Goals, resolutions, dreams – whatever you want to call them, are critical for personal development and success. They are the first step to Following Your Detour! They allow us to identify something our hearts desire and start planning how we are going to attain that desire. It’s an act of believing that you CAN do […]
Following Our Detour into 2018: Our Year End Review and Upcoming Goals
You might feel that setting goals and resolutions at the beginning of a new year is a bit cliche. And its true, you should set goals throughout the whole year. But there’s a lot of power in both reflecting on the past year and creating a vision for what you hope the upcoming year to […]
The Most Powerful Lesson I Learned Last Year and How it Changed My Life
The last 18 months have been the craziest, hardest, strangest, yet most exciting of my life. Lindsay and I have gone through an unbelievable period of change and transformation. Where we sit today, and the life that we are pursuing would have been left to Instagram hashtags or magazines only several months ago. So much […]
Why Quitting My Dream Job Was a Part of Following My Detour
For as long as I can remember I have always dreamed of being a teacher. I will never forget the day that I received a phone call from my first principal offering me a position as a kindergarten teacher. I had worked so hard for it, earning not only my bachelor’s and teaching licensure but also my […]
Our Story: From a Dead End to a Detour
I struggle to even know where to begin this post. Tears are already filling my eyes. It requires me to go to a place in my heart that is still aching, still healing. But it’s a story that’s critical to sharing our own personal detour. So here goes nothing. The News That Changed Everything I’ll never forget […]