Tim and Olive's Blog

Two weeks ago I was at a dinner discussion hosted by the Acumen Fund. Our topic of conversation for the evening was “Living a Life of Purpose.” Questions that came up during the course of dinner were, “What is Life’s Purpose and how do we find our purpose?”, “Who decides what our purpose is?”, and “Do we have one or more purposes in life?”. All good questions.
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[Finding My Voice is a series of blog posts on key decisions I made in my 20s.]

Defining decision:  Giving love a chance
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Earlier this year, I turned 30. As I reflected on the decade of my life that was my 20s, I realized I had made quite a few key decisions in those ten years; decisions that would more or less define who I am as I move forward in life.
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I did it.  Chopped off a foot of hair.  I’m not sure exactly how much all that hair weighed, but I’m pretty sure getting such an extreme haircut is one of the fastest ways of losing weight.  It’s certainly one of the only (if not the only) acceptable ways of losing weight while I’m pregnant!  (Not that I needed to.)
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Five years ago today, a certain young man invited a certain young woman into the adventure of courtship.  Five years ago today, the young woman said yes to that invitation.  Now, 5 years later, they are one month away from the due date of their first baby!  Needless to say, their adventure has only begun.  ;)
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Last night, we successfully completed our prenatal classes.  I asked T, “Does that mean we’re now ready to prenate?”  ;)
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With 6 weeks to go until the official due date, things are certainly coming together.  We’re pretty much finished clearing out everything we don’t need or want and down to reorganizing baby’s room.  This afternoon, we went stroller and crib mattress shopping.  These were the last two “big” items we needed to get.
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One thing that has surprised me most about this process of pregnancy is my own struggle with body image. I’ve touched on this in a previous post but I guess it’s a major enough area that it warrants another post.
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These days, we are mad and ruthless.  Don’t worry, it’s not toward each other, just toward our stuff.  Yup, we’re madly and ruthlessly purging our apartment.  We’re down to the final room in the house:  the office-soon-to-be-baby-room.  By the end of this process, we figure we’ll have scrutinized every item we own and given away or gotten rid of at least 20-30% of it.  We can’t wait till everything’s sorted through and the furniture is all rearranged.
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