One of the biggest things I learned from the Making Things Happen Conference last week was that I have been feeding myself a lot of negative mental junk lately. I’ve been telling myself I can’t write this book. I will fail. I am not a good writer. So, I am fighting to re-write that dialogue in my head and in my heart. You see, we do this to ourselves. This self-sabatoge is what holds us back from greatness. At our…
I am going to try something new the next weeks: writing blog posts and not stressing over them being perfect. DONE is better than perfect and, though I have a lot lot lot of writing to do in the next 12 weeks (more on that next), I also feel called to write a lot here. I want to practice writing here most days and just getting the thoughts out of my head. Done is better than perfect. Because the good…
When I first started the Southern Weddings blog six years ago, SouthernWeddings.com wasn’t available. So, I had to get creative. I brainstormed and asked friends and finally put something out on Twitter to ask for help! Drew B had come up with iloveswmag.com in a previous plea for fresh-squeezed creative juices and the votes were unanimous. ILoveSWMag.com has been our home for the last 6 years. But, this domain continued to nag me, like a great sweater that didn’t…
Hello. I’ve started this post three times now and I keep erasing my words because I don’t know how to lightly transition into what I’m going to write. So, here goes. God has put it on my heart ALL YEAR LONG to give up spending money on things I don’t need. I’ve done a fair job at cutting back on expenses and simplifying. We even went papertowel-less a couple months ago. But, you know what? That was easy. The thing…