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Celebrating Your Own Birthday: Brainstorming Ideas
How do you feel about celebrating your own birthday? I know it can seem self-centered and egotistical. But, personally, I err on the side of believing that if you want something in life, you should make it happen for yourself.
I love celebrating birthdays—my own and others. I did much more of it before I had children. My favorite birthday party ever was my Be the Change Scavenger Hunt. I even had team t-shirts printed! We drove all around Houston doing random acts of kindness for strangers. And I somehow found two live bands willing to come share their talents at the party. And there was a commemorative CD. My … Read More
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Dropping Down to One Income: How We Are Handling It
Starting in January, we will be dropping down to one primary income. I’m simultaneously excited and terrified! I am excited because it means that Matt will take on more domestic responsibilities, which will free me up to focus more at work. I’m terrified because our budget will be very, very tight. It will actually only work if he consistently brings in at least an additional $1,000 in revenue from educational consulting or photography/videography per month. And it completely depends on whether or not we can strictly follow our Mint budget.
I guess I should have a little more optimism about our ability to follow a budget, since we literally have … Read More
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Looking Ahead: 2020
Dearest 2020, I’m looking ahead!
What do you have in store for me? And what do I want to try and make true for myself?
If everything goes as planned with our Family Gap Year, our year will be divided into two distinct periods: January through May in Austin. June through December in other countries.
Let me focus on January through May first and save the possible Family Gap Year for another time.
In 2020, I want to pick up where I left off last year with my unreached goals related to healing my past wounds and feeling healthy and strong. Specifically, that will look like therapy three times … Read More