I believe everyone should have access to trustworthy advice.
Adulting is tough. Every day there is another seemingly basic area that you feel like you are failing at.
You look around at your friends and coworkers and see them handling all of the things…..finances, working out, eating healthy, socializing, and plenty of travel.
And you are Doordashing dinner for the 4th time this week (Thai anyone?).
I have been there.
Hi! I am Katie, a Financial Planner and voice behind Kaybee Lives.
After struggling and fighting my way through adulthood, burning out at jobs that didn’t fit right, I wanted to find a way to help my friends (just like you) find ways to go through life without feeling like they were failing at adulting.
Because of this, I felt like so much of my emotional and physical energy was used up doing small insignificant daily tasks. Basic life tasks like going to work, feeding myself something healthy(ish) that didn’t cost an arm and a leg, keeping my house at a level that wasn’t embarrassing, and trying to find a few minutes to exercise each week (or more like monthly) became too much for me.
I never had the time or energy to do anything for myself or have fun!
I felt guilt and shame that I didn’t have time or energy to do the fun things in life like spending time with friends or doing activities I was passionate about. Meanwhile, I was constantly busy, behind, frustrated, and beating myself up about all of it.
Let’s face it, adulting is hard!
I started looking into small ways I could simplify my daily life so that I could have the leftover energy to put into things I love like relationships, passions, and creativity. Along the way, I shared some of these ideas with friends who were struggling with similar difficulties in their lives.
I saw and experienced how making a few simple, customized changes, in key areas, can drastically reduce the amount of time and energy we are putting into mundane daily tasks. As a result, I freed up my daily life from these mundane, time consuming tasks, so I could focus on the areas of my life that I loved.
Simplify. Grow. Live.
Throughout this blog, my hope is that I would provide encouraging information to help you simplify the parts of your life that matter less, all based on what is important to you. I am a huge finance nerd at heart, so most of these ideas have some financial impact.
By streamlining specific parts of your life, you can decrease the amount of energy and effort spent on low-value areas so you can increase the energy and effort spent on high-value areas to grow into the life of your dreams.
Some of these ideas and suggestions may not work for you or are for areas of your life that you already have under control. Great! Move on and focus on the other areas. A few of these ideas may feel overwhelming to you. My goal is to break them down in an easy and accessible way so that you can tackle them one by one in a way that works for you.
Above all, I hope you find value in the information and are able to personalize the information to meet your needs and live the life of your dreams!
Take things one step at a time. You totally got this!
Now that you have the daily life items under control, it’s time to focus on your passions!
Spend your newfound free time discovering what makes your heart sing! Life is about more than dutifully accomplishing your daily tasks. Start looking for what excites you and make time to include those things in your daily life.
So, welcome! I am so glad you found us here on our little corner of the internet. I hope that you will find useful and relevant information that will help you simplify your life while you grow in this fun stage of adulthood and allow you the capacity to live your life to the fullest! Join us on this journey!
Katie
PS. My specialty is helping people feel in control of their finances and meet their financial goals. If that is an area of stress for you, I can help.
