Karina Jones is a real-life ranch wife in the Nebraska Sandhills and one of the most highly sought-after speakers in the cattle industry nationwide!
Living Life on Our Own Terms! Thanks for joining me today on Ranch Raised!
Living out where we do it has become really easy for our family to set our rhythm. What I am finding is that it is much slower than the bustling world around us. It seems cliche to encourage others to slow down and enjoy the season, enjoy each day, each moment. But the pressures of keeping pace with the world around us gets most people sucked into the vortex of life and then spits them out on the other end bruised and battered.
The truth is, I do not think we were designed as humans to thrive at that pace. I believe we need more sleep, we need more intentional down time, NOT screen time, but rest & recovery time to truly be our best selves. And in turn children absolutely do too.
I can’t tell you how much peace we have by being intentional with our time and energy and not spreading our family too thin. Let’s normalize setting a schedule for our families that allows more time together at home, building a home full of peace, love, and joy! Let’s normalize setting boundaries with our time and energy. Let’s normalize saying, “no thank you, we can’t do that right now.”
I decided a while ago that if I wanted to set a good example to my daughters of what motherhood should be, I needed to reevaluate our life. Because the last thing I want them to remember is a mom who was running around with her hair on fire, exhausted, and with a bad attitude because I was trying to keep up with all that society said I should be!
Karina ranches with her husband, Marty, and 4 children near Broken Bow, NE. She grew up in western NE, with roots also in southwest SD. The cattle industry and raising kids is her passion.
Watching the cattle industry go the path that it has gone, she could no longer sit quietly at home checking cows, fixing fence, and doing all the everyday tasks wondering when some else was going to make it all better. As she became more active and outspoken on industry issues, she was asked to join the R-CALF USA staff in September 2020 as the Checkoff Petition Campaign manager. That position transcended into her former role as full time Field Director for R-CALF USA.
Listen to Ranch Raised on a Your Ag Network hometown station or www.youragnetwork.com where she talks about her daily life on the Jones Ranch.
Cattle producers are her people. She will meet you at the county fair, at the sale barn, or anywhere the dusty trail leads.
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