I looked up today and noticed it was August. On the homestead, we recently moved into our new tiny house setup we had designed for over a year to fit the perfect meadow with the perfect view. The projects leading up to this, and the projects yet to come, have collided with summer kid activities and …
Lean Out Podcast: Vision with Sara Workman
Did you set a vision for your work-life balance from an early age? How has it changed? How did it morph over the years of your adult life? My dad was my role model for what work was "supposed" to look like. I think I envisioned being pretty similar to him, and boy am I different now! My most …
Lean Out Podcast: Family with Hannah Renno
Today's episode of the Lean Out Podcast features an engaging story of warning signs, blind spots, and epiphanies. You'll hear how a busy doctor decided to leave clinical medicine so she could focus on her children, only to realize she was sitting on a unique skillset she could build into a …
This January, Look Back to December
Happy 2023! January is always a refreshing time - to make a new start, to try new habits, or to focus on new challenges. I commonly write a January post about goals, productivity, or personal development. In 2020, I wrote about embracing a growth mindset and doing hard things. In 2021, I offered …
What to Think About When Purchasing Land
Have you ever thought about making a life change by moving somewhere with a slower pace? What would it feel like to have a place in nature that's just for you to get away? Having traveled to so many beautiful wilderness places to rock climb, my husband and I have always wanted a piece of …
The End* of My Fertility Journey
The Backstory My family knows, friends close to me know, and some colleagues know. People who happen to catch random posts on the internet know. For the past couple years, we’ve been trying to have another child through surrogacy. After complications I suffered at the end of my pregnancy with …