going through piles of stuff & put them aside to donate @seattlegoodwill While I do declutter/donate once a quarter, this was a whole other level of decluttering (5 big suitcases worth of clothes, bags, accessories, etc).⠀
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It's a start & I have ways to go, but sharing this in case you too suffer from similar symptoms & need a friendly nudge to take stock of your closet/home. ⠀
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This season is a great time to start as there are a lot of people who'd be grateful for your donations. More on the blog soon.

🎄 It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas..

🎄 It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas... 25 days until D Day, whoa!!! ⠀
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🎁 The holiday season this year is looking a lot different than it has in previous years. For most of us, there will be no big family dinner, no gatherings, no road trips, and no exciting vacations to look forward to. While the pandemic has put a real damper on so much this year, let’s focus on the positives instead and see how we can still make the best of the most wonderful time of the year!⠀
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🎅 Coming to the blog later today, ideas to get creative and virtually stay connected & celebrate Christmas with our loved ones AND stay in the spirit of the season. ⠀
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👼🏽 On that note, I might not be on IG much, but a lot has been happening on the blog, below is a recap of all that went LIVE this month:⠀
✨ My morning routine (elaborate 2+ hrs, but pick what works for you)⠀
✨ Winter activities bucket-list⠀
✨ Morning detox cleanse⠀
✨ October favorite finds⠀
✨ Procrastination, causes, and how to beat it? ⠀
✨ Easy and fun craft ideas for kids (and adults too ;))⠀
✨ How to practice gratitude for a positive life⠀
✨ Snack ideas for kids (and adults too :p)⠀
✨ Diwali (the festival might over but the spirit is still going strong!)⠀
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🎉 Here's to making the most of the next 31 days in 2020!⠀
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#christmascountdown #christmas2020 #matchingpjs #christmasdecorating #familypajamas #santaiscoming

Fall, Diwali, Thanksgiving themes are all a huge p

Fall, Diwali, Thanksgiving themes are all a huge part of our celebrations this month so I've tried to blend and incorporate them all throughout our home (and our hearts)! [ #Ad ] Starting with asking 'Alexa, what are your thankful for?' to hear something to be thankful for every day throughout November.⠀
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🍁 𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 represents a time to reflect and embrace change, it is a time for transformation, it is a time to let go of the old and make space for the new. ⠀
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✨ 𝐃𝐢𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐢 (the festival of lights) symbolizes the victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance. The festival has a deep-rooted connection to health, wealth, knowledge, power, and success, and we thank the higher power for all that we have been blessed with (including the lessons that we get to learn here). ⠀
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🙏 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞 is a mindset and an attitude toward life; the act of purposely thinking about the things we have in our lives, whether that is friends and family, a job you love, what you are proud of about yourself, or possessions you own (including your physical and mental health). This thankful appreciation for the things in life will in turn help create a positive mindset in your life. And this positive mindset will always create a positive life around you, and no better way to get started on it than practicing gratitude! ⠀
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🎉 And hence the color-changing leaves (on the gratitude tree) and the pumpkins (on the wall) were all a part of our Diwali celebrations. ⠀
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✅ Below are some ideas to get you started on the Thankful Train (details on the blog): ⠀
- Start a gratitude jar⠀
- Put up a family thankful tree⠀
- Go on the hunt for gratitude rocks⠀
- Create a gratitude box⠀
- Gratitude prompts⠀
- Try the Alexa Gratitude Journal Skill⠀
- Put together a gratitude flower⠀
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💯 And if you want more tips on what you can be thankful for, then simply #AskAlexa & Happy Thanksgiving everyone! @amazon @alexa99⠀
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#attitudeofgratitude #gratitudechallenge #thanksgivingdecor #culturalheritage #indianthanksgiving #indianattire #sareelovers

𝗖𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 🎉⠀
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💍 Last week the hubs and I celebrated our 10 Year Engagement Anniversary!!! Say what now? Yep, we can't believe it either... So figured I will share 10 random fun facts that led up to the occasion: ⠀
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✨ I genuinely feel like I manifested my husband (& I didn't even know it, a story for another day)⠀
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✨ I come from a very traditional/orthodox family and I had to challenge the status quo every step of the way before I found him, 'the one'!⠀
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✨ Gmail is in a way responsible for bringing us together! Whad'Ya Know haha ⠀
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✨ The first thing I told him when we started talking is that 'I need someone who knows how to handle me!' Haha, that probably sounds bad when reading it now, but that was my first and foremost 'criteria'. ⠀
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✨ The speed at which our relationship progressed had everyone ask us if we were rushing into things? I guess when you know you know!?!? ⠀
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✨ I was finishing up grad school when we got engaged. That date was originally supposed to be our wedding day, but I wanted to graduate when I was still just my parents' daughter and not when I was also a wife (I am senti-mental that way). So our engagement ceremony was held on that day instead. He's forever been supportive of my 'crazy beliefs/ideas/plans' or I wouldn't be doing what I do today.

✨ We got a free upgrade to business class seats on our way to India for our engagement ceremony (meant to be).⠀
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✨ He is grounded and I am hyper, I am impatient and he is even-tempered, the list goes on, but that's what brought us together (and keeps us together)! ⠀
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✨ After all these years, we still get asked if we are newly married? Almost 10 years, but I will take it!⠀
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✨ And 10+ years in, I still blush every time I think back to our initial text conversations, dammit! ⠀
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💑 If you are curious to hear more, head over to the blog and search for 'marriage' ⠀
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✍🏼 Now your turn, tell me a random fact about your story?⠀
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#marriedcouple #manifestyourlife #relationshipadvice #couplegoals❤️ #coupleedits #marriedlife💍 #happilymarried #relationshipcoach #lawofattraction #manifestation

𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡👇🏽⠀
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🙊 That big word we are all guilty of!⠀
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🧟 Whether it is my coaching clients or my friends, procrastination seems to be a huge recurring theme across the board! Procrastination is certainly the thief of time, and it comes with a hefty price tag!!⠀
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🤔 Procrastinating isn't as simple as spending an extra hour on Netflix instead of tending to what actually needs to get done, but it is much more deep-rooted than that. The more underlying reasons there are for you to procrastinate the higher the price that you have to pay for it, from missed opportunities to increased levels of stress and anxiety to everything else in between. ⠀
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🔥 Sometimes seeing those negative impacts laid out in front of you can help trigger your motivation to make a change. ⠀
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❓ Firstly, what type of procrastinator are you – Perfectionist, Dreamer, Worrier, Crisis Maker, Defier, Pleaser?⠀
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📝 If you are tired of this terrible habit of procrastination, then grab a piece of paper and a pen. Think about what procrastination has cost you so far in your life and note them down. Maybe you’ve missed deadlines, maybe you’ve sacrificed family celebrations, maybe it’s a vacation you missed, or maybe you’re short on funds because you’ve procrastinated improving your savings habits.⠀
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📌 Then, identify the root cause. The very first step to fixing any problem is identifying the reason behind it. Recognize what the root cause is so you can address it – Is it lack of time? Lack of skill? Lack of resources? Once you have determined what is holding you back, create a plan to work around that to eliminate it as the cause once and for all. ⠀
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🙋‍♀️ I am sharing a whole range of tips and hacks to beat the procrastination conundrum, head over to the blog NOW to check it out. ⠀
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✅ You have two choices, which will you choose? ⠀
1. Do It Now⠀
2. Regret Later⠀
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#procrastinating #homeofficedecor #doitnow #regretlater #lifecoachingtips #productivitytips

🐯 ROAR! Reading the Garbage Truck book for (onl

💖 Love and Light, from our hearts to yours! ✨

🪔 Whether you celebrate Diwali/Deepavali or not, may this season shower you and your loved ones with light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance!

🎉 Wishing everyone prosperity, positivity, and playfulness all around!

#familytraditions #deepavali #ourfamily #diwalidecorations #diyhomedecor #diydiwali #indianwearlove #indiantradition #lovelight #festivaloflights #barcartdecor

𝐃𝐄𝐄𝐏𝐄𝐍 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏𝐒 👇🏽⠀
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✨ I am not talking about deepening your relationship with others but referring to deepening the relationship that you have with yourself! ⠀
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❤️ How often do you think of the person you spend the most time with (YOU) & think about strengthening that relationship? ⠀
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🔮 Now, I have always had a good relationship with myself, but this past month I have had to further deepen that relationship on so many different levels... and a huge part of that has been working on deepening my spiritual practices - whether it is working on letting s*** go (and here I thought that I had already done a great job at that in my life) or deepening my meditation, yoga, and Ayurvedic practices, or digging deeper to better understand my own ancestral, traditional, cultural, and ancient roots. Including the thing that doesn't come easy to me, to surrender ('the problem solver' that I am), but I am proud (and amazed) as I say that I have grown by leaps and bounds in that regard.
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🌌 All this has had me slow down or take a step back in certain aspects while ramping up and go full-force ahead in others. And this digging deeper and deeper has further opened my eyes to unfathomable amounts of insights, new perspectives, emotions, mind-blowing opportunities, and a newfound appreciation for all that I cannot yet comprehend! ⠀
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🤐 The funny thing is, the more I learn, the more I realize how much I don't know. I am just beginning to scratch the surface... Yep, Albert Einstein didn't say that for nothing! ⠀
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🔥 You know what else is interesting? This season during Diwali, what we call Karthika Maasa (Oct 23rd - Nov 21st this year) is one of our holy, auspicious, spiritual months. Oh, Universe! I didn't plan on any of this (at least not in the way it has all unfolded) but one thing led to another and before I knew it here I am... Still trying to process it all, but I couldn't have been more grateful for every.single.minute of it...⠀
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💖 All this to say, you are the only one you are in a relationship with life-long, and it is essential that your bond with self is both strong and deep! ⠀
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🎊 Happy Diwali to all those celebrating!

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