I have been half-joking lately that my next book will be called, No. Alternate titles: The Year of No, All the Things God Has Told Me to Say No To, and my personal favorite, No, No, No. đ This has been a year of saying yes to the things that matter in the big picture and, inherent in choosing those things, is saying no to all the rest. No to doing it all. No to distractions and negative self-talk. No…
Have you seen this meme going around? Image from Kaylyn Van Driesum via Letterfolk Life can feel this way, right? But! What if there was a way to slow down the crazy train and be present right hereâand prepared for what’s ahead? There is! Get my best tips and tools for cultivating your schedule and celebrating people well along the way in this free workshop: How to Cultivate Your Calendar. Watch now below! A little forethought goes a long way! I’d…
What a month July was! It was filled with many significant work events (our quarterly team Summit and our 2019 product shoot) and… the Great Peach Harvest of 2018! We’ve had our Elberta peach tree for 7 years, and we’ve never had more than 1 – 2 peaches. Well, I’ve heard it said before ( đ ) that good things grow over time, little by little, and our peach tree wowed us this year with 100 peaches (yes, we were…
In 2009, I posted a blog entry answering a question Iâd recently been emailed: âHow do you make things happen?â That blog post (âHow to Make Things Happenâ) started making waves. Those waves grew quickly into a movement of women who wanted to finally do the things they’d always wanted to do. A friend suggested I take the ideas I had shared in that post on the road and teach them. Before I knew it, Emily Ley, Gina Zeidler and I were traveling all…
Well, friends… A lot has happened since I wrote to you 32 days ago! As I was writing my June goals post to you, the Southern Weddings announcement day was coming a few days later. I was admittedly nervousâI cried just about every day for two weeks (sometimes a few tears and sometimes a legit ugly cry!), partly in sadness but mostly in gratitude for the last decade. I was nervous, but also excited to share the news with you…