Category: Parenting
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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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A Full Circle Moment at the Shore: 17 Years, Fresh Waves, and Pure Joy
We did not plan on being at the ocean right away. Dressed in our airport clothes, complete with long pants and tennis shoes, we were nowhere near beach-ready. But the water was calling us, and we could not resist. We weren’t able to check into our hotel room quite yet,…
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All or Something Is Better Than All or Nothin’
We were sitting in the car dealership, waiting on whatever mysterious multi-point inspection process takes place the second they take your keys and walk away. My husband was sitting right next to me in the tiny leather chair, phone pressed to his ear, taking business calls without missing a beat.…
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Graphing Lines, Relearning Math and the Art of the Pivot
Here we are sitting at the corner of my desk on our first official day of school. I never expected to be back in school with a sheet of graph paper resting directly on top of my client work binder. Coordinate planes, slope formulas and hand-drawn lines from an algebra…
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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 Bold Filter
Not everyone is your client. And honestly? That is exactly how it should be. When you are running a small business. It is easy to fall into the trap of wanting to say “yes” to every single person who knocks on your door. You think you need to be everything…
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The Freedom of the System
I was at the lake last week with my kids. The sun was hitting the water just right. The lunch we packed was the perfect fit for the day. My phone was in the bag. But my business was not “off.” There is a big difference between being a dedicated…
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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.…
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Summer Shifts and Hammock Offices
My schedule shifts in the summer. We don’t stop the school routines, the volunteering or the family responsibilities, but I spend a tremendous amount of time outside. Sometimes that means taking the office to the hammocks out back. I get to work later in the evenings which leaves my mornings…