Blog — Adventures of a Young Housewife

April 27, 2021
Why Affirmations Work and How to Write Them [Proven & Tested]
At the start of this year, I started manifesting a raise. A week later, the promotion that should have taken months happened overnight. Less than a month later, I had my pay bumped 30%. Now, I’m not saying affirmations single-handedly landed me that raise, but it sure showed me affirmations work. But how? And how…
April 24, 2021
Benefits of Coffee [Brought to You By a Coffee Lover]
The most common memes my friends send me with a caption “This is so you!” all have to do with coffee. I am a huge coffee lover and I am not choosy – plain black or cappuccino, at-home pour-over or an artisanal coffee at a coffeeshop — send it my way! And my favorite thing…
April 17, 2021
Trying to Conceive? Improve Your Chances of Getting Pregnant [4 Main Tips]
Update: We got pregnant on our very first try, so you know there’s something to these! Now that we’ve been together for almost five years, living together for half a year, and both having decent salaries, I’ve wanted to get the “baby talk” going. Usually, he’d end up saying “I absolutely want kids, but let’s…
April 13, 2021
How to Stick to Exercise [5 Simple Tips]
Back when I was still living with my parents, sticking to my daily yoga routine was easy. I didn’t have to worry about how to stick to exercise at all! There were no lunches to make, an entire house to keep clean, so dedicating 10 minutes to light exercise daily was no issue. Add to…
April 8, 2021
A Complete Guide to Becoming a Vegetarian
Three weeks ago, I decided – quite literally overnight – to completely shun meat from my diet. And not just red meat, mind you, but poultry and fish as well. My fiance initially laughed my becoming a vegetarian idea off, and given that I did try that once before and gave up pretty quickly, I…
February 20, 2021
Cooking Tips for Housewives [Simple Tricks & Recipes]
I’ve wanted to write about cooking tips for housewives for quite a while, and I never really got around to it. But since it’s a lazy Saturday, my beau is at work, and the kitten is finally asleep, I feel now’s the time! A short intro: when I moved in with my fiancé, I could…
February 18, 2021
How to Potty Train a Kitten Fast [Tried & Tested]
The story behind this “How to potty train a kitten fast” guide is a heartwarming one, but if you want to skip right to the tips, I won’t blame you! We recently got a puppy as well, in case you’re more of a canine person! Our Story Behind Tips on Litter Training a Kitten A…
February 15, 2021
Health Benefits of Cinnamon [Tea, Coffee, Milk, & More]
I am so excited to be sharing this with you! I have had an immense love for this spice for years, and that was before I even found out about all the health benefits of cinnamon. I put it in my coffee, I put it in my oatmeal, I add it in cookies… However, there…
February 12, 2021
How to Love Cleaning? [8 Simple Tricks]
Back when I was living with my parents, you couldn’t force me to clean my miniature room if my life depended on it. I’d clean it once a month – tops – because I didn’t really have the sense that it belonged to me. But ever since I moved in with my fiance and made…
February 8, 2021
How to Eat Healthy Food Everyday [8 Tips]
When it comes to healthy eating tips, you’ll mostly come upon extremes. No sweets!No meat!No eating after 7pm! If you’ve been trying this but failing miserably, it’s probably because it’s not good advice on how to eat healthy easily. I once read something along the lines of – if you have abs, it means you…