On a rainy Sunday.
I recently hit my financial goal for the year and realized I might even manage to pass it since there are still three months remaining in 2017. For my first year as an entrepreneur, I feel like that’s a pretty big win. Admittedly, hitting my financial goal has taken some of the pressure off and helped me become […]
On the Fourth of July.
It’s been ten months since we arrived in Austin. A quick recap of some key events: We moved halfway across the country for a lifestyle change. We knew practically no one when we moved here. Within months of moving here the company I worked for for almost nine years closed and I needed to figure […]
On Madison.
Let me start by saying that when I sat down to write this I opened Spotify and learned that Taylor Swift’s catalog is available. While I like most of her stuff, one of my favorite running songs is The Story of Us. I think it has the perfect tempo for running. So happy I get […]
On things I’m excited about.
Keeping it short and sweet because it’s been a long, but very good, day. I’m really, really excited about my side hustle! I’ll write a full post about all the reasons I’m fired up about it at some point, but not tonight. I’m also really excited because I found out I’m going to be volunteering […]
On incremental increases.
The first time a trainer ever asked me to lift a barbell, he might as well have been asking me to lift a car. I had been working out for about four months, three to four times a week, using a combination of kettlebells and bodyweight exercises, so I thought raising a men’s barbell (45 lbs.) […]
On first date conversations.
Full disclosure: I’ve been married for almost seven years, but with my husband for a total of ten, which means I haven’t been on a first date in a decade. While I know a lot has changed since my last first date ten years ago, I’d like to believe some of the fundamentals of dating – […]