Need a quick fix for a flooded inbox? Climbing Mount Email can be daunting—it feels at times like you’ll never actually get through it. Just when you think you’ve reached the summit, you receive a dozen more emails and have to keep climbing. Argh! I know how you feel! We just went on an epic hiking trip in the [non-metaphorical] mountains with our kids. The one catch? No cell service. This has its great advantages, but there was one disadvantage:…
Okay, moment of truth: Have you had a difficult time saying no lately? Saying no is hard, so you always say yes:Yes, I’d love to do that for you.Yes, I’ll be there.Yes, I’ll get it done.Yes, yes, and one more yes. And now you’re feeling stretched thin—like you have no control over that three-letter word that keeps slipping out of your mouth! I have been there a billion times over! In this NEW episode of the podcast, my friend Emily…
“The mountains are calling and I must go!” – John Muir They called and we went! I’m starting to write the post to you while we’re still on our trip, sitting here in our cabin after five days of hiking with our kids in North Carolina and Tennessee! My legs are toast. I’m listening to a rushing creek outside the open windows. And I can hear the kids talking to each other about our adventures as they drift to sleep….
Have you ever said yes to something and quickly regretted it? I’m raising my hand, too, and cringing thinking about it! Get ready to become a master of the gracious “no” over the next two episodes of the podcast! In today’s episode, my long-time co-worker, Emily Thomas, and I pull back the curtain on some big decisions we made—and some we didn’t make on purpose. Get ready for some never-before-told stories about our partnership with Southern Living, hiring my first employee, and some surprising decisions we made about…
Well—2019 is almost halfway over. This year has not gone like you thought it would. Time feels like it’s flying. You feel like it’s too late to make progress on anything this year. You started all wrong, you’ve gone from feeling behind to feeling like the year is over. You feel like you’ve failed. But, this year isn’t over—not even close! In today’s episode, I’ll walk you through three steps to make the rest of 2019 count, no matter how…