404 - My Next Life Stage & Unexpected Event
Organize 365 Podcast
Lisa Woodruff
4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2021
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
This is going to be a bit of a coffee chat style episode. I want to share about an unexpected event that is ushering in my next life stage.
I'm going to be a grandma! Abby is expecting her baby at the end of September. We are super excited about adding a little baby blessing to our lives!!!
I am still processing how this will affect all of us, but I am SO excited to be a grandma! Abby and the baby will be living with us. As many of you know, I have never been pregnant. And, I have never been a grandma before. I am saying yes to this whole new phase of all of our lives - I want to experience all of it and be there for everything.
I have always seen Greg and myself as a mentor and coach for our kids. I want to be as present and supportive as possible as I help my kids reach adulthood, and beyond. We work together on critical thinking about why we do things, and this transition is no exception.
So, in addition to sharing this amazing news today, I want to talk through how our family is planning for this change in our lives - especially with a little baby in the house. I am adapting the book tour. I am thinking through how we will support Abby and the baby as they transition to their next phases of life. And, we are reorganizing our house as we will now have three generations living under the same roof.
Listen in and you can hear my thoughts about this exciting unexpected event!
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| 0:00.0 | This week's mailbag comes to us from Pam. |
| 0:04.0 | Hi, Lisa. I just have to tell you that I have the biggest girl crush on you. |
| 0:09.0 | You are so cute and smart. |
| 0:11.0 | I have always been very organized and minimalist in my housekeeping. |
| 0:15.0 | I consider myself neat. |
| 0:17.0 | I can always find what I'm looking for. |
| 0:20.0 | I have always really enjoyed cleaning, straightening, and organizing my whole life. |
| 0:24.0 | I used to clean my girlfriend's rooms when we would get bored. |
| 0:28.0 | My desk, however, was challenging. |
| 0:30.0 | It was always neat looking, but I was always behind on emails and paperwork. |
| 0:35.0 | I mean years behind. |
| 0:37.0 | I got the timely stuff done, kids' forms, bills, etc. |
| 0:41.0 | But the rest of it was just piling up. |
| 0:43.0 | I started listening to your podcast and I've enjoyed all of them. |
| 0:46.0 | And I thought, I don't really need the Sunday basket. |
| 0:49.0 | That's for hoarders or something. |
| 0:51.0 | I am very neat. |
| 0:52.0 | But then I realized I did need help. |
| 0:55.0 | And boy, have you changed my life? |
| 0:58.0 | Who would have guessed that printing emails and making more paper actually makes you more efficient? |
| 1:04.0 | I had been trying to keep everything electronic and it's just much easier to ignore it that way. |
| 1:10.0 | All of these ignored emails, lists, etc. weighed on me. |
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