I spent some time today flipping back through my journal from this past year. It is a mix of scribbles from classes, quiet moments of clarity, and borrowed wisdom from people who were kind enough to teach me along the way. Looking back, 2025 was a teacher. It taught me things the hard way, the quiet way, and sometimes the long way. Some of these lessons are mine. Some are credited to mentors. But all of them stuck. As we turn the page to a new chapter, here are the 25 truths

As we close out the year, I’ve been spending a lot of time in reflection. I’ve been looking at what worked, what didn't, and most importantly, how we navigated the undeniable challenges this market threw at us. If I had to boil down my entire year into a single, counter-intuitive lesson, it would be this: Sometimes, you have to go backwards to finally move forward. It’s a hard lesson to learn, especially for high-achievers who are used to constant forward momentum. In this s

We are "Christmas card people." My goodness, do we send out cards. And when you send out a lot of cards, you receive a lot of cards! In our hallway, we have three long ribbons hanging from a closet door where we use clothespins to display every single card we receive. Lesley, who is the manager of most everything at our house, has a daily holiday ritual: she carefully checks the return address on every envelope against our records to make sure we have the correct info for nex