Got a moment? Grab your choice of beverage and see how I got here.

If I had to name one thing that helped me get my house in order, it would be the questions of where and why? Where is our time going? Where is our money going? Why didn’t I know about this? How did I miss this? How are we going to do this? And the list could go on.

It was the winter of 2017 and something had to change. Through my Master’s program, I was offered financial preparedness which was based on Dave Ramsey’s principles. This led to the black hole of YouTube. I knew then, we had to get our house in order.

1. I asked, “What are we doing and why?” – Were we keeping up with friends, just living in the now? We had to really look at what we wanted in life, now and in the future.
2. I took an inventory of what we had and how we used it.
3. We set goals and applied a why to those goals.
4. We tracked everything coming in and going out.
5. We made a plan.
6. We changed our behavior.
7. We evaluated what was important to us.
8. We blocked out nay sayers
9. WE TOOK ACTION

Five years ago, I did not think we would be where we are now. Is life perfect? No, but it is manageable and so much better. That is what I want you to know: it can get better and it does. We are not any different than you. We balance work and family everyday. Let me tell you, when it is done with intentionality, purpose, care, love, and most importantly with God; oh my, it is great!

We hope you stay along on this journey!