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Back again with a list of cool things to check out this week. Let me know in the comments what is inspiring you!<\/p>\n

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    MOD POOLS<\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    https:\/\/www.thrillist.com\/news\/nation\/modpools-are-heated-shipping-container-pools-can-be-used-year-round<\/a><\/p>\n

    It\u2019s green, it\u2019s\u00a0 modern and it\u2019s portable. Repurposed shipping containers are being turned into pools! Best of all, with a built in heating system so you can take a dip year round.<\/p>\n

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      A BEAUTIFUL MESS<\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      http:\/\/abeautifulmess.com\/2014\/07\/easy-abstract-art-step-by-step.html<\/a><\/p>\n

      This awesome lifestyle company by two sisters (Elsie Larson and Emma Chapman) focuses n home d\u00e9cor projects. They also teach online classes and have created photo apps. I particularly love the \u2018easy abstract art\u2019 page I stumbled upon. I will be trying my hand at a little art painting.<\/p>\n

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        CLICK AND GROW SMART GARDEN 9<\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        https:\/\/www.clickandgrow.com\/products\/the-smart-garden-9<\/a><\/p>\n

        Anyone can have (or at least look like) a green thumb these days. Access to 35 types of vegetables and flowers, biodegradable and all-natural is a reality now with Click and Grow Smart Garden. Making room for this compact automated plant grower shouldn\u2019t be difficult. You can out it on your countertop or even stash it on top of the fridge!\u00a0 You just put in your pods that contain Smart Soil, fill the tank with water and plug it in and watch it grow.<\/p>\n

        4. Jess Lively’s Blog<\/h1>\n

        Jess Lively\u2019s blog includes an interview with Brene Brown, focusing on how to set boundaries in your relationships in a compassionate way and discussing some of the themes in her book \u2018Rising Strong\u2019. How this serves our empowerment is that emotionality can be a driving force and we make up these stories surrounding it which are not necessarily true. We must learn how to have tough conversations, check in and be brave. We deny our feelings based on \u2018emotional high centering\u2019 (meaning you can\u2019t go forward and you can\u2019t go back), it is a form of offloading feelings because we are better at hiding or causing pain until it takes a toll on our lives, rather than facing it or being honest about what we are really feeling.<\/p>\n

        http:\/\/jesslively.com\/brenebrown\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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          Justfloat.com<\/h1>\n

          If I need to de-stress or have some (much needed) me time, there is very little that is more relaxing than a warm soak in a bath…until now. Taking it up a notch in the Zen department, letting stress and worry literally float away with you as you bathe in epsom salt filled, sensory deprivation, oversized tub. No light, no sound, just listening to your breath as you float for an hour. And we all float on\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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          Back again with a list of cool things to check out this week. Let me know in the comments what is inspiring you! MOD POOLS https:\/\/www.thrillist.com\/news\/nation\/modpools-are-heated-shipping-container-pools-can-be-used-year-round It\u2019s green, it\u2019s\u00a0 modern and it\u2019s portable. 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