Hi, I’m Kayla.
For a long time, I was very good at a life I wasn't sure I wanted. Good job. Nice Home. Busy calendar. A cart that was always a little too full. I wasn't necessarily unhappy, and I was grateful… but I was also moving too fast to ask whether any of it was really how I wanted to live. Then I started asking.
I'm Kayla. Working mom, corporate career, two kids who are growing faster than I'd like. I'm not a minimalist in the aesthetic sense. I'm not living in a tiny house or growing all my own food — though I do garden and enjoy grandma hobbies, and they taught me more than I expected.
What I am is someone who got tired of spending money I earned on things that didn't make my life better, and tired of being too stretched to be present for the people who matter most.
So I started editing. Slowly and intentionally.
My Slow Edit
My Slow Edit is where I document that process in real time.
The finances. The spending audits. The experiments in simpler living. The ongoing project of being a more present mother while I'm still very much in the middle of a demanding career.
I'm not here to inspire you. I'm here to show you what it actually looks like — the numbers, the tradeoffs, the things that worked and the things that didn't. If you're somewhere in the "I've been thinking about doing things differently" phase, I hope this content and community become a positive space for you.
WHERE I’m AT
I haven't quit my job. I'm not there yet financially, and I'm not pretending to be.
I'm working on a 2-year plan: building savings, reducing my lifestyle, and creating a little income on the side that's actually enjoyable. My goal isn't to disappear off the grid, wear flowy dresses while baking sourdough and milking a cow (but I love that for anyone who does want that lifestyle). It's to get to a place where I have real options — and to be intentional enough in the meantime that I don't look back and realize I missed it.
That's the edit I'm making.