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I’m mostly paperless these days, but that hasn’t always been the case. Years ago, I had multiple filing cabinets in my office where I kept client records, and the occasional purging and relocating of said records to the basement storage area was about as appealing as a colonoscopy. I’d put it off for far too long, and while I knew those cabinets were all ridiculously past capacity, I kept stuffing. It would practically take a crowbar to remove a folder, and you could forget a

A few years ago, on an ordinary summer day, I was sitting in the living room visiting with my niece when we heard a loud crack. Then came a seemingly endless moment before the inevitable crash. In the deafening silence that followed, everyone sat perfectly still. No one wanted to look. And yet, within seconds, we all found ourselves moving almost like a single organism toward the front door. What we saw took a moment to sink in. A fifty-foot tree that had stood in our yard fo

When I started elementary school, I quickly realized my vision wasn’t as sharp as it should be. Other children could sit at the back of the classroom and still see the board. For me, from that distance, it was nothing but a blurry mess. If you’re too young to remember chalkboards, they were how we learned back in the day! Anyway, I didn’t want to tell my parents about my problem because I knew exactly what would happen. They’d take me to the eye doctor, he’d tell me just how

I’m a creature of habit. An object that, once set in motion, stays in motion. A machine. A powerhouse. An unstoppable force... Until I’m not. I learned a valuable and rather humbling lesson about habits a few years ago that gave me a whole new respect for something I had always taken for granted. I had embarked on a long-overdue kitchen renovation. Not being particularly handy with power tools, I wisely hired a contractor to handle it. I was so excited and went into the proje

What do family vacations and lemons have in common? I like to squeeze every last drop out of both. I'm not sure who has it worse - the lemons or my poor family. I'm kidding. We always have a wonderful time together, and we usually come home tired but fulfilled. Several years ago, though, one vacation changed the way I think about time. Everyone wanted something different from the trip, and planning it felt like solving a giant puzzle. Determined that everyone would get exactl

I have a confession to make. I'm terrible with houseplants. I don't mean to be. In fact, I genuinely love them. They bring warmth to a room and make a space feel lived in. Unfortunately, the plants rarely seem to benefit from my good intentions. Over the years, I've noticed something about the houseplants I've managed to kill. They rarely die overnight. They decline gradually. A forgotten watering here. A little too much sun there. A week turns into two, then three, and befor

Sometimes the biggest obstacle to growth isn't a lack of time, it's how we choose to spend it. A reflection on stewardship, priorities, and building a business that supports the life you want.