by Melissa Kascak | Jul 10, 2024 | Fit Yourself In, Work-Life Balance
You teach people how to treat you. Sometimes you just need to change the curriculum. When you get up to feed your 14 month old baby for the third time in the night, you’re teaching him that he can wake you up multiple times while you are sleeping and you will... by Melissa Kascak | Apr 10, 2024 | Fit Yourself In, Work-Life Balance
Stay curious. Ask questions! When my electrician was going to install a new bathroom fan for us, he told me that he needed to move a few light switches in order to install the new timer and have enough room to make it fit. Which meant opening up a hole in the wall and... by Melissa Kascak | Mar 27, 2024 | Fit Yourself In, Work-Life Balance
How often are you having date nights? Probably not often enough if you have kids. It’s easy to just let dating your partner fall by the wayside. There are so many other things going on. So many excuses. You become complacent to the fact that... by Melissa Kascak | Mar 13, 2024 | Fit Yourself In, Work-Life Balance
Dusting is a thankless task. No one is going to say, “Hey, thanks for dusting the sideboard. The absence of dust is remarkable!” No one thanks you for scheduling teeth cleanings at the dentist. Or well checks at the pediatrician. (The kids certainly won’t be... by Melissa Kascak | Feb 15, 2024 | Fit Yourself In, Work-Life Balance
My son wanted to quit. When he was in second grade, he was on the wrestling team. He was (and still is) a lightweight, and he’s wiry and fast and he was surprisingly good. This is my sensitive soul son, he’s a feeler. And he shocked us all when he was...