I thought I’d be going into the New Year a lot differently. Instead of clarity and excitement, I find myself standing in the tension between grief and forward motion, learning how to keep dreaming when life feels uncertain. This is not a post with answers or resolutions, but an honest reflection on what it looks like to hold sorrow and hope in the same hands.

As I have been reflecting on 2024 and looking into the New Year, I will be honest with you, I have been very discouraged. At the end of 2024 I experienced something extremely painful within a close friendship. And through it, I realized that I wasn’t OK.

This business isn’t the “end game” for me - and while that may seem backwards in our Capitalist society, I’ve realized that I don't need to have a big name to be successful or even to be known. None of those things define who I am and it’s time I start editing out the things in my life to reflect that.

We have made A LOT of mistakes along the way and continue to make LOTS of mistakes-each of which bring on a whole other layer to marriage. But you know what…it’s truly all about the journey and we can’t grow if we don’t fail right? So here is a look at our top 3 most expensive mistakes we’ve made:

While we often only show the “highlight reel” of our flips, each of these whole home renovations take a little bit of our soul with them when we leave; and sometimes they take a little bit from our pocket book too.