Category: Personal
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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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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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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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The Art of the Clean No: How to Protect Your Schedule Without Guilt
A few weeks ago, I said yes to helping a friend with a project. I wanted to help her. My intentions were totally good. The problem was that I did not actually look at my real workload before making that commitment. Instead of giving the project dedicated focus, I spent…
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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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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.…