Extraordinary Choices with Anne Lacsamana

Extraordinary Choices with Anne Lacsamana Creating Extraordinary Choices, one story at a time. Helping nurse moms and professionals build a flexible online business. Full time RN - Wife - Mom

Hi, Iโ€™m Anne! Iโ€™m a mom of three amazing boysโ€”though one is now my angel watching over us. ๐Ÿ’œ Iโ€™m also a nurse and a proud wife to my supportive husband, Alex. Losing my son shook my world, but it led me to search for deeper purposeโ€”and I found it here. This online digital business is all about helping others. ๐ŸŒŸ Letโ€™s chase purpose and freedom together! ๐Ÿ’ปโœจ

08/25/2026

One thing at a time

๐–๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ˆ ๐ ๐จ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ซ ๐ˆ ๐€๐‹๐–๐€๐˜๐’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ. ๐Ÿ’œMy forever babiesโ€™ names. ๐Ÿฅน Thereโ€™s just something so special ab...
08/22/2026

๐–๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ˆ ๐ ๐จ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ซ ๐ˆ ๐€๐‹๐–๐€๐˜๐’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ. ๐Ÿ’œ

My forever babiesโ€™ names. ๐Ÿฅน Thereโ€™s just something so special about finding each letter and finally completing their names. It may be a simple souvenir, but every time I see them together, my heart flutters. โœจ

Itโ€™s a little piece of every place we visitโ€ฆ with a reminder of the ones I carry with me wherever I go. ๐Ÿ’œ

Now Iโ€™m curiousโ€”whatโ€™s your MUST-HAVE souvenir whenever you travel? โœˆ๏ธ

Share yours in the comments! Letโ€™s give each other some fun souvenir ideas for our next adventure. ๐Ÿฅฐ

๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ž'๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐„๐ฑ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‚๐ก๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ! ๐Ÿ’ซ

08/21/2026

still on our little get away

08/20/2026

Dancing lights

08/19/2026

A little family get away

๐€ ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ž๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š ๐›๐š๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž. ๐Ÿ’œ๐’๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฎ...
08/18/2026

๐€ ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ž๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š ๐›๐š๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž. ๐Ÿ’œ๐’๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ. ๐Ÿ™

This weekend at work was TOUGH. ๐Ÿ˜“

One of those shifts that leaves this nurse mom physically tired and mentally drained.

But today is Monday. โ˜€๏ธ

A new week.
A fresh start.
Another chance to reset.

And instead of carrying the heaviness of the weekend with me, ๐ˆโ€™๐ฆ ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐†๐‘๐€๐“๐ˆ๐“๐”๐ƒ๐„. ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ’œ

๐Ÿฉบ Grateful I made it through.
๐Ÿก Grateful for work that allows me to help others.
๐Ÿ€ Grateful for the people waiting for me at home.
And grateful that no difficult season lasts forever.

If your weekend was hard too, hereโ€™s your Monday reminder:

โœจ Name 3 things youโ€™re grateful for.
โœจ Leave yesterday where it belongs.
โœจ Focus on what you CAN control today.
โœจ Give yourself permission to start again.

To every nurse mom, working mom, healthcare worker, or anyone quietly carrying a heavy loadโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ’œ

You donโ€™t need a perfect Monday.

You just need a reason to keep moving forward. ๐Ÿ‘ฃ

๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ž'๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐„๐—๐“๐‘๐€๐Ž๐‘๐ƒ๐ˆ๐๐€๐‘๐˜ ๐‚๐‡๐Ž๐ˆ๐‚๐„๐’! ๐Ÿ’ซ

๐ˆ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ˆ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐๐ž๐ ๐š ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฌ.But lately, Iโ€™m realizingโ€ฆ sometimes, itโ€™s the sm...
08/15/2026

๐ˆ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ˆ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐๐ž๐ ๐š ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฌ.

But lately, Iโ€™m realizingโ€ฆ sometimes, itโ€™s the small pockets of time that matter most.

Today, my husband and I fetched our son from work. Nothing special. Just us in the car, talking, laughing, and catching up.Then they dropped me off at work for my night shift.

And as I watched them drive away, I thoughtโ€ฆthis is life right now. As a nurse mom, I may not always have the whole day with my family.

๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ˆ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐›๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ˆ ๐๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž. ๐Ÿ’œ

Because someday, these ordinary car rides might be the moments I miss the most.

Donโ€™t wait for more time.
Make the time you have count.

๐‹๐ž๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐„๐—๐“๐‘๐€๐Ž๐‘๐ƒ๐ˆ๐๐€๐‘๐˜ ๐‚๐‡๐Ž๐ˆ๐‚๐„๐’! ๐Ÿ’ซ

08/15/2026

A Thought on My Drive Home

08/14/2026

๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฌโ€ฆ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ˆ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ ๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐ˆ๐Œ๐„ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ.

And maybe I should have understood the value of time more than anyone.

Because Iโ€™m a mom who already knows what it feels like to wish for ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐๐š๐ฒ with her child.

I lost my son, Nathan, to a congenital illness.

And when youโ€™ve experienced a loss like that, you learn something you can never unlearn:

๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐.

Yet somewhere along the way, I found myself working more and more.

I love being a nurse.
I love caring for people.
And Iโ€™ll always be proud of what I do.

But between the night shifts, extra shifts, sleeping during the day, and trying to recover before doing it all over againโ€ฆ

I started hearing:

โ€œ๐Œ๐จ๐ฆ, ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ ๐š๐ข๐ง?โ€

And those words hit differently.

Because I remember wishing I could have had more time with Nathan.

One more ordinary morning.
One more meal together.
One more hug.
One more chance to watch him grow.

And here I wasโ€”with my children right in front of meโ€”sometimes too exhausted or too busy working to fully enjoy those ordinary moments.

That realization broke something open in me.

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ˆ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ?

For years, I believed being a good provider meant working more.

More shifts = more income.
More income = a better life for my family.

But I started realizing that providing for my family isnโ€™t only about what I can give them financially.

๐Œ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ.

So no, I didnโ€™t suddenly quit nursing.

Instead, I started building a ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง ๐ ๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ซ.

Not because I hate bedside nursing.

But because I want nursing to eventually become something ๐ˆ ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ, without feeling like every financial need automatically means another shift away from my family.

I want to have the flexibility to say:

โ€œI can be there.โ€
"I donโ€™t need to pick up that extra shift.โ€
"I have another way to contribute to our family.โ€

Nathan taught me something his short life will never let me forget:

๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐›๐ž ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐š๐ ๐š๐ข๐ง.
๐€๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐›๐ž ๐š๐ฏ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž.
๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐š๐ง ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž.

So Iโ€™m still a nurse.
Iโ€™m still a mom.

But now Iโ€™m intentionally building more choices for our future.

And if youโ€™re a tired nurse or working mom reading this, maybe you donโ€™t need to quit your career.

Maybe you simply need to start asking:

โ€œ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ˆ ๐›๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ?โ€

Start small.
Learn something new.
Use the pockets of time you already have.
And donโ€™t wait until burnout makes the decision for you.

Because one day, our kids wonโ€™t be asking,

โ€œ๐Œ๐จ๐ฆ, ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ ๐š๐ข๐ง?โ€

Theyโ€™ll be grown.

And I donโ€™t want to look back wishing I had created another choice sooner.

๐Ÿ’ฌ If youโ€™re a nurse or working mom curious about the ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง ๐ ๐ˆโ€™๐ฆ ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž ๐›๐ž๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž ๐ง๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ , comment โ€œ๐๐‹๐€๐ ๐โ€ and Iโ€™ll share the information with you.

๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐„๐—๐“๐‘๐€๐Ž๐‘๐ƒ๐ˆ๐๐€๐‘๐˜ ๐‚๐‡๐Ž๐ˆ๐‚๐„๐’! ๐Ÿ’ซ

๐ผ๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘ฃ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ. ๐ต๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘™๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’, ๐‘’๐‘“๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘ฆ. ๐ผ๐‘›๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘”๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘’๐‘‘.

๐ˆ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซโ€ฆ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ˆ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐…๐Ž๐‘.While sitting in my "off...
08/13/2026

๐ˆ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซโ€ฆ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ˆ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐…๐Ž๐‘.

While sitting in my "office", I received this notification from my online businessโ€”and for a moment, I just sat here feeling incredibly grateful. ๐Ÿฅน

Because this is exactly why, even after a long night shift, I still find time to work on this business.

Yes, the extra income matters. It helps with the bills, our goals, and the future weโ€™re building.

But somewhere along the way, I realized Iโ€™m not just working for more money. Iโ€™m working toward more choices.

The choice to be more present with my family.
The choice to travel without always worrying about my work schedule.
The choice to slow down when life needs me to.
And eventually, the choice to work because I want toโ€”not because I have to.

Because at the end of the day, ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐“๐ˆ๐Œ๐„ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐ฐ๐žโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ?

That thought alone keeps me going, even on the tired days.

If youโ€™ve been wondering if thereโ€™s another way to create an additional stream of income without giving up the life that matters to you, maybe itโ€™s worth simply learning whatโ€™s possible.

Drop โ€œ๐‚๐‡๐Ž๐ˆ๐‚๐„๐’โ€ in the comments and Iโ€™ll share the information with you. ๐Ÿ’œ

๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ž'๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐„๐—๐“๐‘๐€๐Ž๐‘๐ƒ๐ˆ๐๐€๐‘๐˜ ๐‚๐‡๐Ž๐ˆ๐‚๐„๐’! โœจ

๐ผ๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘ฃ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’, ๐‘’๐‘“๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก, ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘ฆ, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘œ ๐‘”๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘ก๐‘ .

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