I've been trying to write this post for weeks now, but words keep failing me! I'm not sure how you summarize a 10-year blogging career in just a few paragraphs, and that's exactly what I need to do. If I'm honest, I've known since we found out I was pregnant with "surprise!" baby #6 that my blogging…
Okay, so the "anti-blogger" in the title of this post is a misnomer. I'm not the opposite of a blogger. I'm not ready to stop blogging. And I certainly don't dislike other bloggers (many of whom I'm privileged to call friends). But as I've tried to explain my own personal journey over the past couple…
This weekend we got hit by the Blizzard of 2016—also known as Winter Storm Jonas, Snowpocalypse, Snowmaggedon or, my personal favorite, Snowtopia. Our family absolutely loves a good snow storm, and as the buzz around the storm built throughout last week, so did our excitement. With somewhere around 30" of snow when it was all…
I love the New Year and the opportunity to reflect on everything that's happened over the last year and to make a plan for the upcoming year. Because Christmas is enough for me to think about on its own, I always wait until the last week of December and the early part of January to do my review and planning,…
Merry Christmas! Wishing you joy and peace this Christmas as we celebrate the birth of our Savior and the good gifts He's given us. And if you're lonely or grieving or hurt this holiday season, I pray that you would find comfort and small moments of joy in the midst of your pain. Love, Mandi P.S. This…
We are just 11-12 weeks away from welcoming Baby Lucas to our family, and almost every day Sean and I look at each other and go, "We're going to have SIX kids!" You'd think that would have sunk in by now, but it still feels like the surprise that it was when we got the…
When I first started blogging, I had a small "mommy" blog where I shared crafts, recipes, parenting tips (based on what was working for us at the moment), and lots of pictures of my kids. I later started Organizing Your Way, where I shared organizing and decluttering tips, and eventually I began working as a virtual…
Pretty much all of my goals for 2015 are based around one idea: creating an intentional, fulfilling life that reflects my values and priorities. While I spent many years on the rat race of entrepreneurship—working late into the night, burning the candle at both end and chasing the next thing, I just don't have it…
2014 brought about a lot of changes for Life Your Way, and it looks like those changes will continue right into 2015! I had reduced our contributor base fairly significantly in 2013, and by the start of 2014 I had also reduced our number of posts from two to three a day to just one,…
When I first started blogging, there was one rule of blogging that all serious bloggers followed: post often and post consistently. Not posting wasn't done unless it was a family emergency, and taking time off required all kinds of finagling -- scheduling guest posts and reposts and writing ahead. Thankfully, that has changed, and it's…