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Make Your Plan with Jen Vision: Together, we can achieve goals and realize your vision for the future, creating peace and joy

School is out, and that means lunch is on! I hate having to make extra trips to the store. But I hate throwing out soggy...
06/19/2023

School is out, and that means lunch is on!

I hate having to make extra trips to the store. But I hate throwing out soggy produce from the bottom of the drawer even more.

Last week I came up with this plan to make sure we were eating more delicate items first. I wrote a list of everything we bought with the most perishable at the top and longer lasting items at the bottom. Each meal I would give the kids choices, reading from the top down. As we used things up, I crossed them off till we started a new week. Result: less waste!

Hope this helps families with kids home for the summer!

Oh wow, I got really overwhelmed.This photo shows the area where I was carefully storing plants that I was hoping to hel...
06/13/2023

Oh wow, I got really overwhelmed.

This photo shows the area where I was carefully storing plants that I was hoping to help find a new home, once they got a little bigger. Note, there are no plants in the photo!

Other plants had started to take over the spot. Other areas of my yard took my focus away, and I didn't check these plants as often. How was I going to find new homes for the plants? Did I have time to message people?! Months passed. Life happened.

This week I started to tackle it. A strategy that works for me is to set a date-specific goal with other people. In this case: a garage sale, as requested by my kids who wanted to make some $$$. The only date that worked was this weekend. The plants needed to be in the sale.

I used another strategy of breaking a task into small pieces. I moved a group of plants to my front yard each day, slowly clearing. 15 minutes here, 15 minutes there.

Today, the plants are gone, off to new homes. The space is clear and I get to start over. I feel proud and accomplished. Things will get wild again, and I'll get overwhelmed. But I'll also know that I can face it, I can make a plan, I can use my tried-and-true strategies. And I will succeed!

One of my favorite parts of working as a fundraiser and grant writer for art and service nonprofits for the last 16 year...
06/09/2023

One of my favorite parts of working as a fundraiser and grant writer for art and service nonprofits for the last 16 years was helping my team make their visions for the community come true. I've always had a knack for breaking a dream into achievable steps, discovering the road blocks, and finding new ways forward. My coworkers told me they always left our conversations feeling heard, hopeful, and happy.

Today I want to put these skills to work for YOU: discovering your goals, the systems that let you feel successful, and how you can make space for the things that are important to you. I look forward to working with you!

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