Living Spaces
Living what you’ve created.
Living Spaces within Studs Up Living — Rebuilding Life. Living with Purpose. is where intention becomes everyday life. After the reflection and rediscovery of The Blueprint, this space focuses on the practical experience of what you are building — daily habits, wellness, home life, routines, travel, and the simple moments that shape a meaningful lifestyle.
Here you’ll find encouragement and ideas for embracing new experiences, whether that means learning how to enjoy your own company, dating again, navigating being single, traveling solo, meeting new people, or creating a home and routine that truly supports who you are now.
Living Spaces is about actively participating in the life you’ve worked to rebuild — appreciating growth, trying new things, and allowing yourself to enjoy what has been manifested along the way.
Because purpose is not only something you discover — it’s something you live.
Dating After 50 Feels Like Learning a New Language
Dating after 50 is not the same as dating in your teens, twenties, or even your thirties. After divorce, widowhood, raising children, blending families, and learning what love can both give and take away, the search for connection feels more complicated than ever. In this personal reflection, I look back on the ways meeting people has changed, the awkward reality of online dating, and the quiet hope that love can still arrive in this new chapter of life.
Rebuilding After Loss: Learning to Celebrate Quiet Progress
Progress doesn't always arrive with applause or obvious milestones. Sometimes it looks like finishing a dream you've carried for years, navigating a bridge season between careers, leaning on lifelong friendships, and finding gratitude in the middle of uncertainty. This reflection explores the quiet victories, unexpected blessings, and small moments of hope that help us rebuild life one step at a time.
Living Spaces: Learning How to Live Again
After years spent in survival mode, I’m realizing rebuilding a life and truly living it are not always the same thing. In this honest and deeply personal reflection, I share the awkward firsts, loneliness, stalled adventures, friendships that still anchor me, dating after loss, and the quiet challenge of learning how to fully step back into life again. From unused paddleboards and solo outings to the comfort of lifelong friendships and the chaos of Miss Wilson, this is a story about rediscovering courage, connection, and what it means to start living again after grief reshapes everything.