Out of office! And for good reason. ❤️
For eleven years now, we’ve been going to a cabin with my family and spend the better part of ten summer days boating, eating lunch on the dock, reading, and picking wild blueberries so we can make blueberry pancakes when we wake up at 9am. We = me.
It’s a slow and peaceful season that I look forward to literally all year long.
But ever since Pinch of Yum came into existence five years ago, this time at the cabin, for Bjork and I, has still been a time that almost always involved some amount of work. Early morning drives into town to connect to internet at the library and respond to urgent emails, late night work editing photos and drafting posts after everyone goes to bed…
Bjork and I talk a lot both in person and in our posts about the elusive art of Balance, about using the flexibility of owning an online business to spend time with family and friends and what a true blessing it is to be able to do that. But the reality is that we’re not always very good at practicing what we preach. We believe in hustle and hard work, and without that, Pinch of Yum would never have become what it is (um, yeah –> my FULL TIME JOB – still so weird to say that). But we also believe in family, relationships, and rest, and because we love what we do aka become obsessed with things easily and sometimes tend towards insanity, sometimes it’s hard to actually put those beliefs into practice.
So this week, for the first time ever, I’m proud to tell you that I’m taking a real break from Pinch of Yum.
A REAL break – the kind where I don’t schedule posts in advance, I don’t keep my phone/computer/camera attached to me at all times. Although… the camera. I can’t promise for sure on that one.
I could have (and almost did!) schedule posts to go out this week while we’re here. But the truth is that even if I loved the recipes that I was sharing, I would’ve sat down to write the posts each morning and my heart would have been more in the coffee and granola situation happening on the dock than it would have been in a pre-scheduled recipe post, and your interest would have been smushed by the fact that I was being so MEH about things.
And so even though this is hard for me, I’m going to just keep the blog-boat afloat this week – no new posts, no new content, no anything. I’m staying focused on my most important jobs instead: rest, family time, and getting re-inspired with some new recipes and fun playtime with my camera.
I debated if I should even post this little out-of-office / at-the-cabin message because maybe it would be best to just leave things as is. But we are friends, and I had already made my dork hand-painted cardboard sign in a moment of preteen genius, and I couldn’t just not show up for a few days without letting you know what was happening behind the scenes.
If you need something yummy to make this week, may I suggest the magic green sauce – again?
The biggest internet Xs and Os to all of you!
SUMMER – 💣.com!
Have fun you guys, you totally deserve this!
Kick back and relax you guys! Everyone deserves a break, a real break. No blogging, no real job, it’s great. My parents and my wife parents have Lake Front Cottages on Lake Ontario 10 doors down from each other. It’s bliss. Kayaking. Pontoon boating. fishing. It’s the life, when you are guys coming to visit? We’ll do the cooking!
Good for you two for taking a WELL-deserved break! Have a great time 🙂
good for you! enjoy that time and breeeeeeathe. meanwhile I might be making a lentil curry bowl 🙂 yummmmm (my BF LOVES that recipe)
Greetings from SoCal,
Bailey
Mmm…. Good choice… I will be going a little meatier with the steak Mac and cheese! Yum
You guys totally deserve this break!! Hope you have the greatest time! Lake cabins are the best 🙂
You go girl (and Bjork) and don’t you even dare read this comment until cabin time is over!
You guys have worked so hard to get to this place! What a great decision! Enjoy!
Well deserved! Enjoy your family time and have lots of fun! ✌????️
So happy for you two cuties! You need this…and WE (yes, I speak for all the blogging community :D) need you to have this 😉
Enjoy yourself and cant wait till your back!
Guys you work so so hard that this is totally deserved!! Relax & have a great time with your loved ones!!
Enjoy the well deserved vacation!!
I truly believe the biggest thing we can do for our success in business is to take a break once in a while! No better place to do that then by the water away from the masses.
Enjoy – life is just too short to not take advantage of this time with family. Work and all of us will still be here when you get back.
Good for you too! Soak up that sweet morning granola/coffee time away from the screens – so happy for you two. Hugs! xo
Glad you’re taking some time off! It’s so important to take a break and recharge…enjoy your time away! Green-sauce making is definitely on the agenda 🙂
Have a good trip! I recently discovered your blog and I’m a big fan 🙂
I absolutely adore your handmade sign! You two are the cutest:) I’m also so proud that you are taking a break! We all need some real down time from time to time. Have fun at the cabin! It sounds like a blast.
XO – Sarah
https://beautyandblooms.com/
Have fun!!! Eat some extra wild blueberries for those of us who can only dream!
Yay for you, two. ENJOY!!!
Everyone deserves a break!! Go enjoy yours! Vacations are meant for recharge and you’ll feel so refreshed afterwards. Loving what both of you guys are doing, keep up the good work!
RELAX and have a wonderful time at the cabin! You both deserve it!!
Oh, I’m so glad you are actually taking a *real live break*!!! Even just from the standpoint of running a household, I know what it’s like having to work ahead for weeks just so you can have that *one* week of vacay…and I can only imagine once you add in all the craziness of food blogging! You both always work so hard…kudos to you for taking some well-earned rest time. All of us fan-internet-friends aren’t going anywhere; we’ll still be here when you feel you’ve recharged enough to blog. Have a great time!! <3
Go play! And rest, and eat, and read, and sleep, and talk. And play! Enjoy the break.
(ps – your dork hand-painted sign = awesome)
Good for you 🙂 A rest well-deserved. And your sign is adorable! Pre-teen genius = best kind of genius! Don’t worry about us; we’ll all still be here when you get back 🙂 Have a super time 🙂
Have a wonderful vacation! And thanks for the Out of Office message. Loved it !
Vacations are meant to be work free and a time to disconnect and be with family. Have a fabulous time and we’ll see you when you’re back online posting your fabulous recipes. Happy Summer to you and your family! 🙂
Have a wonderful, well earned vacation 🙂