You Got This. 52 Goals to Make 2016 Your Bitch
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve made (and subsequently broken) my New Year’s resolutions. It always starts the same way — fierce determination that slowly morphs into an excuse here and a...
View Article52 Challenges Week 1: Post-Holiday Decor Purge
I feel like it’s mocking me. It’s laughing at me in a sinister Grinch voice. It could be really cool or really useful. But it’s not. It’s evidence of my inability to be crafty. Here it is: Three years...
View Article52 Challenges Week 2: Mo’ Money, Less Problems with A Monthly Spending Plan...
When was the last time you really studied how you spend your money? And I don’t mean you opened up your banking app to check your balance and said, Sweet! We still have money in the account! Cha-ching!...
View ArticleEpisode 2: NextGen MilSpouse Happy Hour Podcast
Episode 2 of the NextGen MilSpouse Happy Hour Podcast is here! In this episode, we introduce a new weekly news segment with none other Amy Bushatz of Military.com and Spousebuzz! This week’s show is...
View ArticleWeek 3: Set a Debt-Free Deadline & Make a Plan
I hate owing money to anyone…it doesn’t matter who it is or what I bought. It’s like being stuck in a hole I both dug and willingly jumped into. Oh wait, it’s exactly like that. Sometimes, debt is...
View ArticleEpisode 3: NextGen MilSpouse Happy Hour Podcast
In episode 3 of our Happy Hour Podcast, Adrianna and Michelle discuss what’s trending across the military community interwebs! From Snowmageddon 2016 to surviving a Tuesday-Monday, you’ll love this...
View Article52 Challenges Week 4: Make a Career Goal and a Plan to Achieve It
For me, this military life has created some, shall we say, interesting adventures in my career path. By training and passion, I’m a teacher and educator first and foremost. By passion and opportunity,...
View ArticleEpisode 4: NextGen MilSpouse Happy Hour Podcast
In episode 4 of our Happy Hour Podcast, we’ve got the scoop on what’s trending across the military community online! Get your weekly dose motivation to make 2016 your bitch, military current events...
View Article52 Challenges Week 5: Create a Date Night Schedule and Budget
Movie night. Movie night. Movie night. Dinner out. Movie night. Movie night. If you’re like most couples, you might have found yourself chained to the same old, same old. And that same old, same old is...
View ArticleEpisode 5: Did You Say Tinder?
Find out why we’re grateful we don’t know how to use Tinder and why it’s your American duty to watch the 50th Super Bowl this weekend! In episode 5 of our Happy Hour Podcast, we’re welcoming the ever...
View Article52 Challenges Week 6: Have a Career Chat with Your Spouse
As military spouses, we learned how to be flexible with our own lives. That means everything in it, including our careers. We adjust, aim, fire and hope for the best. I’m going to be honest here and...
View ArticleEpisode 6: Make Your Career Goals Into Squad Goals
On this week’s Happy Hour podcast episode, Rachel Tringali from The Professional Army Wife joins us to talk about why it’s so important to have regular career chats with your significant other and...
View Article52 Goals Week 7: Get Legal
For a few years now, I have been refusing to “adult.” Yes, I had a baby, and have been married for a while. I’ve even managed to keep a dog alive for 6 whole years! I’ve been a little late to the game...
View ArticleEpisode 7: Sweet, Sweet Love in a Cup
On Episode 7 of our Happy Hour Podcast, Chaos Muppet, Adrianna, and Order Muppets Michelle and Military.com’s Amy Bushatz, share the latest news, trending stories on social media, and the latest and...
View Article52 Goals Challenge Week 8: Pay Yourself First
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock devoid of wi-fi signal, you’ve probably seen and/or listened to (and then hit repeat on) Queen Bey’s unapologetic anthem proclaiming how she slay…”Formation.” If...
View ArticleEpisode 8: Cheddar Bey Biscuits & Saving for Retirement
Two months of Happy Hour Podcasts and each show just keeps getting better! Join our founder, Adrianna, managing editor, Michelle, and all around journalistic bad-ass, Amy of Military.com as we...
View Article52 Goals Week 9: Be Screen Free in the Evenings
I’m going to be totally honest with you – at all times I have at least two, if not three or four, screens of some sort on or near me. These devices are: cell phone, tablet, laptop and TV. On a given...
View Article52 Goals Week 10: Work LinkedIn Like a Boss
So…LinkedIn. I’ve been told I NEED to have it, so I made a profile. But, honestly, it has never generated any job leads other than ones that are posted by companies. My LinkedIn connections have never...
View ArticlePodcast Episode 10: Sorry, Your Air Force Is Showing
We’re totally #SorryNotSorry about saying this is one of our favorite episodes to date! Happy Hour is all about hanging with kick-ass friends, unwinding and getting smart on all the military community...
View Article52 Goals Week 11: Get Yourself Organized and File Your Taxes
It’s that time of the year when Uncle Sam puts out his hand, does his best Rihanna impression and reminds every single eligible taxpayer that “bitch better have my money.” Or as you might like to think...
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