About Me

Hello guys and thank you for being here.

My name is Karina, I am 30-something, mom of a toddler and a baby with 1y 8m age gap between them, and a Montessori enthusiast.

And I’m also a planning freak!

I’ve been a stay-at-home mom since January 2019. And while I love having quality time with my daughters, spending this much time at home got me stir-crazy.

Stick around and I’ll share with you my best tips for parenting babies and toddlers and making mom’s life easy and enjoyable.

I’ve tried blogging a while back but, unfortunately, I wasn’t able to dedicate enough time and effort, nor I had the expertise to do it properly. This time around, I am learning from my mistakes.

Who is this blog for?

If you’re a mom that’s used to be a self-sufficient, active person, now turned into a stir-crazy stay-at-home mom with little kids, little time, and a lot of plans and goals, then I believe we’ll find something in common.

The past

My first blog was called The Budget Journal and I started it in 2019. To be honest, I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. Neither with the blog nor with the newborn baby I was expecting at the time. 

It turned out they both required a lot more time than I thought. So day after day, I started to neglect the blog so I have time for the baby (and for some sleep from time to time). I’ve tried restarting it a few times but eventually, I gave it up.

The other big mistake I made was focusing on the finance niche. While I am very interested in personal finance, I don’t know much about it. At least not enough to write about it regularly.

The present

Today my priorities have changed significantly. I still want to reach the financial independence I used to blog about but what I enjoy most nowadays is spending quality time with my daughter. And with baby #2 on the way, I doubt the focus is heading anywhere else anytime soon.

Because I enjoy writing, I’ve decided to give blogging a second chance. The difference is that the second time around the topics will be a lot closer to my heart.

The future

At the moment, I don’t expect this blog to become a business. I still hope that you will like it and that maybe it will earn enough to pay for itself.

While the main niche I’ve picked will be parenting it will probably be all things kids and moms, including activities, organization, family finances, time management, and whatever comes to mind in the meantime.

Basically, I blog about the things I wish I knew or needed to find out one way or another. And if what I found helped me, I hope sharing it will help other moms too.

I will also try to include any materials I’ve created for me and my kids.

Hopefully, I’ll be able to post an article each week but with two kids under two spare time is a relative matter.

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