Stock Images // Videos:
UNSPLASH ❤ - Free stock images. No login is necessary.
PEXEL ❤ - Offers free image and video stock footage. No login is necessary.
PIXA ❤ - Free stock images. No login is necessary.
Editing:
CANVA ❤ - I feel like this is a 'duh!' at this point. Most of their stock images cost money but you can always upload the images you save from other free websites. You do have to create an account.
PIXLR ❤ - This is a watered-down Canva + Photoshop. I haven't used it in a while but it's still around.
Scheduling // Posting:
FACEBOOK CREATOR STUDIO ❤ - This bad boi makes me pretty happy. You can schedule posts to your Instagram + Facebook feeds. You cannot post to stories though. Login required.
PLANOLY ❤ - I used this before I got into the Facebook Creator Studio. You can plan out a month of posts and manually post them from your mobile phone. It will send you reminders. You can also post to stories, which is what I mainly use it for now.
Calendar of # Holidays to Include:
SPROUTSOCIAL❤ - I've never actually used sproutsocial although I've heard good things about it. If you scroll down you'll find a useful calendar full of Holidays and Silly Hashtag Holidays to include while planning your posts.
FOOL❤ - This is a pretty basic list of Hashtag Holidays to include while planning out your social media posts.
BOOM! POW! There you have it!
I hope this helps! Don't forget to utilize Pinterest for content creation ideas and inspiration.
Do you have any free resources that you love to use to help you with social media?!
Let me know!
Have you
ever met someone good? Like just genuinely nice with a finely tuned moral
compass? Someone with realistic relationship expectations and complete
confidence in what you two have together? Yeah, I hadn't either .... Until I
met my current boyfriend.
This is sappy. I'm always cringy when I talk about him. This man is 100% one of my soulmates. Absolutely. He is my best friend. This man is one of my daughter's best friends and such an amazing role model. I have never laughed and had so much fun in a relationship. He's someone I can act absolutely ridiculous around and he is right there matching my energy. His laugh is contagious, and his smile was one of the first things I fell in love with.
He came into my life at a time when I was really hurting. I was still healing and I would have these terrible panic attacks, and he would just hold me. I'd be full-on ugly sobbing and he would just be there playing with my hair while my head was in his lap. He always completely understood me and helped me weather the storms.
It's been almost 3 years with this man. Three years of being treated like ... like how I'd want my daughter to be treated in a relationship. I still have these moments where I can’t believe that I have this. I feel like I’ve struck gold.
They say that the honeymoon phase of a relationship lasts about 6 months to 2 years. With the end of the month being our 3-year anniversary, I'd bet the house that this is the real deal. I found it. ♥
Heart Smiles,
Sophia ♥
If you or someone you know is in an abusive relationship or needs help, please reach out. Knowledge is power and there are people everywhere ready to help. Love shouldn't hurt.
The National Domestic Violence Hotline - www.thehotline.org
National Dating Abuse Helpline - www.loveisrespect.org
National Child Abuse Hotline/Childhelp - www.childhelp.org
National Sexual Assault Hotline - www.rainn.org
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline - www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org
National Center for Victims of Crime - www.victimsofcrime.org
- The Shawshank Redemption (1994) - There are scenes in this one that could be triggering but the storyline is A+
- Escape from Alcatraz (1979) - Clint Eastwood kicking ass and taking names.
- Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) - Audrey Hepburn & the fashion.
- ALL Studio Ghibli Movies. - Ponyo was my first but I honestly love them all. Do you prefer subbed or dubbed?
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) - I adored the book in high school. I really identified with the story. The movie based on the book did not disappoint. I'm a sucker for coming of age stories I guess.
- Dead Poets Society (1989) - Classic and deep! Can we please rewrite the ending though? TW
- The Color Purple (1985) - "... an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry." Yes. 100%
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) - Indie movie starring Jim Carey. It's like a science-fiction love story. Very odd with a good storyline.
- Practical Magic (1998) - This has a little bit of everything. Love, heartache, family curses, and magic. Plus ... Sandra Bullock. Yah know?
- Meet the Robinsons (2007) - I cry every. single. time. Without fail. When Little Wonders by Rob Thomas starts playing at the end, I start sobbing. A+ feels a "kids" movie.
Sophia ♥
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