Our Intentional Farm

October 15, 2020December 10, 2020

My Serenity: Experience the Benefits of Nature in the City

While going to the mountains or camping trips are a great way to reconnect with nature and re-focus my thoughts, I don’t need to leave the city to experience nature and to get all of the benefits it provides.

Recently I transitioned from a position where I learned a great deal about the built environment – all of the human-made features of where we live, work and play. One feature of the built environment that I absolutely love are greenways. Greenways are protected open space for conservation or recreational purposes more commonly found in urban areas.

Living in the city can leave you feeling disconnected from nature. I have to be intentional to focus my energies on all of the natural elements around me. When I’m in a greenway, my serenity is elevated. Even if there are many people around me, there is an undeniable sense of calm.

Being able to experience the benefits of nature in the city brings me peace, and its nice that I don’t have to go out of my way to do so.

October 12, 2020December 10, 2020

Our Debt Free Journey: We are Paying off Debt to Live a Simpler Life

There are several reasons we want to get rid of debt but it all comes down to living a simpler life. Debt freedom will give us more options to live the life we desire. We also want to set our future generations up for financial success because generational wealth is important to us.

I came to the marriage debt-free and had paid off almost 90k in 4 years – most of which were student loans. I made a lot of missteps as I transitioned from high school to college and graduate school. If I could do it over, I would have been more intentional in finding smarter ways to get through school with little to no debt. But I learned valuable lessons that I now share with others and we will be passing these lessons on to the kids.

Sean had very little debt when we got married – kudos to him! We quickly paid it off shortly after the honeymoon and that left us with just a small mortgage that we were comfortably paying month to month. But we weren’t intentional at paying it down quickly.

Fast forward and we purchased 2 rental properties, one before the birth of each child.

October 8, 2020December 12, 2020

Build an Amazing Community, with Intention – One Walk at a Time

A little over a year ago, I began thinking about how I could build community amongst neighbors and friends in our neighborhood. Not just the “hi and bye” or the generic surface conversations we can tend to have, but relationships with depth. Relationships that our children can come to admire and emulate with their friends in the neighborhood as well.

The idea that came to mind was a weekly walking group that not only builds community but promotes exercise, shares resources and empowers each other.

Then we decided to renovate our home…

October 5, 2020December 10, 2020

INTENTIONAL LIVING: 5 Small Life Changes We’ve Made, with BIG Impacts!

What does it mean to live intentionally?

Intentional living is not about perfection, it’s about living a life that aligns with your values and beliefs and making the effort to self-reflect and address those things that are out of alignment.

We are on a journey to live life more intentionally. It’s a decision we make every day – some days are better than others. It’s not enough to know our hearts’ desires; it’s important that we actually do the work to get there. In fact, this space that we’ve carved out is part of us getting there. We are sharing our journey with you and want to encourage you to live your life intentionally and with immense joy.