PJ Jonas

Tag: PJ’s Soap Box

  • It’s Not All About ME

    It’s Not All About ME

    My goal as a mother is to raise my children to be wonderful adults that are hard-working, kind, and loving.  I expect them to admit their mistakes and try to correct them.  I expect them to reach out and help others.  I expect them to exercise self-control when appropriate.  I don’t expect perfection from them,…

  • Small Family Business

    Small Family Business

    Long before I started Goat Milk Stuff, I began praying for a family business.  At the time, we had recently moved out to Indiana and Jim had left teaching to work for a friend’s garbage company. I had six young children (ages 8 and under) and an entire new lifestyle. Five of those children were…

  • Being an Entrepreneur

    Being an Entrepreneur

    I’ve always wanted to be an entrepreneur. To create something. To grow something. To be in charge of something. I never had any idea that the business I would start would be based on  soap (and certainly not goat milk soap). That was purely God’s idea and His timing. But during high school, I always…

  • Circle of Influence

    Circle of Influence

    One of the questions I’m asked all the time is, “How do you do everything?” I wish there was an easy answer for that. But there isn’t. There are a lot of pieces that make me able to run my family & my business while still enjoying them both. One of the things that I learned…

  • Do You Make Use of the Space?

    Do You Make Use of the Space?

    I’ve been re-reading a book that I haven’t read in a decade. It’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families* by Stephen Covey. I read something that struck me this time that I don’t remember striking me the last time I read the book. Maybe it’s because I’m older and wiser?? Either that or it’s…