Boss Babe
One of the biggest challenges for me as a new entrepreneur is speaking up (and I don't mean the volume of my voice)... Even as a child, I was quiet and viewed as being shy. As I've grown up and (hopefully) figured out a few things; I've learned that while I AM soft-spoken, I'm not necessarily "shy". Once I feel comfortable, I can talk your ear off for hours! Something else I've realized, is that I really need to work on voicing my thoughts/opinions authentically. Owning my ow
Netflix...And Chill?
Sometimes what we really need to hear is the most difficult to. With the weather being colder, and the shop being slower, it's been fairly easy for me to slip into a rut: lots of screen time at work, more screen time at home...and then to relax: binge-watch Netflix shows until falling asleep on the couch and crawling to bed. Wake up ~ Repeat. NOT good. I've always really respected my husband's ability to tell me how it is; though it's often tough to hear in the moment. So in
Purging
Confession time: I’m a bit of a “pack rat”…Sigh. It’s not even that I’m necessarily trying to save things for future projects, sometimes it’s simply that I get lazy and put recycling and other items aside to “deal with later“. Later doesn’t seem to come around very often. Until this weekend. My husband decided it was time to organize his workshop; his zest for cleaning and going through everything in his space inspired me to do the same. It had gotten so bad in my office, tha
Mistakes…They Happen
As some of you may know, I got my drivers license less than six months ago. I hadn’t driven over Christmas (didn’t have to, so didn’t), and was feeling a bit “out of practice” as I hopped into the drivers seat this morning on my way to an appointment. Everything was going fine (minus a few silly parking things like usual), when I went through an intersection, not seeing a lady wanting to cross at the crosswalk. I stopped in the middle of the road to let her go, feeling like a
