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Chasing big dreams while raising little kids
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- Get Mom Ready Podcast
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- Jul 23, 2026
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- 3002
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Subscribe so you don’t miss an episode: Apple | Spotify | GetMomReady.com The Life You Were Dreaming About This week, we got to talk with writer, consultant, and working mom Hilary Sutton, and the whole conversation kept coming back to one question: What did you really want before life got so loud? The dream list from 14 years ago Hilary recently found a list of dreams she had written 14 years ago, before marriage, before kids, before so many of the responsibilities that now fill her days. And the beautiful thing was that the list wasn’t full of job titles or income goals or some hyper-specific version of success. It was about building a life. A home. A safe place for her kids. A family that felt loved. Creative work. Meaningful work. Vacations. Church. Living near people she loves. You can read Hilary’s full piece here (warning, you’ll want to start journaling your own reflections and dreams after readying it!) : I found a list of dreams I made 14 years ago . Maybe you’re not behind For the moms who are wired to keep moving, keep building, keep improving, keep asking what’s next, it can be hard to stop long enough to notice what’s already here. Hilary described herself as someone who is always thinking ahead. There is always another thing to do, another version of ourselves we’re trying to become, another goal that feels like it should already be further along. But sometimes looking back gives us a better reality check than looking forward. Maybe the life you’re living right now has pieces of the life you used to dream about. Maybe the ordinary things that feel so heavy in this season are also evidence of prayers answered, work invested, and dreams slowly taking shape. Not perfectly and not without chaos, but still very much happening. The middle years are loud One th…