Comments on: Six years in suburbia https://lauravanderkam.com/2017/06/six-years-suburbia/ Writer, Author, Speaker Tue, 17 Apr 2018 13:59:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: lauravanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2017/06/six-years-suburbia/#comment-34894 Wed, 21 Jun 2017 23:56:09 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6731#comment-34894 In reply to Victoria C Evans.

@Victoria- oh, wonderful! I like being a family of 6 (with 4 kids). A little crazed sometimes but I like the bustle, and I’m looking forward to future years of big family gatherings. If you can handle 3, you can handle 4. (And yet I look at moms of 5 in awe – go figure!)

]]> By: Victoria C Evans https://lauravanderkam.com/2017/06/six-years-suburbia/#comment-34893 Wed, 21 Jun 2017 21:12:10 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6731#comment-34893 In reply to lauravanderkam.

Your writing helped me make the jump to baby #3, and we are considering #4 in the near future 🙂

]]> By: lauravanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2017/06/six-years-suburbia/#comment-34892 Sun, 18 Jun 2017 14:20:19 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6731#comment-34892 In reply to Marcia (OrganisingQueen).

@Marcia- that is a good question to ask. Though if the answer is “being 25 years old” then that’s a hard thing to recreate. I suspect I’m missing the memory of a stage of life, not any specific thing!

]]> By: Marcia (OrganisingQueen) https://lauravanderkam.com/2017/06/six-years-suburbia/#comment-34891 Sat, 17 Jun 2017 16:58:02 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6731#comment-34891 I listened to a podcast just this week (Annie F Downs and Andrea Lucado) where she spoke about how she loves NYC and the way she gets around it is by asking herself, what is it about NYC that I love that I’m not getting here (Nashville)? There were a number of things which she’s built into her life now and made the hankering almost disappear 🙂

]]> By: lauravanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2017/06/six-years-suburbia/#comment-34890 Sat, 17 Jun 2017 13:54:15 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6731#comment-34890 In reply to Mimi.

@Mimi – very cool, thanks for letting me know! It’s always hard to choose books from spines, so this seems like a much better way to tempt people.

]]> By: Kristen | The Frugal Girl https://lauravanderkam.com/2017/06/six-years-suburbia/#comment-34889 Sat, 17 Jun 2017 00:41:26 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6731#comment-34889 I imagine you’re spot on about city living as a childless person vs. a person with four kids. I’m happy visiting cities with just my husband and me, but I always imagine that living in one with kids, especially small kids, would be super challenging.

]]> By: Mimi https://lauravanderkam.com/2017/06/six-years-suburbia/#comment-34888 Fri, 16 Jun 2017 20:50:43 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6731#comment-34888 Laura, I was in Seattle this week visiting our son who is interning out there, and we visited the Amazon bookstore, which stocks only books with high ratings on Amazon.com IKHSDI was featured in the Self -Improvement section. They display all books with the cover out, instead of the spines.

]]> By: lauravanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2017/06/six-years-suburbia/#comment-34887 Fri, 16 Jun 2017 16:57:51 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6731#comment-34887 In reply to Liz.

@Liz – oh wow, glad to hear IKHSDI had a role in your thinking! Congrats on your little one. Sick days are never fun, but eventually they get sick less often.

]]> By: lauravanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2017/06/six-years-suburbia/#comment-34886 Fri, 16 Jun 2017 16:56:26 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6731#comment-34886 In reply to Connie.

@Connie- thanks, fixed it!

]]> By: Liz https://lauravanderkam.com/2017/06/six-years-suburbia/#comment-34885 Fri, 16 Jun 2017 16:38:34 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6731#comment-34885 Can’t believe it’s been two years since I Know How She Does It. I preordered it, and it finally convinced me to just have kids already. I’m home from my big job with a sick six-month-old now. But always keeping your perspective in mind helps me weather the challenges without feeling guilty. And I live in an urban suburb of D.C., where we have a car we don’t need to drive. It’s a nice balance for now!

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