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27 Tricks To Increase Blog Traffic You Need in 2024

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27 Tricks To Increase Blog Traffic You Need in 2024

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Learning how to grow your blog traffic is hard. Trust me; as a veteran blogger, I know a thing or two about it. But if you are ready to skyrocket your traffic, I have 27 ... Read the Post...

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in Health, Lifestyle &middot December 1, 2023

Best Gift Ideas for the Holidays: New Chronic Illness Patients

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in Health, Lifestyle &middot December 1, 2023

Best Gift Ideas for the Holidays: New Chronic Illness Patients

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This post contains affiliate links and sponsored product placement. I do not share any product or company that I dislike; all opinions are mine. Thank you for supporting Kate ... Read the Post...

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in Lifestyle &middot November 24, 2023

Best Gift Ideas for the Holidays: Cyber Week 2023

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in Lifestyle &middot November 24, 2023

Best Gift Ideas for the Holidays: Cyber Week 2023

This post contains affiliate links and sponsored product placement. I do not share any product or company that I dislike; all opinions are mine. Thank you for supporting Kate ... Read the Post...

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17 Things Needed for Making a Blog Successful

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17 Things Needed for Making a Blog Successful

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Whether you’re building a blog from scratch or are making a blog successful after you’ve already had it for a few years, there are a LOT of things you need to do. I’m using my ... Read the Post...

Best Gift Ideas for the Holidays: Unique Gift Ideas, www. kate the almost great .com
in Lifestyle &middot November 3, 2023

Best Gift Ideas for the Holidays: Unique Gift Ideas

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in Lifestyle &middot November 3, 2023

Best Gift Ideas for the Holidays: Unique Gift Ideas

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This is a sponsored post. All opinions are my own. This post also contains affiliate links. Thank you for supporting Kate the (Almost) Great®! Yes, it’s gift guide time ... Read the Post...

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in Health &middot October 10, 2023

Crucial Ways to Prep for Surgery Recovery Ahead of Time

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in Health &middot October 10, 2023

Crucial Ways to Prep for Surgery Recovery Ahead of Time

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My surgery recovery earlier this year was the first I’ve had in 5 years I had several months to prepare for it, which made my overall recovery easier. Unfortunately, I am a ... Read the Post...

Surviving the Holidays with Chronic Illness: How To Survive, Thrive, & Have a Great Time, www. kate the almost great .com
in Health, Lifestyle &middot September 26, 2023

Surviving the Holidays with Chronic Illness: How To Survive, Thrive, & Have a Great Time

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in Health, Lifestyle &middot September 26, 2023

Surviving the Holidays with Chronic Illness: How To Survive, Thrive, & Have a Great Time

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We’re heading into the last part of the year, which is always my favorite part. But surviving the holidays with chronic illness is really difficult, not to mention thriving ... Read the Post...

Text reads: Expert Holiday Blog Post Ideas You Need This Year, www.katethealmostgreat.com (end text). As we head into the holiday season, it’s time to think about holiday blog post ideas. Stressed out? Don't be! Here are over 17 expert topics.
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Expert Holiday Blog Post Ideas You Need This Year

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in Writing & Blogging &middot September 5, 2023

Expert Holiday Blog Post Ideas You Need This Year

Text reads: Expert Holiday Blog Post Ideas You Need This Year, www.katethealmostgreat.com (end text). As we head into the holiday season, it’s time to think about holiday blog post ideas. Stressed out? Don't be! Here are over 17 expert topics.

As we head into the holiday season, it’s time to think about holiday blog post ideas. Why? Because you should be publishing holiday blog posts sooner than you think. If you’re ... Read the Post...

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What Immunocompromised Patients Need To Know

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in Health &middot August 22, 2023

What Immunocompromised Patients Need To Know

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We have been living in a world with COVID for over 3 years now, can you believe it? It hasn’t been an easy time, especially for us immunocompromised patients. Living with a ... Read the Post...

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in Writing & Blogging &middot August 8, 2023

12 Simple Ways for Bloggers To Get Ready for the Holidays

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in Writing & Blogging &middot August 8, 2023

12 Simple Ways for Bloggers To Get Ready for the Holidays

Text reads: 12 Simple Ways for Bloggers To Get Ready for the Holidays, www.katethealmostgreat.com (end text). If you’re a blogger, you’re looking at what is possibly the most profitable time of year. Whether it be ads or affiliate sales, sponsored posts or sponsored reviews, the end of the year is a great time of year to make money … if you’re willing to put in the work. That’s why I suggest getting started now. 

Yes, that’s right, it’s time to get ready for the holidays! If you’re a blogger, you’re looking at what is possibly the most profitable time of year. Whether it be ads or ... Read the Post...

People know so little about autoimmune diseases, so I thought it was time to talk about some autoimmune disease basics.
in Health &middot July 25, 2023

What No One Tells You About Autoimmune Diseases

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in Health &middot July 25, 2023

What No One Tells You About Autoimmune Diseases

People know so little about autoimmune diseases, so I thought it was time to talk about some autoimmune disease basics.

I have been publicly talking about autoimmune diseases for over 10 years now, and one of the biggest things I’ve learned is how little people know about them. To that end, ... Read the Post...

2023 Recent Reads: April-June, www.katethealmostgreat.com
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2023 Recent Reads: April-June

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in Lifestyle &middot July 18, 2023

2023 Recent Reads: April-June

2023 Recent Reads: April-June, www.katethealmostgreat.com

Let’s ease back into blog posts with a Recent Reads post, shall we? As you know, I share my reads for the previous quarter, and I spent half of last quarter recovering from ... Read the Post...

in Health &middot May 30, 2023

Unusual Things I Do Because of Celiac Disease

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in Health &middot May 30, 2023

Unusual Things I Do Because of Celiac Disease

While I'm recovering from surgery, several other health bloggers are stepping in. Please enjoy this guest post from April of Livable by Design! Celiac disease, on the ... Read the Post...

in Health, Lifestyle &middot May 23, 2023

The Restorative Power of Nature

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in Health, Lifestyle &middot May 23, 2023

The Restorative Power of Nature

While I'm recovering from surgery, several other health bloggers are stepping in. Please enjoy this guest post from Suzan! Scientific studies have found that time spent in ... Read the Post...

in Health, Lifestyle &middot May 16, 2023

Can a Low Histamine Diet Help Those with (Certain) Chronic Illness Conditions?

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in Health, Lifestyle &middot May 16, 2023

Can a Low Histamine Diet Help Those with (Certain) Chronic Illness Conditions?

While I'm recovering from surgery, several other health bloggers are stepping in. Please enjoy this guest post from Claire of Through the Fibro Fog! If people ask me ... Read the Post...

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This is the face of coronary artery disease⁣ ⁣ Yup This is the face of coronary artery disease⁣
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I've mentioned this in bits and pieces over the last year, but in 2025, I was diagnosed with coronary artery disease.To be clear, I have basically the lowest amount of artery calcification possible to still have heart disease, but I still have it. ⁣
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New month, new calendar, new goals! One of which i New month, new calendar, new goals! One of which is to post more Reels 🤞🏻 

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💐 Week 8 of 2026 Weekly 💐 1️⃣ When you’ve got to 💐 Week 8 of 2026 Weekly 💐

1️⃣ When you’ve got to do IVIG but also empty the dishwasher (aka chronic illness in a nutsehll)
2️⃣ In progress 
3️⃣ New glasses!

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1️⃣ Kate takes a mirror selfie. She has a small black bag over her shoulder connected to tubes that go under her shirt. She’s a white woman with auburn hair wearing pink glasses, a Geaghan’s Pub & Brewery sweatshirt, and sweatpants. 
2️⃣ An in-progress embroidery project of flowers. 
3️⃣ Kate takes a selfie. She’s wearing a blue and white striped rugby shirt with white writing that reads "University of Maine" and green glasses. 

#IVIG #ChronicallyIll #SjogrensSyndrome #Sjogrens #PunchNeedle
“Why don’t you take having 10+ chronic illnesses m “Why don’t you take having 10+ chronic illnesses more seriously”Because I have a ridiculous number of illnesses. Anything over 7 feels made up. Like, obviously it’s not, but I’m up to 10. That’s a ridiculous number.⁣
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View from this weekend as I worked on my next blog View from this weekend as I worked on my next blog post! I’ve posted 3 so far in 2026, including a fibromyalgia FAQ, so go to the blog to read them. Click the link in my bio or go to katethealmostgreat.com 

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👓 Week 7 of 2026 Weekly 👓 1️⃣ IVIG 2️⃣ Annual ey 👓 Week 7 of 2026 Weekly 👓

1️⃣ IVIG 
2️⃣ Annual eye doc appointment! New glasses coming soon, but eye health (especially Sjögren’s) looked good
3️⃣ Needing lots of blood work means more kindle time while waiting 
4️⃣ Getting ready to start my next punch needle project 👀

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1️⃣ Looking at Kate’s lap. There are clear tubes coming out from under her shirt going to a pump next to Kate. Her laptop is open and a closed Kindle is on the bed.
2️⃣ Kate takes a selfie. She’s a redheaded white woman wearing a green scarf, beige mask, and pink glasses.
3️⃣ Looking at Kate’s lap. Her Kindle is on her coat on her lap. Her pink cane is in front of her legs. 
4️⃣ The start of an embroidery project, with a printed (but not started) frame, box with the finished project shown, and 2 open packets with instructions. 

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