“… it wasn’t long before they declared themselves official Bigfoot researchers. They checked out every book they could from our local library, they turned a small room in our house into their Bigfoot research lab, they set up a wildlife camera overlooking our creek, and they embarked on small expeditions in our backyard at night, listening for the breaking of sticks or a distant distinct call.”

“With so much focus on future goals and plans, I think it’s important to take a minute to reflect on all the wins we each had in the past year.”

“It’s the same you and it’s the same life only this time you know exactly what you are looking for.”

“And that’s just it—with childlike wonder we need to know the power in what lies ahead.”

Yes, “unbinded” is a made up word. When we embarked on this journey, we felt we were doing something we had not seen anyone around us doing. We believe doing something unheard of warrants a word not yet heard of.

When it comes to your values, you can align your life, your decisions, your day-to-day choices to those values. You have our permission to change the game you are playing and to redefine the rules.

No amount of words could tell the story of where I have been to where I am at today.

We have watched her work harder than ever and we now see her dreams unfolding.

He dreamed of living a life where he could cultivate his interests and serve his community.

But once we hit the rapids, we had the time of our lives!

But of all of the times we have painted the interior of other houses, this time is vastly different.

I told him I don’t really give advice but I can tell him this: I believe every person, deep down, knows exactly what they want.

Now I spend every Friday and most afternoons doing the one thing that is most important in life to me—being the father and husband I always dreamed of.

Knowing exactly what we wanted led us straight to the place we now call home.

We have been writing together and building our coaching practice together and this past weekend we added to that list.

If our younger selves could see us today, I think they would be so proud of us.

...the closeness as a family and freedom we gained here far outweighs the stresses, burdens, and way of life we left behind.

We were speaking life into our values and were ready to live them out.

We could just envision a simpler life that placed emphasis on our family and the ability to spend as much quality time as we could with one another.

It was freeing to be able to rearrange our entire day for no other reason than to make memories.