Category: Adulting
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The Unfiltered Truth About Back-Office Operations
If you looked at my social media feed over the last few weeks, you would think it was business as usual. The reality? I have been completely sick in bed for 11 days. No filter, no polished office background, just me under the covers trying to rest and recover. Nobody…
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Waking Up at 4 AM Won’t Save Your Business: The Power of Intentional Time Blocks
There is a nagging narrative in the entrepreneur space that tells you if you aren’t waking up before dawn, drinking cold-pressed juice and working three hours before your family wakes up, you simply don’t want success badly enough. I am here to tell you that narrative is exhausting, unsustainable and…
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Ditch the To-Do List: How Time Blocking Reclaims Your Sanity and Sanity-Driven Productivity
How many times have you sat down at your desk, looked at a handwritten list of thirty tasks, and immediately felt a wave of exhaustion hit you before you even started? If you are trying to manage your home, your kids and your small business using a traditional to-do list,…
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Thursdays Are Reserved: Why Editing Your Schedule Protects Your Marriage and Your Business
Thursdays are for blog posts and date nights. Both are completely non-negotiable on my calendar. Ben and I were recently asked to add another ministry to our schedule. As much as I would have loved to get involved, it happens on Thursday nights. So guess what? The answer was a…
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Setting Boundaries Before the Busy Season Hits 🦩
We were out working in the garden this week and found a pumpkin that had wound its way through a tomato cage. It was about to be stuck tight. The wire was pressing into the skin, so we had to shift the metal to give it room to actually grow.…
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Art Class, Camping and Future CEO Training
When we packed up for Duck Creek, I wanted to bring an activity that got everyone engaged. So… I set up a family Bingo photography challenge!! The rule was simple: we all got the exact same prompts, but every single photo was going into the same printed family book. That…
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Letting Go of the Hustle
A few weeks ago, my view changed entirely. I traded my laptop screen for the pine trees. I climbed into a hammock swing and let the world spin without me for a minute. No scrolling. No answering phone calls. No checking notifications to see what the algorithms wanted from me.…
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The Power of Letting Go
My Pinterest business account has officially been outsourced. If you look at the A Swing & A Sway Pinterest page right now, you aren’t looking at my handiwork. You are looking at a system run entirely by my youngest daughter. Now, let’s be very clear about the boundaries in our…
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When a Brand Changes…
(But No One Explains It) 🦩 Pivoting is a Strategy, Not a Surprise I followed a company for quite a while. I bought their products regularly and I truly trusted the brand. Then one day I went to place an order and the entire page had transformed. It was a…
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My Kids Teach Me, Too
🦩 The Best Teachers I’ve Ever Had The best teachers I’ve ever had are my kids. When we slow down and the schedules loosen, I notice things I would miss otherwise. Their natural rhythms show me who we really are as a family. They wake up happy just to be.…