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Amy’s Top 10 Favorite Things of 2021
1. The “Wouldn’t it be cool if….?” Game On the seven-hour drive home from dropping our oldest daughter Avery off at college, Ryan and I were bored and started to play the “Wouldn’t it be cool if….” game. You simply fill in the blank of this question, and in the process, you dream out loud…
You’re Creating Your Chaos
We moved to a new house (only a few miles away) two weeks ago. The week before we moved, we traveled to my daughter’s volleyball game in Missouri, I spent a few days with some girlfriends in New York City seeing some shows on Broadway (not the best timing but this trip was planned WAY…
Take a break from structure
If you ask most people what I am best at or known for as a business leader and person, most will say without hesitation, “Structure and systems.” I would agree. This is one of my natural strengths. Can I let you in on a little secret about why this is true? Do you want to…
Holding Space
Do you know what I get to do all day long? I have the honor and privilege of holding space for leaders, business owners and people who have great influence in our communities. Most leaders have very few, if any, spaces in their lives where they can NOT be okay, where they can work through their…
The Giving Tree
Did anyone else grow up reading the famous children’s book by Shel Silverstein called The Giving Tree? Before I even dive into this let me say that I LOVE Shel Silverstein. His collection of poetry titled Where The Sidewalk Ends is one of my all-time favorites. However, in a Children’s Literature course I took while working on…
Call Me Amy Jetson
Last week while I was waiting for a flight to board, I walked into one of those newly redesigned stores at the airport where you swipe your credit card upon entry, grab the snacks you want and then you walk out of the store. Invisible scanners take note of everything you grabbed and charge your…
If You’re Going to Make Up a Story…
Has anyone ever not returned one of your calls? Not responded to an email, a text or private Facebook message you sent? Have you ever extended an invitation and not gotten an RSVP? Sent a contract and not heard back with an approval? Been on the receiving end of a strange comment or look from…
Can we do it all?
This is a picture of my kitchen right now. Can I tell you how happy a clean kitchen makes me? (Even if it will be destroyed in mere hours when the children descend upon it again!) I just paid a college student for three hours of ironing, doing dishes, preparing food, cutting watermelon, cutting up…
A Dangerous Equation
Do you want to know what keeps MOST people from embracing structure in their lives? A dangerous equation that connects two things that in reality are NOT connected at all. It looks like this. My Performance = My Value Applied to structure, it looks something like this…if I follow this (often newly instituted) structure perfectly,…
Amy’s Top 10 Favorite Things of 2020
In a year that brought so many challenges, there were still discoveries and blessings and favorites. Here are my top ten favorite things from 2020. 1. Memes I’m not sure if it was because we were all trapped in our homes for months or if we needed the stress release of humor, but those people…