If you’ve followed Dine & Dish for any length of time, it’s probably pretty obvious that I love the peace bullet journaling brings to me. In fact I wrote an entire blog post about how keeping a bullet journal in a simple Leuchtturm Notebook has been a great way to keep track of everything in my life. As a working mom of 4 and business owner with a traveling husband, there are a lot of irons in the fire at all times. This system is the only one I’ve managed to use and keep up with through the years.

As a self proclaimed planner addict, I’ve had my fair share of Erin Condren, Commit 30, Passion Planners, Happy Planners, Day Designers and more. I have a drawer full of barely used planners…purchased with the greatest of intentions. The perfectionist in my had a really hard time with the less flexible structure of traditional planners. If I’d miss a week or two, It would bother me too much to pick it up again with those blank pages. Every time I’d open it up, those blank pages screamed “failure” and I just couldn’t deal with it. The only traditional planner I’ve been able to stick with is the Nourished Planner – but I use that one solely for Dine & Dish stuff….

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Yes, I know, I know… it’s already June 8th and I’m only now posting about my June habit. I’m just going with it’s better late than never!

My June Habit, which I actually started on June 1st, is to read at least 60 minutes every, single, day. I’m taking that one step further and I am only reading from the huge amount of un-read books I already have. I’m a serial book buyer/hoarder and it takes a lot of will power to not buy books. I have books I purchased 15 years ago that I still haven’t read… there is no reason I should be buying books to read when I have plenty already in my possession! Between my kindle and my bookshelves, I should be set for at least the month of June. Truthfully, I should be set for the rest of 2016….

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So, confession time… I am horrible about washing my face every night. I’m sharing this because I know I can’t be the only one!

Yes, I go to bed with a face full of makeup, dirt and grime, and yes I know when my face hits my pillow at night, that dirt and grime is transferred to my pillowcase. And yes, I realize that no matter how clean my face is, when I lay down on that pillow case that has also had my not clean face on it prior, I’m getting all that dirt, oil and grime right back on my face.

This used to not matter to me. I mean, it mattered, but sleep mattered more. However, as I’m discovering with so many things past the age of 40, my bad habits are catching up to me.

I have always had good skin… I’ve been very lucky that way. Until recently. All of a sudden over the last few months, my skin has been prone to breakouts more than ever before. On my cheeks, on my chin, on my forehead and even my neck (what the heck is up with that?). Yes, friends…as a 42 year old woman, I for the first time in my life, have the face of a hormonal teenager! It’s maddening. But I know the reason is I’ve done a horrible job of taking care of my skin and washing my face at night.

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