A lifestyle blog.

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Hi, I´m Joey

It’s my hope that this website, which I founded in 2009, will become a regular source of inspiration, encouragement and comfort for you. We’re old friends here, and I’ve got stories to tell (and things to share). So grab a cuppa (or a glass) and stay a while.

While blogging is how I started my out-loud writing career, my debut novel, Yeah, maybe was released in 2014 and became an amazon bestseller. See more novels from me under “books.” 

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5 Tricks to increase your daily steps (10K per day)

5 Tricks to increase your daily steps (10K per day)

**I originally wrote this post to go live at the start of February. And then I just...forgot to post it. But considering how life has gone completely sideways since then and many of us are stuck indoors all day, I figured I might as well post it now.** Raise your hand...

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Time + Hard Work = Perspective

Time + Hard Work = Perspective

When my Camry died, I was knee deep in Yeah, Maybe revisions on a computer that was 7 years old and barely functioning.  Everyone was telling me I needed to get a car.  I decided it was more important to get a new computer. So after Yeah, Maybe was published (that's right, you guys, I...

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Is The Apple Watch Worth It + How I Use It

Is The Apple Watch Worth It + How I Use It

I'm all for anything that makes life seem a little easier these days.  In the last 12 months, my life has done a full 180, and I'll be honest in saying that 90% of the time it all feels like too much. I adored my Fitbit Flex.  I wore it religiously.  I raved about it.  And the...

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What do you do for you?

What do you do for you?

I was starting to lose myself.  It was happening quietly.  Slowly.  Little by little.  A yes here.  A yes there.  And before I knew it, I was gone.  The parts I loved about myself, the parts I loved about my life, I'd stopped making the time for.  I was too...

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Stuff & Things That Make My Life Easier

Stuff & Things That Make My Life Easier

It's been an off week--one where everything has felt harder than it needs to be.  So instead of sitting here having a pity party for myself, I've decided to think about all the things that make my life easier when I feel like everything is just too hard. Setting the coffee pot the night...

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HI, I'M JOEY

 Mama, indie author, wife, believer and friend.

My only hope is that while you’re here, you feel a sense of belonging, comfort and empowerment. Because life is too short to live it worried you’re not good enough.

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YOU SHOULD READ MY BOOKS

If you’re into the kind of books that suck you in, make you fall in love with the characters and root for the underdog, then you’ll probably love these stories.