• “Heart Day” as Esley calls it Ready! All my pink lovers unite... this is our week! 💗👄👙👛🌷🎀
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    “Heart Day” as Esley calls it Ready! All my pink lovers unite... this is our week! 💗👄👙👛🌷🎀
  • 90. That’s my number. As in 90k. That’s how much our family needs to take home to support our life. I’m not over here tryin’ to hustle the multi 6 or 7 figure mark. I’m just trying to provide for what we need (and pay my team and bills!). . The truth of the matter is, J is SUPER smart and in our circus of moving 7 times, we’ve acquired 4 homes (1 we are in and 3 we hold as long term rental properties). It takes a huge pressure off for the future so we can work faithfully now, but rest in enough knowing that we have a future financial plan. . Maybe that makes me unqualified to teach. I don’t know. It seems 6 figures is the benchmark to success. But maybe it makes me more qualified to teach. Because I’m not going to miss out on what matters in life for the chase of more. That comparison game I talked about in my last post? Here it is. I fight the ever chatty voice in my head that says I have no place sharing because my benchmark isn’t world domination empire building. Just me and J providing enough for our family. . I know it is silly. When I say it out loud it IS silly. That’s the thing about coming to terms with the lies we tell ourselves. They ARE silly. THIS little colorful unicorn land of a business I built in-between baby snuggles and spit up is supporting our family. That’s crazy and exciting! I GET to live in a world where I am constantly free to create and that is FUN! J gets to work by my side in this season instead of doing the corporate thing which we’ve been dreaming about forever! Comparison steals the good in everything and I’ve learned it is a daily decision. So not today, little voice. Not today 💗
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    90. That’s my number. As in 90k. That’s how much our family needs to take home to support our life. I’m not over here tryin’ to hustle the multi 6 or 7 figure mark. I’m just trying to provide for what we need (and pay my team and bills!). . The truth of the matter is, J is SUPER smart and in our circus of moving 7 times, we’ve acquired 4 homes (1 we are in and 3 we hold as long term rental properties). It takes a huge pressure off for the future so we can work faithfully now, but rest in enough knowing that we have a future financial plan. . Maybe that makes me unqualified to teach. I don’t know. It seems 6 figures is the benchmark to success. But maybe it makes me more qualified to teach. Because I’m not going to miss out on what matters in life for the chase of more. That comparison game I talked about in my last post? Here it is. I fight the ever chatty voice in my head that says I have no place sharing because my benchmark isn’t world domination empire building. Just me and J providing enough for our family. . I know it is silly. When I say it out loud it IS silly. That’s the thing about coming to terms with the lies we tell ourselves. They ARE silly. THIS little colorful unicorn land of a business I built in-between baby snuggles and spit up is supporting our family. That’s crazy and exciting! I GET to live in a world where I am constantly free to create and that is FUN! J gets to work by my side in this season instead of doing the corporate thing which we’ve been dreaming about forever! Comparison steals the good in everything and I’ve learned it is a daily decision. So not today, little voice. Not today 💗
  • Today was one of those days. The hard ones as a business owner. There’s a lot of good days in this gig. A lot of joy. A lot to celebrate. But there are hard ones, too. And if I only shared about the good, you’d only get half the story. . Today I forgot who I was. I got lost in the numbers. In coming up short. In comparison. I forgot my why. I forgot what really fires me up. Long enough to quite literally waste away an entirely good day in frustration and depressive thoughts. . When 5 o’clock rolled around, J turned on worship music and we started cooking dinner. I stood there listening to words of hope and lyrics of the gospel washing over me and realized just how quickly I can forget who I REALLY am. I am not the sum of dollars I make. I am not the growth of followers or subscribers seen in these online spaces. I am not the pretty pictures or exciting success stories. And I am not the moments when I mess it up. I am who HE says I am. Beloved. His. This business? It is a gift and I am only here to do the work He has given me. Lord, help my unbelief. Help me not get trapped in comparison. Help me flourish in the step of the journey you have me in RIGHT NOW. It is all Yours. It is all well. 💗
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    Today was one of those days. The hard ones as a business owner. There’s a lot of good days in this gig. A lot of joy. A lot to celebrate. But there are hard ones, too. And if I only shared about the good, you’d only get half the story. . Today I forgot who I was. I got lost in the numbers. In coming up short. In comparison. I forgot my why. I forgot what really fires me up. Long enough to quite literally waste away an entirely good day in frustration and depressive thoughts. . When 5 o’clock rolled around, J turned on worship music and we started cooking dinner. I stood there listening to words of hope and lyrics of the gospel washing over me and realized just how quickly I can forget who I REALLY am. I am not the sum of dollars I make. I am not the growth of followers or subscribers seen in these online spaces. I am not the pretty pictures or exciting success stories. And I am not the moments when I mess it up. I am who HE says I am. Beloved. His. This business? It is a gift and I am only here to do the work He has given me. Lord, help my unbelief. Help me not get trapped in comparison. Help me flourish in the step of the journey you have me in RIGHT NOW. It is all Yours. It is all well. 💗
  • Hip hip HOORAY! It is officially launch day for @creativeatheart Round 9!! I had so much fun designing every detail of the website! I’ve got all my C@H gear on to celebrate the day and am excited (and so honored!) to announce I’ll be heading to Round 9 as a keynote speaker! I’m sharing a brand new talk on Branding, where we will breakdown how to intentionally craft your brand to fulfill YOUR heart while capturing the hearts of your ideal customers. This is branding that has staying power. This is branding that is built on your unique story and strengths. This is branding that builds engaged and loyal customers. This is branding with heart. 💗 . I cannot wait!!!! Visit @creativeatheart link in bio to see what we’ve been working so hard on and get ready for 8pm ET tonight when registration officially opens! 🎉🎉💗 #creativeatheart #creativeatheartround9 #herestothecreatives
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    Hip hip HOORAY! It is officially launch day for @creativeatheart Round 9!! I had so much fun designing every detail of the website! I’ve got all my [email protected] gear on to celebrate the day and am excited (and so honored!) to announce I’ll be heading to Round 9 as a keynote speaker! I’m sharing a brand new talk on Branding, where we will breakdown how to intentionally craft your brand to fulfill YOUR heart while capturing the hearts of your ideal customers. This is branding that has staying power. This is branding that is built on your unique story and strengths. This is branding that builds engaged and loyal customers. This is branding with heart. 💗 . I cannot wait!!!! Visit @creativeatheart link in bio to see what we’ve been working so hard on and get ready for 8pm ET tonight when registration officially opens! 🎉🎉💗 #creativeatheart #creativeatheartround9 #herestothecreatives
  • Thoughts on progress over perfection: Every month I pour hours.... literally over 25+ hours creating the monthly guides. Writing 35 - 40 PAGES of content. Dwelling over how to ever increase the value to ensure they are nothing near fluff. Designing the entire thing and every little graphic that goes along with ‘em. And the 35 other steps in the workflow that have to happen to get them out. . Hear me out: I’m not complaining about all that work one bit. It is worth it. Seeing your light bulb moments actually using them is the best thing EVER for me! 💗💗 ... BUT... . I don’t do it perfectly. It’s just me and Emily and Yasmine working our butts off to create and deliver them to thousands of people. In December, I actually wrote and designed an entirely different guide than the 1 Year Business Planner to go out in January. But something just wasn’t sitting quite right, so I followed my gut and created the planner.... a mere 48 hours before January 1st. I wasn’t sure if anyone would like the format or consider it helpful, but it is the process I go through in my own business, so I figured I’d share. I had NO idea that over 5,800 people would want it 😭💗 . With only 48 hours till delivery day, and technically on Christmas break, I made a decision NOT to send the guide off to be proofed. The value was there. If I messed up a little on my grammar... that would have to be okay. Have I heard about it? Oh yeah. It stung to hear how poorly the guide was written and how I should re-do the whole thing from someone I’ve never even met online. After spending hours alone producing it so I wouldn’t be asking anyone from my team to step away from their families. . You know what the BIGGEST fears I hear from you when it comes to creating something, anything? 👉 I will sound dumb. 👉 This isn’t valuable. 👉 No one will care. 👉 I’m not good enough. . You know what I think? Done is better than perfect. Trying is better than holding on to something forever. Caring is better than cutting down. I’m not telling you this little story for any sort of pity party. . We hold ourselves to an IMPOSSIBLE standard as small business owners. But the ripple effect matters. Continued in comments 👇
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    Thoughts on progress over perfection: Every month I pour hours.... literally over 25+ hours creating the monthly guides. Writing 35 - 40 PAGES of content. Dwelling over how to ever increase the value to ensure they are nothing near fluff. Designing the entire thing and every little graphic that goes along with ‘em. And the 35 other steps in the workflow that have to happen to get them out. . Hear me out: I’m not complaining about all that work one bit. It is worth it. Seeing your light bulb moments actually using them is the best thing EVER for me! 💗💗 ... BUT... . I don’t do it perfectly. It’s just me and Emily and Yasmine working our butts off to create and deliver them to thousands of people. In December, I actually wrote and designed an entirely different guide than the 1 Year Business Planner to go out in January. But something just wasn’t sitting quite right, so I followed my gut and created the planner.... a mere 48 hours before January 1st. I wasn’t sure if anyone would like the format or consider it helpful, but it is the process I go through in my own business, so I figured I’d share. I had NO idea that over 5,800 people would want it 😭💗 . With only 48 hours till delivery day, and technically on Christmas break, I made a decision NOT to send the guide off to be proofed. The value was there. If I messed up a little on my grammar... that would have to be okay. Have I heard about it? Oh yeah. It stung to hear how poorly the guide was written and how I should re-do the whole thing from someone I’ve never even met online. After spending hours alone producing it so I wouldn’t be asking anyone from my team to step away from their families. . You know what the BIGGEST fears I hear from you when it comes to creating something, anything? 👉 I will sound dumb. 👉 This isn’t valuable. 👉 No one will care. 👉 I’m not good enough. . You know what I think? Done is better than perfect. Trying is better than holding on to something forever. Caring is better than cutting down. I’m not telling you this little story for any sort of pity party. . We hold ourselves to an IMPOSSIBLE standard as small business owners. But the ripple effect matters. Continued in comments 👇
  • I can’t even with this picture 😍😭 I blinked and my little baby dolls became big girls. We’re kinda nuts about keeping toys to a minimum over here and the fun thing about it is watching their imaginations take off to play in other ways. Today they drew “magic carpets” out of printer paper and ran around the room tossing them in the air to see them fly... while wearing their swim suits. 😂 I love these silly and creative sisters! (Captured by @sarahdipityphotos)
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    I can’t even with this picture 😍😭 I blinked and my little baby dolls became big girls. We’re kinda nuts about keeping toys to a minimum over here and the fun thing about it is watching their imaginations take off to play in other ways. Today they drew “magic carpets” out of printer paper and ran around the room tossing them in the air to see them fly... while wearing their swim suits. 😂 I love these silly and creative sisters! (Captured by @sarahdipityphotos)