This site explores work life balance issues, gardening, home life, creativity, personal finance, cooking, cleaning tips, parenting, beauty advice, home business, web promotion/traffic ideas, career development, insurance, investing, real estate, auctions, frugal savings ideas, student finances, taxes and much more, all with the goal of helping life to be more enjoyable and less stressful.  Please, grab a cup of coffee, pull up a comfy chair and look around.  Consider making this site your start page as we’ll be adding new content very frequently.

 How It All Started

Hi, my name is Valerie Garner.  This site is a natural outflow of a journey I find myself on at this stage of life; I invite you to join me.  I have found myself totally burnt out from a good paying corporate job, along with the heavy hours that goes along with it and feeling like I didn't have a good handle on the whole work life balance issue.  Yet, I saw no stopping or slowing down anywhere on the horizon.  I was feeling as though my schedule dictated my life, instead of me dictating my schedule.  It was like time was going faster and the demands and to-do lists were growing at an equally steady pace.   I felt as though life was happening to me and I had no choices anymore, but what I was craving was a sense of deep rest, comfort and peace and balance.  A slowing down to smell the roses, so to speak. 

Something’s got to give here;  I knew I needed to make some changes before something very serious happened.  I knew I didn’t want to live like this and I needed to take better care of myself.   I have beautiful grandchildren  (and children of course) I long to spend lots of time with, to offer to them a break from the frenzy of life when at our house, and to be a good example to them in their lives.   

I was at a major crossroads in life, wondering, “what do I really want?”   How do I want to live?   How does reality fit into the picture, after all, the bills still go on and need to be paid?  How do I balance work and life?   

This website is a resource tool dedicated to finding articles, and ideas, which may lead to a more comfortable, balanced life.  I see people all around me who also seem to feel this way and resonate with similar desires to slow down and enjoy life more, with those they love.   When I say comfortable life, I don’t necessarily mean wealthy, as I don’t think they mean one and the same.  Financial strain is a huge source of stress; therefore there are lots of ideas on this site for possibly raising your income level and/or reducing debt. Finances also have a strong tie to how much time you have available and the resources to do the things you want. 

Hope you enjoy!

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