Joshua Fagan, Author at What's up Fagans?

How Parents Can Encourage Reading at Home & Limit Screen Time

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If you are looking for ways of encouraging your child to read, here's a smart way we've done summer reading incentives that also limits screen time. These tips for parents to encourage reading serve multiple purposes for both parents and kids. Try out these strategies to encourage good reading habits in your kids! One of the defining ...

Free Printable Road Trip Car Checklist to Prepare for a Long Road Trip

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Want to know how to prepare car for a road trip with a road trip car checklist? Then be sure to read all the great car tips for road trips below and download your free printable car checklist for road trip below. We want to help you get your car ready for a road trip by sharing all the car maintenance before long road trip tips and other prep that ...

9 Practical Yet Cool Gift Ideas for Your Outdoorsy Guy

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Looking for gifts for outdoorsy guys? Then this is your list! Below you'll find gifts for outdoorsy men, whether its your boyfriend, your outdoor dad, or your outdoor enthusiast friend, these items would make his adventure time outdoors even better! And a huge perk is that they are totally cool gifts and very practical. Today we celebrate a ...

Why We Took Our 5 Young Kids to a Snooty Art Museum

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When we were dating and during our first few years of marriage, Kate and I went to museums often. Whether it was the Museum of Art on BYU's campus or the Indianapolis Museum of Art (now known as The Newfields) when we lived in Indiana, we kept up the habit of taking in the fine arts, even after having kids. I can remember taking the twins, and ...

How to Choose the Right Credit Monitoring for Your Family

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Since the September 2017 data breach that occurred at Equifax, I have had it on my mind that my entire family needed to have some sort of monitoring or freezing of credit to help protect us against the malicious and false use of our identities. Prior to this moment in time, I must admit that I had little knowledge about the services that existed ...

How to Decide if a Google Home or Amazon Echo is Right for You

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Debating a Google Home vs Amazon Echo? So did we. Here's how we ultimately decided between a Google Home or Amazon Echo. May it help guide your decision! I like techy things. I don't always stay on top of the latest technology nor do we typically own such things, but when I walk through the store and see things like smart light bulbs, smart ...

What 30 Days on Jenny Craig Taught Me About Losing Weight

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Thank you Jenny Craig for sponsoring this post. -- Get serious about losing weight with Jenny Craig! A few weeks ago I decided to lose weight without dieting by changing my life. I jumpstarted this change with the help of Jenny Craig. I am thankful for the month I participated in the Jenny Craig program as it opened my eyes to a couple of ...

Why I Am Losing Weight Without Dieting

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Thank you Jenny Craig for sponsoring this post. -- Get serious about losing weight with Jenny Craig! As a youth, I never thought to myself, “Man, I hope when I’m 36 years old I’ll struggle with weight issues.” The fact of the matter is that no one wants to stand on the scale and see an obscenely large number staring them back in the face. ...

How Non-Traditional College Students are Making Ends Meet

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Chances are high that you or someone you know is in a similar situation as I am in: a college student who is earning degrees later in life with a family in tow. As non-traditional students we’re out there seeking educational advancement: degrees, certificates, training, courses, professional development and the like. In the U.S.A, a place where ...

5 Useful but Overlooked Back to School Items for College Students

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At 36 years of age, I'm still in school, though working on my PhD. Despite plenty of success academically, I still have anxiety dreams before a new school year begins. I dream I didn’t go to class all semester and now need to take a final exam that I cannot read. I wake up with a bit of fear and stress, but it quickly washes away as I laugh it off ...

The Best Things about Living in Texas Hill Country

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This post is sponsored by Ozarka Water. All opinions and love for Texas Hill Country are my own. When we looked into places we'd like to move for my PhD, we considered Colorado (my home state), Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan (as my wife is from the Midwest) and our far-fetched choice of Montana. Texas wasn't even on my list. I held a lot of ...

4 Gifts for Dad That He Wants and Will Remind Him of You

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Getting the perfect gifts for dad can be something of a dilemma. What do you get the man who has everything? And by everything, I (of course) mean a wonderful family, great kids, a beautiful and strong wife, and the blessing of the Gospel in his home. The key is to focus your gifts for dad ideas toward items that remind him of how blessed he ...