Kelly Roach

My husband and I decided that instead of having two incomes, we wanted one of us to be home full time with our daughter our entire lives, never put her in daycare, never with a babysitter with us. and retired my husband while I was starting my new business, worked a full-time job and worked in the business for years.

My husband and I decided that instead of having two incomes, we wanted one of us to be home full time with our daughter our entire lives, never put her in daycare, never with a babysitter with us. and retired my husband while I was starting my new business, worked a full-time job and worked in the business for years.

And I was willing to pay that price because the life that we live today is so extraordinary. It's everything I dreamed of. It's everything I worked for. And our relationship with our daughter and our relationship with one another is because of those sacrifices that I made for many years leading up to her being where she is now. And when you meet her, every person that meets her is like, what?

And I was willing to pay that price because the life that we live today is so extraordinary. It's everything I dreamed of. It's everything I worked for. And our relationship with our daughter and our relationship with one another is because of those sacrifices that I made for many years leading up to her being where she is now. And when you meet her, every person that meets her is like, what?

Like this girl's 10, right? Because she's been poured into and she's been enriched and she's been developed and she has been just grown and cultivated so intentionally. And so to your point, When we think about our goals and dreams, we have to both think of the things that are absolutes to us that are a part of what we believe is our purpose, our calling, our true reason for being here.

Like this girl's 10, right? Because she's been poured into and she's been enriched and she's been developed and she has been just grown and cultivated so intentionally. And so to your point, When we think about our goals and dreams, we have to both think of the things that are absolutes to us that are a part of what we believe is our purpose, our calling, our true reason for being here.

And we have to start calculating the price of what it will cost. And when it's something that is negotiable, that would be nice, that maybe it would fill our ego. Maybe it would fast track our success. Maybe it would be a great feather in our cap. The example for you and I was speaking. We both did the calculation and said, it ain't happening.

And we have to start calculating the price of what it will cost. And when it's something that is negotiable, that would be nice, that maybe it would fill our ego. Maybe it would fast track our success. Maybe it would be a great feather in our cap. The example for you and I was speaking. We both did the calculation and said, it ain't happening.

Like I was not willing to give up that time with my husband. I wasn't willing to give up that time with my daughter. And only now that we can do that together and make it a family experience. Is that, you know, worth it? So. I think it's both knowing what you don't want.

Like I was not willing to give up that time with my husband. I wasn't willing to give up that time with my daughter. And only now that we can do that together and make it a family experience. Is that, you know, worth it? So. I think it's both knowing what you don't want.

And for me, coming from a household where my parents were fighting every single day, anxiety, depression, never knowing how they were going to pay the bills. The last thing I want to do is go create wealth for myself, but lose my relationship over it. Like those two things are not incongruent. So I think it's also a big part of this is that

And for me, coming from a household where my parents were fighting every single day, anxiety, depression, never knowing how they were going to pay the bills. The last thing I want to do is go create wealth for myself, but lose my relationship over it. Like those two things are not incongruent. So I think it's also a big part of this is that

Many people have been taught to look at success in a singular fashion versus in a holistic fashion. Because when we look at success, when you compromise your relationship, your health, other areas of your life in order to get further ahead, What will happen is you will ultimately pay that price. You're just going to be paid the price later. Right.

Many people have been taught to look at success in a singular fashion versus in a holistic fashion. Because when we look at success, when you compromise your relationship, your health, other areas of your life in order to get further ahead, What will happen is you will ultimately pay that price. You're just going to be paid the price later. Right.

And so you have to make calculated sacrifices that aren't going to actually be the thing that blows up the thing that you're trying to create. And so this is where taking time to actually really think about what matters to you on a deep level, not on a I want to achieve level. like on a, what do I want my day-to-day life to look like? What do I want my experience of living to be like?

And so you have to make calculated sacrifices that aren't going to actually be the thing that blows up the thing that you're trying to create. And so this is where taking time to actually really think about what matters to you on a deep level, not on a I want to achieve level. like on a, what do I want my day-to-day life to look like? What do I want my experience of living to be like?

When I accomplish that thing, who do I want to be with? How do I want to feel? What are we going to do together? If you consider all of those implications, it will give you a pretty clear roadmap on what is worth sacrificing and what isn't worth sacrificing. And a lot of times what I see is people are more willing to sacrifice,

When I accomplish that thing, who do I want to be with? How do I want to feel? What are we going to do together? If you consider all of those implications, it will give you a pretty clear roadmap on what is worth sacrificing and what isn't worth sacrificing. And a lot of times what I see is people are more willing to sacrifice,

their time, their health, their relationship, all of these other areas of life. They're willing to sacrifice those things in an instant, but they're not willing to sacrifice just getting themselves uncomfortable to just do the damn thing that they need to do that's going to get them what they want.

their time, their health, their relationship, all of these other areas of life. They're willing to sacrifice those things in an instant, but they're not willing to sacrifice just getting themselves uncomfortable to just do the damn thing that they need to do that's going to get them what they want.