A few years back, I laughed until I cried while listening to a comedian talk about the difference between couples without children leaving the house and couples with children leaving the house. Here's how it went... Couples without children: “Let’s leave the house. Ok!” (Couple walks briskly out the door.) Couples with children: “Let’s leave the house.” (20 minutes of chaos ensues… herding children, packing bags, yelling, crying, and parents losing their minds.) Of course, couples with children must be a lot more intentional about going anywhere – even in running errands. When I meet … [Read more...]

Our days are filled with short pauses between tasks: stoplights, waiting for food in the drive thru, sitting in a waiting room, or restarting the computer. If you are like me, you find yourself staring blankly into the distance during those times or scrolling through social media. It is just a minute or two. No worries. True, wasting a minute here or there between projects is not a huge problem – especially if your schedule is full; but, could those hidden moments be more useful? Could those minute breaks add up to something much larger? In the spirit of being intentional, I am … [Read more...]

Happy New Year, everyone! Like many of us, I am a little weary from the past two years and I would love some normality, but I am not going to sit around and just hope for that. Instead, this year Eric and I have decided that our family and business theme this year is to be: intentional. Intentional about preparation. Intentional about taking care of ourselves. Intentional about business. Intentional about education. Instead of letting this year happen to us, we are going to be intentional about our goals and our plans to achieve them. Can we guarantee no surprises this year by being … [Read more...]