RESOURCES

Whether you were a stay-at-home Mom, or one who worked outside the home while raising your kids, now that they’re grown and gone, it’s time to:

FIND YOUR NEXT

RECONNECT

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FIND YOUR NEXT

COPING WITH THE EMPTY NEST

Chicken Soup For The Soul: Empty Nesters, Jack Canfield
Empty Nest, Full Life, Jill Savage
Finding Joy In The Empty Nest, Jim Burns, Ph.D
From Mom To Me Again, Melissa Shultz
The Empty Nest Companion, Susan Gross
The Mel Robbins Podcast (Listen To Episode 211)

WHAT’S NEXT FOR WORK?

FREE FIND YOUR NEXT Brainstorming Worksheet For The Empty Nester Mom

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ONLINE BUSINESS

FREE EMPTY NESTER MOM To .com ONLINE BUSINESS Checklist

Learn How To Start An Online Business

EQUIPMENT, TOOLS, TASKS

Shop: Costco, Target Walmart

Laptop
Desktop
Printer
Apple iPad Pro (Optional)
Apple Pencil 2.0 (Optional)
Smartphone Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

FREE CHOOSE YOUR NICHE Worksheet

FREE DEFINE YOUR AVATAR Worksheet

Sign Up With Bluehost Web Hosting Service

Purchase Legal Templates Protect Your Online Business

Hire Northwest Registered Agent Form An LLC To Protect Your Personal Assets

Keysearch Keyword Research Tool

Use the FREE version of Canva Create Graphics For Your Website/Social Media

Subscribe To Deposit Photos For Your Website/Social Media

Use the FREE version of Grammarly Writing Assistant

Take The Perfecting Blogging Course *

Sign Up With An Email Service Provider (ESP):

MailerLite (Best For Beginners)
Active Campaign
Kit (Formerly ConvertKit)

Marketing Courses

* Ultimate Perfecting Blogging Bundle (Best Deal: All Four Courses)

Hire Help

Fiverr.com

Learn How To Sell What You Know

Coursecademy (Course)
Graham Cochrane (Book)
Cindy Bidar (Membership)

Choose A Platform To Sell Your Courses

Teachable
Thinkific
Kajabi
Skool

Phone, Gear, Tools For Starting A YouTube Channel And/Or Podcast

Smartphone
Tripod
Ring Light
DJI Mic Mini
Edit Videos: CapCut (Beginners); Adobe Premiere Pro (Advanced)
Video Clipping Tool: OpusClip
Stock Videos/Images: Storyblocks, Deposit Photos
Royalty-Free Music: Epidemic Sound
Voiceover: ElevenLabs
Create AI Images: Ideogram

Sell Digital And/Or Physical Products On The Following Platforms:

Gumroad
Stan Store
Shopify

Start A YouTube Channel

Subscribe/follow Matt Par on his YouTube channel, Make Money Matt, to learn how to start your own!

Tube Accelerator (Course)
TubeMagic (Tool)

BUSINESS BOOKS

Two Weeks Notice, Amy Porterfield
How To Get Paid For What You Know, Graham Cochrane
The Go-Giver, John David Mann/Bob Burg
The One Thing, Gary W. Keller, Jay Papasan
YouTube Secrets, Sean Cannell
Free To Focus, Michael Hyatt
Atomic Habits, James Clear
Show Your Work, Austin Kleon
The Greatness Mindset, Lewis Howes
The 4-Hour Work Week, Timothy Ferriss

RECONNECT

FITNESS

Strength Training

Bowflex Home Gym

Cardio

Bowflex Treadclimber

Miscellaneous

Dumbbells
Jump Rope
Exercise Ball
Exercise Mat
Water Bottle
Activewear
Shoes

SELF-CARE

Grab the FREE EMPTY NESTER MOM Affordable Self-Care/Beauty Product Checklist, which includes items I have purchased and use, or have researched/recommend.

WHAT’S NEXT FOR FUN?

ART

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Surface Pattern Design

Learn about Surface Pattern Design from artist, pattern designer, and creative educator, Bonnie Christine. For her Surface Pattern Design course, you’ll need the following:

Laptop or Desktop Computer
Apple iPad Pro and Apple iPencil 2.0

Tools and supplies:

Adobe Illlustrator (Free Trial)
Smartphone
Sketchbook
Drawing Pens

Print On Demand

Design your own digital products, shirts, mugs, etc. with Canva, Printify, and Printful. Sell on Stan Store, Shopify, and Redbubble.

BAKING

Want to reconnect with baking, or get into it for the first time?

Start by making Quick Breads with my family recipes—Banana, Blueberry, Pumpkin, Rhubarb, and Zucchini—they’re so delicious!

Family Quick Bread Recipes—COMING SOON!

CRAFTS

Miniature Christmas Tree

I created this handmade Miniature Christmas Tree for my mother-in-law, and another one for my best friend as a wedding gift. Learn how to do it for yourself, or for someone you love!

How To Make A Miniature Christmas Tree—COMING SOON!

GARDENING

Floret Flower Farm’s Gardening Books, by Erin Benzakein

Discovering Dahlias
Cut Flower Garden
A Year In Flowers

Another flower gardening pro is Marryn Mathis at The Farmhouse Flower Farm. You can find her online, along with her beautiful book, Sweet Pea School.

Gardening Favs Supply List—COMING SOON!

EMPTY NESTER LIFE

Make a bucket list of what you’d like to get back into, and new things you’d like to try together. Also, make a list of the places you’d like to go.

Use this to create your bucket list:

FREE EMPTY NESTER LIFE Bucket List

Every couple’s list will be different. For me and my husband, some of our biggest connections were through outdoor activities.

Now, with extra time on our hands, we are doing more Boating, Crabbing, Fishing, Shrimping, Waverunning, Traveling, and hopefully RVing again!

BOATING WITH PETE

Boating, and all the fun activities associated with it, is a great way to reconnect with your spouse, other family members, and friends. Now that we’re Empty Nesters, I have a lot more time, again, to go boating with my husband, Pete.

If you want to get into Boating, Pete can help you get on the water faster! His website and YouTube channel are COMING SOON!

Need help with buying a boat?

Get started with this FREE EMPTY NESTER Boat-Buying Worksheet!

The following equipment/supply checklists include items we have purchased and use, or have researched/recommend.

BOATING