This post is very tactical. I am walking through how I pay myself as a business owner, as well as how I plan for and pay taxes. The “how I pay myself” portion can be beneficial to anyone with a variable income – meaning you don’t get the same paycheck every month, and the amount […]

Let’s Start With My 2025 Budget Panic Story… At the beginning of 2025, just weeks after having Vance, I hit a breaking point with my business finances. After crushing my goals in 2022-2023, 2024 felt like a losing streak. I’d missed almost all my ambitious targets, and for two straight months postpartum, I had no […]

When I think about our debt payoff story, it really does put a lump in my throat. Not just because of what Erik and I accomplished, but because I think about how we’re setting up our future grandkids and great-grandkids to be better off than we are. I think every generation has this desire for […]

This is part 2 of our new year planning series, focusing specifically on business reflection and planning. I first did this exact exercise in December 2023, and I’ve followed the same format every year since. It’s become one of the most valuable routines I have for my business – every time I revisit it, I […]