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We have decided to start a monthly newsletter/blog! We are so thankful for all of our faithful supporters and guests and want to keep you updated on all things Small Escapes. So, here goes…
2023 has started out very well! As most of you know, we ended 2022 after recently opening our very first property in beautiful NW Arkansas! It is going so great! We have been pretty solidly booked since we opened and are so thankful! We took a much-needed breather over the holidays and spent November and December with our kids, friend, and family. As 2023 rolled around, we decided it was time to start moving forward again and have set our sights on South Padre Island, TX! SPI is a beautiful island on the Gulf of Mexico, and we absolutely fell in love with it a couple of years ago on a trip down there with some friends! We have been working with a local realtor and are scheduled to head down in mid-February to scout out the best areas and maybe even come home with one new property in the Small Escapes family!
We had so much fun!During COVID, we read a book called The 12 Week Year. It has always stuck with us as something we wanted to try, but we never made it a priority. The jist of it is that instead of setting goals for a year as most of us do, you set goals for the next 12 weeks and schedule tasks to achieve those goals. So, we scheduled a planning day. One thing you need to know about us is we like to make everyday events fun! We prioritize our time together and use every opportunity to strengthen our relationship. This was no exception. We made sure we picked a day with no interruptions. We started our planning with brunch, including Bloody Marys, of course! We then got out a giant whiteboard and started dreaming. Listing our goals and narrowing those goals down to what we can reasonably accomplish in the next 12 weeks. We then broke those goals down into achievable tasks, assigned due dates to these tasks, and who would do them. We are now on week 3, and I can’t tell you how good it feels to have a checklist and get stuff done! Now, some of you may be thinking that this doesn’t sound like much fun or relationship-building. But to us, it was one of the most powerful and intimate days we have had in a while! Dreaming together and planning for our future gets us so excited and brings us closer together! We dreamt, we flirted, we had a few adult beverages and good food, we made out, we danced in our home office, and we just honestly had a blast planning for the future of Small Escapes! We are so excited to see what the next 12 Weeks and beyond hold for SE and our future guests! Choosing to make a seemingly mundane, routine task fun & exciting is what we are all about. I can’t wait for Week 13, when we can do it all again! |