So dear readers, this is a monumental weekend for my family. Today kicks off the college graduation festivities for my little sister, and the youngest in our family of four kids, Katie.
While we’ve talked about this day for years, in our minds Katie is still the ridiculously adorable 5-year old you see below while simultaneously being a majorly accomplished young woman.
Look at that face!
You see, Katie practically has her black belt in leap-taking.
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Treat yourself to relaxation, simplification, and beauty. Photo by: CamFortin.com
Treat. Yo. Self.
I used to be the owner of 11 pairs of high heels. Yet every time I needed to wear a pair for a work event or wedding, I would panic about not having any options.
My husband thought I was crazy. A typical night getting ready plays out like this:
Me, digging for shoes.
Cary: “Ugh, I hate this. I seriously don’t have a single pair of heels to wear!”
Husband: “You have a million different pairs right in the closet you can wear! Like those gold ones with all of the weird straps.”
C: “Those straps cut off the circulation in my ankles.”
H: “What about those black ones?”
C: “They make my heels bleed if I have to walk too far.”
H: “And the silver ones?”
C: “My big toe squeezes at the bottom.”
H: “Let me guess, the white ones make your feet explode if you put them on? Why the heck do you have so many pairs of shoes if you hate wearing them all?”
Read MoreStarting out as entrepreneurs is a pretty scary thing. While Cary and I have been experimenting and researching for years – in effect living our dream job ‘on the side’, we only made this ‘side-work’ our full time livelihood as of January of this year.
This is what our offices will eventually look like.
There have been learning curves galore and the overachievers in us have gotten monumentally impatient, and energized simultaneously, at the skill and time it takes to learn the minutiae of running a business.
We are bombarded daily with classes to help us expand our business, make it run smoother, or to better our skills. Coaching, blogging, marketing, listening, writing, copy writing – you name it, the list goes on and on.
We have shied away from many of these because they just seem too pricey, time intensive, and the long list of things to learn is daunting for us right now.
Why is it that when faced with opportunities to invest in ourselves, we often create excuses for why we can’t do it?
Read More“Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible.” -Marion C. Garretty
Today we give thanks to all of the amazing women in our lives. To our coaches and teachers, our mentors and friends, and all the women who raised us, guided us, pushed us to be great, hugged us when we fell. It takes a village to raise a child, and we hold in our hearts this weekend all of the women who help make us who we are.
And most of all to our very own Mommas, Judy and Karen. They are our greatest source of encouragement, our rocks, the two women who drive us crazy, love us like crazy, and give of themselves completely so that we can be happy and fulfilled.
They taught us to be independent and to laugh as loud as we want. They told us that we were brilliant and capable and the world was our oyster. Our parents are the reason that Love Your Life exists. We promise to pay them back some day with babies of our own, just not quite yet;)
Cary & Mom!
Sara & Mom!
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Nearly 3 centuries ago, my homie Isaac Newton discovered a major tenet of modern physics:
Objects in motion stay in motion. Objects at rest stay at rest.
Old Isaac thought he was just talking about regular objects: pencils, hair ties, bottles of Corona. What he might not have realized is how true this is for people too.
the beauty of people in motion
Change Can Be Hard
Do you know anyone who is in a job they dread?
Friends with someone they don’t truly trust?
In an apartment or living situation that makes them depressed?
With habits that leave them unfulfilled or downtrodden?
I know I do. Heck, I spent nearly 14 months hauling my sorry butt to my law firm cubicle every morning, only to count down the minutes until I could leave.
I hated my job and I wasn’t shy about it. I complained to my friends, my sisters, my boyfriend. Sharing with anyone who would listen that I was underchallenged, undervalued, unsatisfied. Talking and talking, but doing nothing to change my situation.
I felt paralyzed, unable to change even though that is what I wanted most.
But I didn’t know it until this past weekend when the H and I were driving down highway 1 on our way to Santa Barbara.
“So how do you set goals?”
This is the question from Andrew as I’m casually leaning out the window soaking up the sun, fresh air, and crazy view provided by the cliffs and the Pacific.
It’s like visual happy hour in the car and I’m quite content to sit there and take it all in.
See what I mean?
My husband, who’s undergone more leadership training than the majority of people in the world, still questions how to set goals.
Because of this fact (and that the H is just that good at getting my attention) I interrupt my reverie to contemplate his question.
If he’s unsure, even with the advantage of a dozen years of training in personal and leadership development, questions must be floating around everywhere for everyone.
Read MoreWhen we’re busy setting goals and accomplishing them, it’s easy to constantly be in the mindset of, “What’s next?”
But, what if we press pause instead.
What if instead of “What’s next?” our question is, “What’s NOW?”
Love Your Life