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Happy Friday friends,
I’m at the kitchen table reflecting on a rhythm we only recently built into our lives. Some lessons take time to find you, but when they do, the shift is undeniable. This memo is a small window into what that rhythm has taught us about energy, growth, and building a life together on purpose.
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The New Year Ritual That Sets the Tone for Energy and Glow ✨
January calls for rituals that actually make you feel amazing—and Pique’s Sun Goddess Matcha is mine. It delivers clean, focused energy with zero jitters, supports glowing skin and gentle detox, and feels deeply grounding. Smooth, ceremonial-grade, and crave-worthy, it’s the easiest way to start your day clear, energized, and glowing from the inside out.
Let me tell you something we didn’t realize we were missing.
We were newly married, happy, finishing college, and busy starting our careers. We talked, laughed, and moved through life side by side. Looking back, I realize we assumed alignment would somehow take care of itself as long as we kept showing up together. Our marriage wasn't struggling; we just weren't planning the life we wanted to live.
For a long time, we didn’t have a rhythm for stepping back and asking whether we were truly on the same page, not just logistically, but emotionally, physically, and mentally.
Baby Us, circa 2004
Our foundation in faith, our love for each other, and our compatibility kept us connected. Yet, we often approached challenges differently, especially when it came to money, work, and personal growth. Aaron was usually thinking a few steps ahead. He read The 4-Hour Workweek years before I was ready for it and gently nudged me toward ideas I wasn’t yet prepared to absorb. I was still focused on the nine-to-five path, believing recognition and stability came from living a life within a system that felt normal. Our values were aligned, but our timing often was not.
When we discovered the idea of Life Dinners (a monthly, protected time for conversation and alignment on where we're headed), it was like a lightbulb went off. It felt like something we should have known earlier, a simple, protected moment to zoom out together. Sometimes I think about how different those earlier years might have been if we had built that rhythm sooner.
Today, the difference is noticeable. Things move more smoothly, we catch tension before it compounds, and decisions happen faster because the foundation is already aligned.