Your One Wild and Precious Life: Why a 10-Year Vision Matters For Living An Intentional Life

Your One Wild and Precious Life: Why a 10-Year Vision Matters For Living An Intentional Life

family, live with intention, live your purpose, Personal
We all enter this world with unique gifts and desires, yet somewhere along the way, they can get lost in the noise of expectations - those of others and of society. We start living by the default of those expectations rather than living an intentional life that’s truly ours. But what would it like if you could reclaim what’s truly yours? Have you ever felt that there should be more to life? Time flies, as they say. But take a moment to reflect… Who were you before the world told you who to be?What will you do with this one wild and precious life? I’ve been doing the work of answering these two questions and creating as much intention in the way I live and plan for me and my…
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Screen Free Freedom

Screen Free Freedom

keep it simple, live with intention, Personal
REFLECTIONS ON THE GIFTS OF RECOVERING FROM A CONCUSSION + OTHER INJURIES So I'm recovering from a concussion. Yeah... Aaro + I were wrestling, August 15th I believe, + he clocked me on the bridge of my nose/forehead with his heel. He was lying on his stomach, I was pretending to flop down on him, + he used the full force of his backward kick to protect himself. As if I would actually fall on him + crush his little self. *rolls eyes dramatically* At first I just thought my nose was broken, because it hurt like hell + my nose felt...crunchy. But. No blood. No bruising. I looked friggin fine. Because of course I did. Nothing to see here. It wasn’t until later that evening that I knew something…
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It’s Not All Good News When Making Dreams Come True

It’s Not All Good News When Making Dreams Come True

Personal, travel
I'M Going On An Adventure GIFfrom The Hobbit GIFs We’re headed to Italy! It’s exciting, I know. I literally cannot wait. This has been a dream of mine since I was in the single digits. Here's a little insight on why we [I] finally made the decision that this trip needed to happen, after years, nay decades, of not doing a trip like this. My husband is the child of two Italian parents, my kids are half Italian, + I want to embrace the culture of that side of our family more. I took advantage of an investment [in a responsible way!] + we’ve been saving like crazy for quite a while - we don’t do debt in this house. My husband + I celebrated our 10th anniversary last year,…
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