Dear Reader, The day after my pump track spill in Sun Valley, I slept in at the Airbnb. I was resting my wrist, shoulder, ribs, and chin after riding my beautiful pink e-bike straight off a turn I did not understand. So while I was home recovering, the rest of the extended family biked to breakfast. Then they went on the gondola up the ski slope. My daughters and the babies stayed at the top to play and enjoy the view. But Brace, my son-in-law, and a few brave riders decided to do the...
8 days ago • 1 min read
Dear Reader, This week, our family escaped to beautiful Sun Valley, Idaho. We spent our mornings doing one of my favorite things — biking to breakfast with my husband, my two daughters, my grandchildren, and extended family. On Thursday, we biked to Hailey, Idaho. After breakfast, everyone decided to head over to a pump track. I’ll be honest. I did not even know what a pump track was. I like biking on the road. Smooth paths. Predictable turns. Nothing too surprising. I am not a mountain...
15 days ago • 2 min read
Dear Reader, Have you ever seen A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder? It is one of the most entertaining shows I've ever watched. Great story. Laugh-out-loud funny. And it has a secret. One actor plays a handful of the characters in the show. The same man keeps showing up in each murder scene. Different costume. Different voice. Different walk. And most of the audience doesn't fully catch on until the end. One actor. All those parts. Sound familiar? If you're a solopreneur, that's you....
22 days ago • 1 min read
Dear Reader, During COVID, my husband Brace and I went on one of our favorite Saturday bike rides in Irvine, California. After lunch at our favorite Asian restaurant, we did what we almost always did. We walked next door to our favorite little French bakery. There was just one problem. The bakery required everyone to wear a face mask. Now if you know Brace... ...you know he has a great sense of humor. Instead of pulling out a regular face mask, he reached into his pocket and pulled out a...
29 days ago • 1 min read
Dear Reader, The other day, Brace asked me if I would ever go bungee jumping. I just laughed. There is absolutely no amount of money you could pay this California girl to jump off a bridge with a giant rubber band tied to my ankles. Nope. Not happening. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized something. People who bungee jump aren't really trusting the rope. They're trusting the system. They trust that the rope has been tested. They trust that the equipment has been inspected....
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Dear Reader, A few days ago, my daughter Penelope snapped this picture of two of my grandchildren. They were lying on the floor inside an old picture frame. As I looked at the photo later, I couldn't stop thinking about how much it reminded me of our money stories. Most of us grow up inside a frame. The frame is made up of things we heard as children: "Money doesn't grow on trees." "Rich people are greedy." "We can't afford that." "People like us don't have money." Or maybe you grew up...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Dear Reader, I want to take you back to my childhood. In our house, music was everywhere. My mom took me to choir rehearsals at church when I was probably eight or nine years old. We had piano lessons. Voice lessons. We went to concerts. She served on the symphony board, the opera guild, and supported the ballet. Music wasn't something we did once in a while. It was simply part of life. We sang at family parties. We sang at church. We listened to music constantly. So it's probably no surprise...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Dear Reader, I woke up this morning to a notification that nearly made me spit out my green smoothie. "The Porsche you're looking at just dropped in price. Now only $422,995." I laughed out loud. Bargain of the century, right? Honestly, let's buy three. Here's the backstory. When my husband and I bought our place in Utah, we needed a four-wheel-drive vehicle for the snow. I ended up with a Tesla Y, which I love so much I genuinely don't think I'll ever own another car that isn't a Tesla. But...
3 months ago • 2 min read
Dear Reader, Can I describe your business to you? Day 1 of the month: Big deposit hits. You check your bank balance. You exhale. You make three decisions in twenty minutes — renew the software, upgrade the laptop, pay that vendor who's been waiting. You feel competent. Strategic, even. You are crushing this entrepreneur thing. Day 27 of the month: Payroll is in four days. You are doing panic math in the shower. You're refreshing Stripe like it's going to save you. You're scrolling through...
3 months ago • 1 min read