My name is Zoe Sexton and this is my idea for helping people manage their households, and push myself to get on with my writing life.
I am a mother to four children still at home ages 16, 15, 4, and 2. There is great humor and some moments of frustration in that, but I am the type of person who doesn’t dally around with what was or what could have been. I always deal with what is and enjoy being an analytical problem solver—the primary job of any mom!
I grew up in rural Northern California; at least it was when I lived there. Now such visitors as Price Charles and his lovely mistress, Camilla, have dignified it. It has also become a well-known name in organic foods, from vegetables, to meats, poultry, cheese and flowers. If you haven’t guessed, the place is Point Reyes. Growing up, we were on the poor side, with artists for parents and mostly without a very stable living situation until I was in junior high. We lived in other people’s garages and had a nursery school in our house.
I did manage to get into a private high school with the support of my mother and my grandparents, and things shifted mentally for me from there. I graduated from UCSB, and two kids later, as a single mom, picked up an MBA.

What am I doing here? Well, it’s inherent in my nature to puzzle things out and I figure there has got to be a balance in every household between eating healthy, living the fullest life you can, staying organized without going insane, or making critical sacrifices. I look around and I see the sacrifices people make in the name of their families, which really do more harm than good and cause more problems in the long run. Eating late, buying processed (even organic processed) foods, not spending time, getting going too fast with schedules that are too full. I’m here to say, it’s not all it’s cracked up to be and there is another way. 

So keep checking in with my website as I bring in more writers, articles, art, recipes, menus, suggestions and communities that will help you find your way in balancing your household, family, relationships and lifestyle.