Comments on: Time, life, work, marriage: The Frosts on starting and running businesses together https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/10/time-life-work-marriage-the-frosts-on-starting-and-running-businesses-together/ Writer, Author, Speaker Tue, 05 Nov 2024 05:00:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Who’s Behind the Blog? – The Optimistic Musings of a Pessimist https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/10/time-life-work-marriage-the-frosts-on-starting-and-running-businesses-together/#comment-534514 Tue, 05 Nov 2024 05:00:38 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19321#comment-534514 […] side of things, I have a fairly in-depth summary of our experiences founding two small businesses here (Laura Vanderkam’s blog) and explaining how we made ends meet along the way here (The Frugal […]

]]> By: My 2023 Ta-Da List (Or, It's Okay to Pat Yourself on the Back) - The Optimistic Musings of a Pessimist https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/10/time-life-work-marriage-the-frosts-on-starting-and-running-businesses-together/#comment-489655 Sun, 31 Dec 2023 18:53:51 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19321#comment-489655 […] did blog swaps with Laura Vanderkam and San + hosted 10 guest bloggers on my site (thank you to everyone who […]

]]> By: Kyria @ Travel Spot https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/10/time-life-work-marriage-the-frosts-on-starting-and-running-businesses-together/#comment-486727 Thu, 30 Nov 2023 13:09:56 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19321#comment-486727 I know I am very late to the game here, but what a fun read! It was so interesting to see the business side of Elisabeth and John after getting to know them more personally over the last year. My parents WERE also entrepreneurs and I, like Lisa, went completely in the opposite direction — I like a steady paycheck! My brother did get a little bit of Dad in him though and has dabbled in starting his own business. Elisabeth, do any of your siblings have their own business or was your self employment more due to John’s side of things?

]]> By: Ask Me (Almost) Anything: Part 2 – The Optimistic Musings of a Pessimist https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/10/time-life-work-marriage-the-frosts-on-starting-and-running-businesses-together/#comment-486632 Wed, 29 Nov 2023 04:08:55 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19321#comment-486632 […] more information here and in yesterday’s AMAA […]

]]> By: Ask Me (Almost) Anything: Part 1 – The Optimistic Musings of a Pessimist https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/10/time-life-work-marriage-the-frosts-on-starting-and-running-businesses-together/#comment-486556 Tue, 28 Nov 2023 04:04:07 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19321#comment-486556 […] I am finishing up a role as a university research project manager. I am stepping back at the end of December which will leave me with two part-time roles: director of communications for a consulting business my husband and I co-own, and a student support coordinator at a university. More details here. […]

]]> By: Elisabeth https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/10/time-life-work-marriage-the-frosts-on-starting-and-running-businesses-together/#comment-482968 Tue, 17 Oct 2023 12:35:14 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19321#comment-482968 In reply to Lisa’s Yarns.

I think Kyria’s parents were entrepreneurs as well? I remember you telling me about learning to sleep through one ring tone and wake up for another. That’s an incredible skill, Lisa!!

I have the same feeling about homeschooling that you have about knowing you didn’t want to be an entrepreneur after watching your parents. I was homeschooled for about 4 years and HATED it. My own kids (well, one of them) has asked to be homeschooled and I just can’t even imagine. My worst nightmare!

I’m really proud of what we did and that it really was a team effort. While John was the main engine behind things, I know it would never have gotten off the ground without me and that is a satisfying feeling! That said, I’m glad those early years are in the rearview mirror…

]]> By: Lisa's Yarns https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/10/time-life-work-marriage-the-frosts-on-starting-and-running-businesses-together/#comment-482900 Mon, 16 Oct 2023 18:54:15 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19321#comment-482900 This was super interesting to read! I have gotten to know Elisabeth well now through our blog and emailing/whatsapp but I didn’t know much about the companies they co-founded! My parents were entrepreneurs, too. They ran a heating and electrical business together after my dad bought out his employer. We had a business line that rang in our house at all hours of the day. When I was a teen, I trained myself to sleep through the business line ring tone and wake for the house line ring tone. My parents took very few vacation and worked so many hours. It is not for the faint of heart and not every marriage can weather something like that. They just retired in the last couple of years around age 73. Funnily, being raised by entrepreneurs solidified that I wanted a different life for myself! I like being an employee and getting a paycheck and having a defined PTO policy and parental leave, etc. That said, my sister’s husband decided to take the business over and started that process over 10 years ago. I think they are structuring their lives differently so they have more balance and she is not involved with the business like my mom was.

]]> By: Elisabeth https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/10/time-life-work-marriage-the-frosts-on-starting-and-running-businesses-together/#comment-482879 Mon, 16 Oct 2023 13:50:35 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19321#comment-482879 In reply to J.

Thanks for reading, J! This is a “different” side that I don’t discuss much on the blog, but clearly a big part of our broader family/marital story!

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/10/time-life-work-marriage-the-frosts-on-starting-and-running-businesses-together/#comment-482811 Sun, 15 Oct 2023 16:43:13 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19321#comment-482811 In reply to J.

@J- thanks! Yep, a little different from the usual personal blog posts! It is fun to see another side.

]]> By: J https://lauravanderkam.com/2023/10/time-life-work-marriage-the-frosts-on-starting-and-running-businesses-together/#comment-482805 Sun, 15 Oct 2023 13:49:37 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19321#comment-482805 This was a great interview, so interesting to learn the business side of Elisabeth and John’s life, since I only know the personal blog side of things.

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