Category: Stories from my life

Kim’s note: Anybody in a long-term relationship knows that relationships, even happy ones, are tough work.  When two people set out to build a life together they take an extraordinary leap of faith.  The truth is, we can…

Do you need encouragement and guidance to kickstart your dreams? Are you looking for a game plan to help you get started? Life on Fire was written for you. Book by Kim Dinan: Life on…

What would you do with a yellow envelope? Plagued by anxiety and a persistent feeling that there was more to life than paychecks and mortgages, Kim and her husband decide to uproot their lives and…

I started this post months ago after I was asked a simple question in two different situations. First, by the founder of BootsnAll in preparation for the 2011 Meet, Plan, Go event and then by Alexis Grant when I was interviewed…

When I started this blog no one read it. My mom didn’t even read it. I’d get maybe 15 hits a day and each one made me ecstatic. I was happy because I was writing.…

I’ve neglected this blog in the last month and there are good reasons for that. Life has changed so completely in the past few weeks that I feel almost paralyzed as I sit here attempting…

A few years back when my husband and I were saving money to travel the world, I wrote about the topic of money all of the time. I stopped writing about money because I found that people assumed…

Those of you who have been following this blog for a while have read these words before: “You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.…