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What brought you joy today? This is a vital questi

What brought you joy today? This is a vital question to ask yourself.
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#marriageminute says the following:
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In times of uncertainty, it can be easiest to tune in to what’s making you anxious.
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After all, these days you may be regularly confronted with a waterfall of new information, eroding what “normal” used to look like. Anxiety comes in loud and clear.
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It’s important, now more than ever, to not let anxiety drown out joy. Practice tuning in to joy with your partner by asking them, at the end of every day, “what brought you joy today?”
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It may be as simple and small as something that made you laugh, or it can be something as immense as a shift in the weather that brightened the whole day.
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Give joy a chance to shine!
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The look you make when your adventurous wife convi

The look you make when your adventurous wife convinces you to go snorkeling in a Mexico Cenoté for the first time...
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Look, there’s a reason God gave me lungs instead of gills. Truth is, I’m not the strongest swimmer, but I’ll try anything once. We swam in 2 Cenoté’s that day. One closed and one open. I was actually pretty excited to do this, something new, crystal clear water, etc.
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Then, we got there. It got real...fast. Excited turned to nervous turned to anxious. But what is a new adventure without all those emotions? Additionally, what is life without these experiences?
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We started in the closed Cenoté first. Nope...didn’t like it! But I’m glad I did it. It was beautiful. The water was ICE COLD and you could see straight to the bottom (wherever the heck it was, lol). The issue I had was depth perception. So many rocks and stones under you that it was hard to tell if they were 3 feet or 13 feet away. Then, out of nowhere from the depths were divers in their full gear! Pretty sure I squealed a little bit, good thing my mouth was under water, lol.
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I did much better at the open Cenoté. I was calmer & took my time. Still cold, still beautiful. Saw amazing wildlife underwater. I focused on my breathing so I wasn’t inhaling water into my lungs as I watched my beautiful wife swim as graceful as the fish that swam next to me. An unforgettable day. An experience that will always be remembered. A moment in my life that I can never take for granted. Every emotion felt that day. Which is exactly how I always want to live my life...full of emotions.
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So what’s with this random story?
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I know many folks out there might be struggling. As we all battle with issues today, stop and think about a moment, an experience, an event that moved your emotions. Remember those moments. That’s what life is about. Experiences that shook us, made us feel alive...experiences that pushed us beyond our comfort zone and taught us that we are so much stronger than we give ourselves credit...experiences that took us down one path that quickly pivoted to another.
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Stay safe everyone, we love y’all.
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Is the FIRE Movement over? • I found this very q

Is the FIRE Movement over?
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I found this very question online over the last week. Obviously this question arose from the current mass layoffs, the current plunge in the stock market, & COVID pandemic.
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In particular, it’s possible that the RE (retire early) component of FIRE is the most disrupted, but I wouldn’t say it’s ‘over’. Those that were aiming for early retirement may have to take a step back and re-assess, but I’d doubt most FIRE folks have ‘thrown in the towel’.
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In fact for us, to think positively on this situation...it’s reminded us exactly why we started “Driving Towards FIRE” back in 2018. Truth is, had this pandemic happened while we were in Nashville, we would be in a much different place...financially speaking.
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The goal for us has always been FI (Financial Independence). Now more than ever it’s incredibly important. Being both financially independent & financially literate are the best things in life. The power to withstand corporate layoffs and economic downturns are the exact reasons we started this journey.
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Even though we’ve had to put paying off our remaining debt of $67k on hold, we’ve shifted our focus to protecting both our health and our emergency fund. Two very important investments during this time. Without any income at the moment, our emergency fund and limiting our spending while maintaining our health is critically important. Additionally, we’re using this time to plan what are next steps will be and doing our best to remain motivated.
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Navigating Your Way Through a Job Lay-off...Take A

Navigating Your Way Through a Job Lay-off...Take Action...
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~ The application process is arduous. But Apply, Apply, Apply. Set aside at least an hour everyday submitting Apps online.
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~ If HR calls or a Recruiter asks to setup a phone meeting (they don’t call them interviews now, I’ll explain more..), setup a meeting with them. Even if it’s a position you aren’t completely interested in. Why? PRACTICE! Most ask the same questions these days, what better way to get more comfortable with the questions than having them repeated? Be completely ready when the Job you really want becomes available.
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~ Recruiters & HR Managers call these initial interviews, “phone meetings”. Technically it’s NOT an interview even though they go through the same processes if it were. The meeting is a ‘feeler’ discussion to see if you’d be a good fit and you represent what’s on paper (resumé).
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~ Don’t be afraid to negotiate. After all, as much as you want to jump back in so you can get income again, that doesn’t mean you have to accept crazy hours, crazy shifts, etc where YOU have to make all types of sacrifices for your employer. Remember, while they are interviewing you, you SHOULD also interview them. Find out why you should bring YOUR TALENTS to them.
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~ If you haven’t heard anything back immediately. Don’t lose hope. For whatever reason these days, companies make a big ‘to-do’ about finding the right talent, but they drag the entire process out longer than it should. Not much you can do here, just continue to apply to other positions & have hope.
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~ Get creative. Record a 2-3min ‘resumé’ video highlighting you & what makes you a unique hire for the applied position. And no, I’m not talking about reading your resume line by line.
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~ Are there other certifications you could get necessary for your career? Any of those stand to assist you in standing out from other applicants?
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~ Step outside of your typical jobs you’d apply for or went to college for. This is a tricky one yes, but consider this...if you are a RN with a outgoing personality maybe apply for pharmaceutical or vendor sales job? Your degree doesn’t have to limit your supposed boundaries. Expand!

Ok times are tough right now... • But...Duke, Ch

Ok times are tough right now...
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But...Duke, Chloe, & Blue have a message for everyone.
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Duke says, he used to roam the dangerous streets of Nashville, TN with his GSD brother. Having occasional run-ins with feral cats and his owners just throwing their hands up for Metro Animal Control to “just take him”.
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Chloe says, she grew up on a junkyard farm raised by a juvenile delinquent. Fortunately for us, he was at least smart enough to drop her off at a no-kill shelter in Middle Mississippi.
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Blue says, most of you know his story, at least the parts we know. Always on the loose and Roaming dangerously back and forth across a major 4 lane highway in East Texas, scars likely from jumping fences and worse, heartworm positive.
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Despite all that they have been through “they made it”. Rescues no more and now have the love and support they need! 🙌🏻.
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In a crazy world right now where bad news is prevalent, people are getting sick and dying, our elected leaders can’t play in the sandbox together, people are scared, jobs have been lost, and finances have been wrecked....Our rescues have just ONE MESSAGE:
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TOUGH TIMES DON’T LAST, TOUGH PEOPLE DO. 💪🏻.
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I’m not sure how many of you needed to hear this, but we are resilient people. As challenging as things are at the moment, have hope; stay the course; work together; set a positive example for everyone around you; be better than our leaders; show up for your life; stick to your goals; turn to loved ones for support; build each other up; talk about what the future holds for you; stay busy; and MOST IMPORTANTLY STAY SAFE AND HEALTHY.
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When you own a vacation rental, you always have so

When you own a vacation rental, you always have something to do...
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Whenever we make our way back to our cabin (this time it was only 2 months from our last time here) we usually have 2 thoughts...
1: “Yay, so excited to drink our coffee, listen to nature, and soak in the views”!
2. “I wonder what surprises our guests left for us that our cleaning crew happened to miss”.
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Despite having one of THE BEST cleaning companies we partner with, we never have a shortage of ‘things-to-do’ while we are here. In this case, we don’t mind. Being under a Stay at Home Order without many places to go, it helps keep us busy. Today after our run around the resort, Meredith tackled the wood burning fireplace. It was full of ashes. I sure love the fact that she doesn’t mind getting her hands dirty. Because seriously, I’m a pretty boy and I’ll do the vacuuming instead, 😂.
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Even though we didn’t expect to be back at our cabin so soon, we feel blessed to have this space to shelter in. Best of all? We don’t have to worry about the black and grey water tanks filling up on us! (Joke for our fellow fulltime RV’ers 😆). There were a few things we didn’t do back in January while we were here, so this gives us an opportunity to do them.
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What are some things y’all are doing to keep busy?
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