As many of you know, Dan and I are about to do something that we’ve never done in the history of our company: stop production for one month to focus on our writing.
This is a really big deal for us and a big lesson in faith.
Our lives revolve around working with our wonderful customers, making products, and filling orders. Our livelihood depends on this.
And while we feel completely grateful that we have been able to live in this way, we have also realized that our lives are very much out of balance.
We realized that we work for our business instead of having our business work for us.
We wake up thinking about journals, make them throughout the day and late into the night, and then dream about making them while we sleep.
And so we knew needed to do something – to actively change the way we work – or things would always stay the same.
So we are taking this month to be quiet, reflect, go within, and see what comes out in the form of words.
We are getting back into the driver’s seat of our own lives.
And believe me, this transition hasn’t always been the smoothest.
Even today there are lessons to be learned and little tests put in front of us where we have to really go within and think about how much we want and need this change.
We are so used to reacting and saying yes to anyone who asks us to do something.
The need to please runs very deep.
And now we’ll turn that need to ourselves for one month and see how it feels.
I can’t wait to fill up my own tank.
And hopefully I will be able to give you all more of me when I return.
We are just waiting to tie up a few loose ends today, and then our shops and business will officially be in vacation mode for the next month.
Our ebooks will all be available though (it’s an instant download), and they are all 1/2 off this entire month!
We are so grateful for all of your support.
Thank you for honoring us on this journey and encouraging us to follow our hearts.
I would encourage each of you to do the same and see where it leads…
