Planning as a Family

Most of us have a big dream for our family, and it usually sounds great on paper until the plan starts costing us the very people we were planning it for. If you have ever caught yourself working so hard to provide for the future that you were missing the family in front of you today, this conversation gives you a simple way to plan with your family instead of around them. Tom LiCalzi and his wife, Brittany LiCalzi, return for part two of their conversation and get honest about the house they planned to build on almost ten acres, the two years of planning that put real strain on their marriage, and the moment they decided to stop. They talk about how that season changed the way they make plans together, including the eighteen months they spent preparing for a nearly four-week camper trip out west with their family of five. You’ll discover: Why speaking up the moment reality stops matching your plan matters more than pushing through Why talking about the cost to your relationship and family before you commit can change the decision How revisiting a plan as things change gives you permission to walk away from a good idea that isn’t right for your family What a simple family vision looks like (it can be a list on paper of the places you want to go together) How twenty minutes a couple of times a week, shared documents, and a ClickUp checklist can move a big plan forward without anyone chasing the other down Tom and Brittany also share that when they look back, neither of them misses the house, and the trip out west is something they would never pass up again. Their question for anyone planning ahead is simple: three years from now, what will we be most excited that we did? The plans we make for our family should always leave room for our family. If you have a goal on the calendar that has quietly crowded out the people it is meant for, this episode is for you. Press play, then sit down together for twenty minutes this week and decide what you want your family to experience.