Start your day with some good news — here are seven good things that happened this week! Image: Reddit
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12 Instagram Accounts to Follow for a Positivity Fix
Put some positivity on your social media timeline! From inspiring quotes to adorable animals, here are 12 positive Instagram accounts to follow. Image: Good News Movement
How to Meal Prep and Eat Healthy During Quarantine
Now, more than ever, it’s important to fuel your body with healthy foods that will keep your immune system strong and your waistline stable. Find out how you can eat nutritiously during the pandemic, and check out two simple recipes that use common household ingredients.
Pandemic Manners: How to Safely Grocery Shop
As stores struggle to meet shoppers’ demands, it’s more important than ever to have a respectful and safe mindset when grocery shopping. Here are some best practices for your next trip to the store as we live through this pandemic.
10 Personalized Graduation Gifts to Send Without Leaving the House
Graduation ceremonies may be canceled, but you can still give the graduate a personalized gift. Here are 10 great ideas you can purchase without leaving the house — and each one supports small businesses.
Child Custody & COVID-19: Expert Answers for Complicated Questions
Complicated times make already-challenging topics even more so. Here, two family law attorneys explain how COVID-19 may (or may not) impact child custody arrangements.
Is it Allergies or Coronavirus? An Expert Weighs In
If you become symptomatic, don’t instantly jump to conclusions. Here’s how to tell the difference between allergies and coronavirus.
The Mask Movement: How to Help Out From Home
For those who have a way with a needle and thread, this is the opportunity you have been waiting for! Find out how you can help out healthcare workers on the frontlines of the pandemic.
What It’s Like to Have a Parent in Hospice During a Pandemic
The current lockdown poses hardships for those who have elderly family in nursing homes or assisted living facilities. Moe Loughran shares her account of having a parent in hospice during a global pandemic.
A Neighborhood-Wide Photoshoot Captures Community During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Find out what happened when photographer Tausha Dickinson gave her neighbors five hours to get ready for an impromptu photo shoot, at a safe distance of course. It’s so heartwarming!
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Lifestyle
7 Good Things That Happened This Week
Start your day with some good news — here are seven good things that happened this week! Image: Reddit
8 Places to Watch Virtual Concerts While You’re at Home
From Saturday evening shows at the Grand Ole Opry to intimate performances from an artist’s living room, here are eight places you can watch virtual concerts while you’re social distancing. Image: Facebook
A Quarantine Bucket List: 30 Things To Keep You Busy
We might as well make the most of our time at home, right? We’ve curated a bucket list that you can screenshot, send to friends or just mark off yourself to help pass the time.
How to Manage Anxiety and Mental Health During This Pandemic
Although times are tough right now, there are ways to manage our fears. We talked to two mental health experts to get advice on how to manage anxiety during the current health crisis.
12 Instagram Accounts to Follow for a Positivity Fix
Put some positivity on your social media timeline! From inspiring quotes to adorable animals, here are 12 positive Instagram accounts to follow. Image: Good News Movement
Your Room-by-Room Guide to Spring Cleaning
You’re likely spending more time at home than usual, so make the most of it by clearing out the clutter and getting your house clean and organized. Here’s your room-by-room spring cleaning guide.
How to Meal Prep and Eat Healthy During Quarantine
Now, more than ever, it’s important to fuel your body with healthy foods that will keep your immune system strong and your waistline stable. Find out how you can eat nutritiously during the pandemic, and check out two simple recipes that use common household ingredients.
Pandemic Manners: How to Safely Grocery Shop
As stores struggle to meet shoppers’ demands, it’s more important than ever to have a respectful and safe mindset when grocery shopping. Here are some best practices for your next trip to the store as we live through this pandemic.
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Food & Dining
How to Meal Prep and Eat Healthy During Quarantine
Now, more than ever, it’s important to fuel your body with healthy foods that will keep your immune system strong and your waistline stable. Find out how you can eat nutritiously during the pandemic, and check out two simple recipes that use common household ingredients.
RECIPE: Spring Vegetable & Quinoa Soup
When you want the perfect selection of the season’s top flavors along with the comfort only a bowl of soup can provide, here’s the solution: Spring Vegetable & Quinoa Soup — straight from Bailey Rae’s Kitchen!
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Homes
Put Your Christmas Lights Up: Your Neighbor Needs It; We All Need It
Do you need some Christmas lights to cheer you up?
10 Soothing Southern Bedrooms – Because We All Need a Happy Place Right Now
Since we all may be spending a lot of time at home and in our bedrooms over the next few weeks, here are 10 soothing Southern bedrooms to inspire you to find your happy place in a sea of uncertainty.
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Travel
Take a Virtual Tour of Nashville, TN
Music City may be silent for the moment, but check out all that awaits and plan your visit once the pandemic has passed. Image: Jake Matthews
Take a Virtual Tour of Jackson County, NC
As so many of us are spending more time at home, we can still travel to gorgeous destinations like Jackson County, NC. Take a virtual tour of this beautiful area of southwest North Carolina.
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Style
The Value of Getting Dressed Daily
Even when many of us are not actually going into an office for work, it’s still important to get dressed for they day. Here are three easy outfit formulas that will make you feel ready to face the day.
10 Personalized Graduation Gifts to Send Without Leaving the House
Graduation ceremonies may be canceled, but you can still give the graduate a personalized gift. Here are 10 great ideas you can purchase without leaving the house — and each one supports small businesses.