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Ah! I need to get a move on if I want to make it to my favorite class in the world (Power Flex, at Bally’s). I gotta get out of here, but check out the awesome exfoliations for this week. If you look carefully, one of the exfoliations is becoming famous in an upcoming movie! [...]

Hi everybody! My name is Ashley Inzer and I have some big dreams. For as long as I can remember I have been a dreamer and not a do-er. I constantly get tons of ideas, get really excited about them and then quietly let them go without acting on them. There are a ton of [...]

I hope you have a great weekend planned! I have just a handful of days before Erwin comes back in town. Which means I’ll be catching up with plenty of friends and doing girly things. (I’ve already “scheduled” a homemade mani/pedi appointment with myself in the living room on Saturday.) Ashley, MakeunderMyLife Dream Reporter I [...]

Today’s DESIGN YOUR LIFE is brought to you by Jeanine of AphroChic. As I have mentioned (many times before), Jeanine’s business, textiles, and spirit have inspired me to take Jess LC to the next level. She is also a style and interior design blogger, check out her blog, AphroChic. And she recently did a stint [...]

Good morning! Today’s DESIGN YOUR LIFE will be posted later today or tomorrow. It’s a good one, that’s for sure. But until I have a chance to get that formatted, I wanted to share a little project I did with Jessica of Polished Sense. If you haven’t seen her awesome selection of shoes, hop over [...]

This post is really written for me, but might be helpful for others. Saying “no” means saying “yes.” Sure, we’ve all heard the anti-drug tag-line, “just say no!” since elementary school. And as children we knew not to accept offers for illegal drugs. It meant bad things. But what I think they didn’t manage to [...]

Thank you so much for all of your wonderful comments about MML and your awesome suggestions for the upcoming intentional jewelry for Jess LC. There were 177 comments, some with as many as five intention message suggestions! Needless to say, I am going to need to do a little searching and come up with common [...]

Good morning! I hope you have had a great weekend. Mine was relaxing and a bit strange since Erwin is on location shooting for the next show he’s working on (if I haven’t mentioned, he’s a tv associate producer). I felt like I had a lot more time in the day on Saturday and Sunday [...]

This week we have a larger batch of exfoliations than usual. If you want to send in your end of the week exfoliation, email your image, caption, and blog link (if you have one) and I’ll post it next week as well. End of the Week Exfoliation “This week I am happily exfoliating two old [...]

Happy Friday! This week’s End of the Week Exfoliation will be up tomorrow morning. I am looking forward to this weekend as I have a coffee chat with a very dear blog friend on Saturday and dinner tonight with a close Chicago buddy. I hope your weekend is dry, sunny, and relatively warm! It’s been [...]

Good morning! First, I want to mention that DESIGN YOUR LIFE will be back next week with one of my personal business heroes. Today I have a pretty exciting piece to share: my first official television interview! Sure, its for a very local show, sure I say the word “absolutely” 26 times, and sure there [...]

Wow. Oh wow. I am so excited by all of the awesome submissions for the spring Jess LC intentional message necklaces on yesterday’s post. Not to mention all of the blog birthday wishes. Thank you, thank you. I will continue accepting submissions until next Tuesday (Jan/26), so feel free to keep posting messages. I’m also [...]

I can’t believe it’s been one year since I started MakeunderMyLife. Pretty incredible. I started this blog without any expectation, hoping to one day compile the contents into a book. And today, 365 days later, I’m being interviewed by a local television show about the blog and my message(!!). I’m pinching myself. To show my [...]

Good morning! I hope you had a great weekend. I thought about doing work the last few days, but decided it was in my best interest to give myself a break. So here I am rested and ready for some exciting projects happening this week. I’ll fill you in on them as they come up. [...]

Happy weekend! I can’t believe things flying by so quickly again! This weekend I will be taking time off of work to relax. I’ll be going to my favorite weight class, Power Flex at my gym this morning, and I have date night with Erwin for dinner. End of the Week Exfoliation “We are currently [...]

Okay, maybe the title of this post is a bit dramatic. But the truth is, the interview I did for The Good Life For Less‘s new Dreamers Into Do-ers series really does highlight the not-so-pretty parts of starting Jess LC full-time after graduation in 2007. Jill asked me several questions covering topics like what my [...]

I’d like to start by saying that what I’m about to reveal, though not of extreme importance, was never intended to be shared here on Makeunder. However, given the recent earthquake in Haiti, I feel that if by sharing this intention, more aid goes to those in need, it is well worth revealing. My Private [...]

We all have our favorite tv shows.* We all have our favorite blogs. My favorite tv shows are Curb Your Enthusiasm and Private Practice. And near the top of my (long) blog list are The Pioneer Woman and Life in the Fun Lane. Which means featuring Holly of Life in the Fun Lane today on [...]

Today’s THINK ABOUT IT came to me back in December while I was on the EL (subway) platform at Belmont. What I came to realize about my thinking that evening might be helpful to discuss here on Makeunder. Money = Guilt? One day last month I created an expensive custom piece. A few people were [...]

Did you write an annual letter to your future self? If so, I have a great new resource to share. A few days ago, Jillian, a friend and MML reader, shared FutureMe.org, a site that lets you program when you’d like to receive emails from yourself. What a great way to plan when you will [...]

Photo courtesy of Gigi’s Gone Shopping As I was scrolling through my blog reader today, I came upon Gigi’s Gone Shopping and this morning she posted pictures of the Spring 2010 J.Crew catalog. Not sure if you’ve seen it yet, but mine hasn’t arrived in the mail. Take a look at the full spread on [...]

Last Friday my friend Kristin and I went to Ikea and I came home with a new desk chair. I’ve been debating on what style to choose ever since my old wooden black one started to get rickety. I settled on the white faux-leather egg style chair. Other options at West Elm and CB2 were [...]

Sorry this is posting a few days late. I decided to share my 2010 intentions on Friday and do the End of the Week Exfoliation today. Check below for the winner of the Giveaway Giveaway from December. I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend! “I got a new purse, so I’m getting rid [...]

I am amazed and excited by the outstanding response my annual letter post received earlier this week! I have been doing my best to answer the comments with actual emails, so please be patient if you commented and haven’t heard from me yet. I’m so excited for everyone who has written a “future letter” to [...]

This week’s DESIGN YOUR LIFE is pretty freaking awesome. Though Stephanie and I both graduated from Michigan the same year, I didn’t meet her officially until she moved to Chicago last year. Which is strange, considering how alike we are. Her passion for her blog and personal training is outstanding. She is also one of [...]

Welcome to the first official installment of THINK ABOUT IT! I have had this post idea written down for weeks (maybe even months) and I think it is the perfect compliment to a fresh new year. The Regret Sack As Erwin and I were watching tv one Sunday morning, we heard Joel Osteen speak about [...]

Happy afternoon! It was great to hear your responses to the “Future Letter” for the new year. I’ve been working as hard as I can to answer each of your comments personally through email, rather than on the blog post comment section itself. Cuz lets be honest, do you really go back and check to [...]

As you may remember, back in October a Makeunder reader shared her story of  intentionalizing her life. She took a huge leap and left her job, unpaid, for three months to figure out what was really important to her. Well, those three months have passed and she’s offered to share what she has learned. Take [...]

Good morning and happy new year! I know it’s a few days past the actual ball drop, but I’d like to start 2010 off by sharing how I celebrate new years with intention. Not to be misleading, this New Years Eve night I happened to have a party with close friends and definitely didn’t do [...]