Several weeks ago, I admitted to you that I was a reforming avoider.
This mainly swirled around the concept of money, but reared it’s ugly head into my relationships, my work, my calendar, + the piles on my desk.
So, here were some of the key areas of major scarcity in my life:
- time management
- systems
- follow through
- guilt-free fun
- sound sleep
Yikes, right?
I’d take on a boatload of obligations, scribble my to-dos down on a post-it, cover the post-it with recipes I wouldn’t get to, promise someone I’d do something, and then go to Target for a cartful of unnecessary goodies – and forget all about everything else.
Until bedtime when I couldn’t sleep.
Don’t get me wrong – my heart was in the right place. But my mind wasn’t.
Until I started practicing what I preached, I could barely hold my head above water.
Since then, I have made some major shifts in my life – and the fun is just beginning.
I opted-in to an awesome coaching program that holds me accountable to my goals, made my way through a certification course to increase my income, created a program to help bad-ass women entrepreneurs reclaim some of their hard-earned time + freedom, threw a slamming 40th for my sweetheart, started initiating sales conversations, and had a rocking beach day with my twins.
My Juicy Glad-I-Caught-That: Anything worth doing, is worth doing right. ~ Hunter S. Thompson
My calendar looks very different now. It is thought-out + manageable. It includes revenue-generating activities + lots and lots of fun!
My systems are safe + sound in docs on my DropBox.
And when my girlfriend asked if I wanted to wrangle up the kids mid-Monday morning + steal them away to Seaside Park for a beach day, I barely hesitated. And by 7pm, when we were cuddled up with our kiddos while we watched the paddleboarders just before sunset, I knew that I had work under control at home.
Because I had left it that way. And then I slept like a baby.
It didn’t happen overnight – just ask my partner – but it is happening. And now that it’s in motion…well, you know what they say.
First time I’ve seen your webpage and ….I Love it!!! I was so intrigued by your blogs and quite honestly felt a sense of relief that 1) I’m not alone in feeling at times overwhelmed, in-decisive, eager to please, and slow to commit and that 2) There’s hope for me yet
You truly amaze me and have some very insightful and clever tricks up your sleeve (not surprised in the least). Keep up the great work…you rock girl! Best of Love & Luck.
Jen