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How You Should Manage Your Time This New Year

December 28, 2017 by cnkstylebook 1 Comment

The New Year is just around the corner and it is a good time for a change. It is also a time to evaluate your habits and leave your bad habits in the past and generally to just get rid of the old to make room for the new. A great skill to bring into the New Year is time management. Time management is essential to setting your goals and completing your goals. It is also a great way to keep track of your progress and know when it is time to set your mind on one goal and also when it is time to relax and have fun.

Here are a few tips to managing your time more effectively for the New Year:

Plan Your Week On Sunday

Plan to take a few minutes on Sunday to plan out your week. Your overall week will run more smoothly if your start your week and day off with a plan. A key factor to keep in mind is that your energy levels fluctuate during the week and you should plan your days with this in mind. For example, you can plan your low priority and low energy items for Monday, complete your more demanding tasks on Tuesday and Wednesday, schedule meetings for Thursday and utilize your Friday for planning and networking. It is a lot easier to get things done when you don’t have to think about what you need to focus on in a specific day and time frame.

Create A Daily Plan and Block out Your Day

Plan to block out your day the day before including tasks to complete, meetings, lunchtime, dinner, time, breaks, and when your day of work is complete. Also, when blocking out time keep in mind intricate details of a specific task and block out time for each detail needed to complete the task. Blocking out your day will allow you to execute your day more effectively without having lose time thinking about what you have to do next or tempting procrastination.

Schedule Your Demanding Tasks In The Morning

The morning is a great time to focus and get things out of the way before your mind is cluttered with other demands and thoughts. Use the morning to complete tasks that you may feel less obliged to do mid day.

Make The Most Of Your Waiting Periods

Utilize your waiting period effectively. Do you have a long commute on a train to work? Do you have a long wait before a flight? Use the time to complete small tasks like sending an email, making a call or even outlining a paper. Use these moments to get yourself ahead of the game.

Actually Organize Your Email

Emails can be stressful when it is all organized. Create folders according to the type of emails you receive and level of urgency. It will help to stay on top of what is going on, what you need to reply to and also not get overwhelmed by receiving a large volume of emails. A good trick is to create a filter that automatically sends a certain email address straight into a mailbox folder that you created. It helps to keep track of the emails that are being received.

Use Your Calendar

Get a dry erase calendar and fill in a visible schedule on your wall. Use your calendar to keep track of deadlines and even add locations to events being attended.

Comment down below how you manage your time best!

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My Winter Skincare Routine

December 18, 2017 by cnkstylebook No Comments

In the winter time it’s definitely important to have a good skin care routine as the cold weather can be very drying. I love trying out different products and have been making a transition towards more natural and organic options that work for my skin as I have a dry to normal skin combination.

The following are the products I have been using to keep my skin glowing during the winter time.

The Face

Shea Moisture Problem Skin Facial Wash & Scrub

Shea Moisture African Black Soap Clarifying Mud Mask

Avohass Extra Virgin Cold-pressed Unrefined Avocado Oil

DIY Apple Cider Vinegar Toner

The benefit of using Apple Cider Vinegar is that it is antiseptic and anti bacterial which is great for skin infections, acne, and eczema. Other great benefits is that it balances the natural ph of the skin, breaks up the bonds between dead skin cells to keep pores open, and can lighten sun, age spots, and acne scarring.

Ingredients

Raw Apple Cider Vinegar

Filtered Water

Formula

For sensitive skin: Mix 1 part apple cider vinegar with 4 parts water

For normal/dry skin: Mix 1 part apple cider vinegar and 2 parts water

For oily skin: Mix 1 part apple cider vinegar and 1 part water

The Body

Shea Moisture African Black Soap Body Wash

Natural Organic Shea Butter from the beauty supply store

Comment down below the products that you use during the winter time!

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Black-Owned Business Shoutout

December 12, 2017 by cnkstylebook No Comments

Sneaker Pawn

Started by 16-year old Chase Reed, Sneaker Pawn takes a classic business model and remixes it in a modern way. Everyone is familiar with a pawnshop and Chase simply took the idea and applied It to high end and dead stock sneakers for his first business idea. Sneaker Pawn was born after Troy asked his father for $50 to put towards another release of sneakers and his Father would hold onto the new pair of sneakers until Chase could pay off the money that he borrowed. Chase eventually had the big idea to apply the pawn shop model to sneakers and he began to sell all of his sneaker collection which consisted of $200 pairs of sneakers to raise the money he needed to start his business. The money he eventually raised came up to $30,000 which he used to get officially begin Sneaker Pawn. Now, Sneaker Pawn is available at 26^th West 14^th street between 5^th and 6^th street in New York.

Chase took his simple idea and created something never before seen but needed in the community.

Pink Plastic

Pink Plastic is an avant-garde 20^th century inspired jewelry and clothing company curated by Princess Aurum and Ann Wynn who use influences like fashion moguls Twiggy, Cher, and Dior as well as culturally trademarked movies like Clueless and Life-Size to create clothing that exudes ingenuity. Each piece is made to make ALL women standout as they seek to embrace ALL women of different shades, sizes, and skin tones to embrace their inner confidence and diva.

Our goal is to empower women, motivate them to follow their dreams, and keep them cute! We encourage girl power and supporting other women through their ventures as well

Pink Plastic’s message of inclusivity in all sizes and shades is important and in the spirit of supporting other women they are an inspiration for other businesses to embrace other sizes and to celebrate women in all their forms.

Pish Posh Apparel

Emani, who is the brains behind Pish Posh, has taken actual art and combined it into the context of fashion. Her pieces are unique as each piece is hand painted and different from the next piece. She is inspiring a new age of fashion as she took her thoughts and translated them to goals which led to action that created her brand Pish Posh.

Every inch is Hand Painted…why? I think by painting each piece it gives my line a paved gateway leading to a NEW evolution of fashion and its just unique. I think I was born to inspire, to gather up all my talents together and become what most only dreamed to be. I want people to find guidance when they learn who I am, and see how dedicated I am to getting ahead.

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