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When I took the Mondo Beyondo e-course last year, I generated a list of big, audacious goals. Much to my amazement, two of them have already been actualized: give birth to a healthy baby and sign a contract on my book about how to plan a meaningful and memorable wedding without losing your savings or sanity.

I’m currently in the process of working on two others: starting a national network of high-performing, authentic, public Montessori charter schools and building a pocket neighborhood in Austin.

And now I’m wondering if I should add another to this list: buy a vacation home for

I’m moving full-speed ahead on my two big, audacious goals: to start a public Montessori charter school (professionally) and a pocket neighborhood (personally) in Austin.

I have no idea how either of these will turn out. Some days, I think, “Why on Earth did I publicly declare my goals? If I fail, I’m going to have to share my failure with the world.” When I’m really tired, I’m convinced that these goals are too big and too impossible.

On good days, I just remind myself to take it one to-do item at a time. I keep a prioritized list of everything that needs to get done. If I break down

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Initially, I figured I would have to wait until Henry was completely weaned before starting my journey. Even then, however, I wasn’t quite sure who would take care of Henry. The trip itself would be very expensive with flights and rental cars, plus we would have to pay for childcare.

Then I had the idea that we could take a road trip as a family to look at schools, since Matt will be keeping his