LACY KIRKLAND

Hi Friends!

Here is your weekly digest of “High Five Friday,” a list of things that are adding value to my life or capturing my attention this week.

1. What I'm learning: This week I've been honing in on my calendar. Each day I plan things out down to the 30 minute mark. I've found lately that I seem over ambitious about what I can get done and sometimes I find myself sneaking things in that aren't part of the agenda. It's been fun learning from the past day as I plan the next day for greater success. I really want to know what motivates people, what gets things done and what pulls us all from our emotions and distractions into greater purpose and productivity.  


2. What I'm reading right now: I made a goal this year to read one book per month. This month I'm reading "Girl, Wash Your Face" by Rachel Hollis. I love her kick-in-the-butt advise and coaching. In her book, Rachel addresses the seemingly simple habits and ways of doing, being...

Hi Friends!

Here is your weekly digest of “High Five Friday,” a list of things that are adding value to my life or capturing my attention this week.


1. What I'm Celebrating: TODAY I am celebrating the very first day my Wife and I met SIX years ago and the love and dedication we've given to creating a beautiful life together everyday since. My life changed December 14th, 2012 when I got a text from an unknown phone number saying, "Hi, this is your new friend, Maggie. You should come out with us tonight." *insert 3 dancing girl emojis here* Who could pass that up?! 

I quickly put on some makeup, my red high heels, black skinny jeans, a brown sleeveless shirt and showed up to the bar my new friend Maggie and our mutual friends were at. We danced, we told stories, we got drinks overlooking the city, we ate VooDoo donuts at 1am, and we laughed so hard we cried. When the night was over, I drove Maggie to her car and told her to text me when she...

Hi Friends!

Here is your weekly digest of “High Five Friday,” a list of things that are adding value to my life or capturing my attention this week.

1. What Is Changing My Work Life -- For the last year or so, Maggie and I tried to work together in the same office and I'm just too distracted by basically everything. So, I took my desk on wheels over to another room with a white board, a headset and my laptop and I get. to. work! I have been loving the time and space I get to accomplish my own to-do's. Since Maggie and I both work from home most of the time, we had to create a system to indicate when we needed to not to be interrupted. So, we put our items out in front of our office doors... Maggie's is a Holga camera and mine is a "You Matter" hat that I hang on the door knob. When either of those are on display, we know not to disturb each other. We also communicate when we are planning to end our workdays and amazingly, we...

Hi Friends!

Here is your weekly digest of “High Five Friday,” a list of things that are adding value to my life or capturing my attention this week.

1. What I'm Reading -- I've literally just cracked the pages on the New York Times Bestseller, "Girl, Wash Your Face" by Rachel Hollis. I'm super excited about this book because I dig things created by awesome people changing the world. Maggie met Rachel and her husband, Dave, at an event she was photographing and confirmed they're both fantastic human beings. Yessss. 
   
   
   

2. What I'm Watching -- My Wife and I just finished binge watching season 2 of  "Making A Murderer" on Netflix. My propensity toward social justice and fairness made this show a fascinating unveiling of our judicial system. At the point that we can learn and be curious despite which side we're on, is where change and understanding is made. Watching shows with such high stakes like this one, is a steady reminder of the...

Hi Friends!

Here is your weekly dose of “High Five Friday,” a list of things that are adding value to my life or capturing my attention this week.

1. What I'm Reading -- My wife and I are currently focusing our attention on leveling up our financial game. Neither of us grew up with a strong understanding of money, how to have it work for us, how to invest, or even how to fully value ourselves. We confided in our friend, Carla, and she shared an incredibly powerful book to help us on our journey (thank you, Carla!!!). We are LOVING this book (even taking turning reading it so we can both soak it up!) I hope this book helps you too: Worthy: Boost Your Self-Worth To Grow Your Net Worth by Nancy Levin. 
   
   
   

2. What I'm Watching -- This week I had a realization that about 5 years ago, I abandoned many of the tools, habits, hacks and rituals that got me to some of the BEST places in my life. I grew up listening to self-improvement tapes, attending...