Ohh snap that title is a cliff hanger, right?!

 

Welcome back, friends! It’s crazy HOW LONG it takes me to edit a video and create a blog post. Baby life is intense. People warned me and still… it’s nuts. Right now life is great and I’m happily taking a break from work and sadly taking it slow with my creativity. These blog posts and videos are my artistic time when I get to express myself and flex my storytelling. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do making them!

Today’s vlog is our baby moon in Key West. I had a good time but in retrospect I would not have done a baby moon there 😂 The DAY we arrived, my belly popped, my feet swelled and walking became really tough on my body. Key West, if you aren’t aware, is a walkable island. It’s all walking and drinking, basically.

I did find ways to relax by the pool, on walks (when I could), of course eating delicious food and… DREAMING. Not only of when I could walk and consume alcohol again, but of our life. This trip was taken back in December 2021. The year was coming to a close and 2022 was full of uncertainty. I didn’t know it at the time, but the seeds of a big life decision had been sprouting.

It was showing up as a sort of malaise with our life. A general sense of being uninspired with our vision, but so under the radar it was easy to pass it off as exhaustion and nerves for our soon-to-be here baby. However, once she was here, and a TON of scary change happened, it became really clear that these past few months were purposeful. I needed to be taking a break from work so I could be totally present to my feelings. It had to be NO distractions. And for me, work can be a distraction. It can provide the illusion of purpose when ultimately it’s just a way to pass your time in exchange for money. And not to bash money, money is important and I want it. But I want to earn it differently, that’s for sure.

On this trip, we had a few pivotal conversations that would bloom later in 2022 when I’d have a BIG epiphany about what we were doing. And it’s been really exciting. We give a nod to it at the end of the video, so I’ll leave it like that for now. But all this to say, we have some VERY exciting changes cooking. And for the first time in a very long time, I feel inspired. Actively in pursuit of our dreams and feeling GOOD about it. It’s really nice and I’m savoring it as much as I can.

 

 

Your Mini Key West Guide

 

PS. If you’re looking for the Key West guide referenced in the video, here it is as a one pager. We have been to Key West dozens of time. We’re obsessed and it used to be a quick care ride away. Trust me when I say, we’re experts hah. We’ve compiled a mini guide of our FAVORITE places. It’s not an all encompassing guide to the island because, let’s be honest, that’s WAY too much information. We are not here to give you decision fatigue. We are here to give you our absolutely best places so you don’t have to research. It’s our gift to you.