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Inspiration, encouragement, and community for driven, motivated people trying to live a fulfilling, values-based life. Here you’ll find essays, practical tips, and book recommendations to help you lean into what matters most.
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Baby steps will get you there (opens the original)
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Are you drowning in the minutiae of life? Do you wish you had more time to actually… live it? In a few short weeks, I’m hosting a Time Tracking Challenge and a workshop on Values-Based Time Management, and I’d love for you to join me. We’ll dig into how you’re spending your time and make a plan to come up for air— you’ll walk away with more time for what matters most. <a class="button primary" href="https://buy.stripe.com/00waEX64j6d
Summer finally broke me (opens the original)
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I’ve been fielding the dreaded question many times a week. “What have you been up to?!”It’s the end of summer; we’re settling back into familiar routines and seeing people we maybe haven’t seen in a while. It makes sense! I’m asking the question, too!I’m ashamed of the answer because all I can think about is what I *haven’t* been up to, how my best-laid plans crumbled under the chaos of my reality. The truth is, this summer broke me.</p
Summer 2026 Reading Book Report (opens the original)
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We are becoming a family of readers, and I am THRILLED.My daughter is desperate to read on her own and until then, she wants to read the same handful of books on repeat until she can read it to herself. After enough repeating, I’ll watch her through the baby monitor or listen at her door as she flips the pages, reciting the words she knows by heart.My son, the baby, has even zeroed in on his favorite book and frantically belly-crawls across the room to grab it, and when we start reading, flaps h
The perks of monotasking (opens the original)
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A friend told me recently, “parenting is so much more fun when you don’t have to worry about anything else.”My toddler had recently dropped down to part-time school for the summer, the baby will still barely sleep anywhere but on me, and my husband was out of town for a few days. Both of my go-to babysitters were busy, and it was a lot.I knew it was going to be a lot! I had prepared.I prepped our food, planned activities, and cleared my calendar. I had zero workish commitments, no therapy appoin
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