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This blog has been around in one form or another since 2010. It’s an amalgamation of who I was, who I am, and who I’m hoping to be. Sometimes it’s about beauty products. Other times (most of the time) it’s about planning. Occasionally there’s business stuff and even rarer board game content.

So thanks for stopping by, reading somthing long-form in a world of fast information, and hanging out with me on my slice of the internet.

Sincerely,

Kayla

 

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KAYLA BENDA

Amateur potter. Cat enthusiast. Sad poetry writer.

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The Best Christmas Cookies Ever (+ Homemade Frosting)
The Best Christmas Cookies Ever (+ Homemade Frosting)

If you follow me on social media or have been keeping up with Vlogmas, then you know about these cookies. As soon as I posted the first photo on Instagram I got countless people requesting the recipe! The recipe currently belongs to my mom (of course I copied it as...

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Doing Your Own Thing
Doing Your Own Thing

So I've been thinking about this a lot lately. This idea of "doing your own thing." With a world that's constantly connected it's so easy to get swept up in the flurry of trying to keep up with the Joneses. Everyone and their brother is opening an Etsy shop selling...

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Remember Why You Started
Remember Why You Started

Time is a funny, funny thing. It has a way of mucking about with goals and plans and suddenly you find yourself a few years down the road with your mind all over the place and no real direction. I've been feeling like that a lot lately. This kind of lost sense of...

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5 Things to Do For Yourself: This Holiday Season
5 Things to Do For Yourself: This Holiday Season

The holiday season is definitely here in full force and it's more important than ever to do things for yourself to maintain your sanity as the to do lists reach new lengths. I for one always get swept up in the fury and frantic dash and could use the reminder to take...

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Top Down Planner Review & Walkthrough
Top Down Planner Review & Walkthrough

For almost the entirety of our relationship, I've been trying to get Alex into a planner. Low and behold when the Top Down Planner came into our lives, we found just the thing. It's a very goal-orientated, business mindset planner that Alex can't get enough of. He...

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Exploring Michigan with JORD Fieldcrest
Exploring Michigan with JORD Fieldcrest

Watches have always seemed like such a luxury to me. I'd see someone wearing a beautiful watch and think, one day I'll have a watch that makes me feel like a million bucks. I recently acquired that unique watch and have been taking it on little adventures...

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KAYLA BENDA

Amateur potter. Cat enthusiast. Sad poetry writer.

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