I enjoy simple juice recipes with few ingredients, plus the added benefit of using up produce before it goes bad.

This recipe should cost just under $10 and provide about six mason jars of fresh juice.

My YouTube presence in 2025 was all over the place. I would say I was “back,” upload a few videos, then disappear for months.

Then I would have the nerve to get in my feelings when the numbers didn’t look anything like my Brown Vegan era.

Insanity. I can laugh about it now, but at the time it felt heavy.

The truth is simple... I have been way too connected to the results.
How many views.
How many likes.
How fast something grows.
How slow something moves.

When you create from that mindset, it is almost impossible to enjoy the process.

Last week reminded me why tiny habits matter more than we think.

A few months ago, money was tight while I was paying for my bankruptcy. Even though there wasn’t much room in my budget, something had to change.

I started a sinking fund with just $10 and transferred the money when I got paid. The small step helped me get intentional about my money and I found the room to bump it to $20…then $30 and finally to $50 a check.

Last week my headlights went out, and because it gets dark so early now, I needed them fixed immediately.

And guess what? After saving $260…the total was $250.00.

This moment felt like real progress!

I was watching a woman on TikTok live the other day and it reminded me of something… Most money conversations online are geared toward people under 40.

It’s great for them, but what about the rest of us who are starting later, rebuilding, or just getting serious now?

I turned 44 this year.

I am finally in a place where I can step back, look at my life, and say,

“Okay, it’s time to build real habits that support the future I want.”