Please read this if you don’t have kids…..
and if you do, you can back me up that this is completely true.
Many friends have been asking what has inspired me so much this year, to make such big changes in my life. My Godmother Leilani said that I should blog about this one concept:)
I often wonder….what the heck did I do before I had kids. What did my days consist of? How did I not rule the world with all that ‘me’ time!!!
Before I had kids I used to look enviously at so many other peoples lives. “I wish I was born with that ‘get it done’ gene”, or “she is so good at organizing her life, I wish I had that talent”. I thought that motivation and time management were gifts you were born with. Then after having kids, every mom is forced to do and learn those things. Whether it comes naturally to you or not, you MUST do them. With kids, it’s amazing how much us moms must accomplish on a daily basis.
Had I known what I was capable of before kids…..
If you don’t have kids please please take a moment to realize that you have the world at your fingertips. You can do anything you put your mind to. It sounds so cliche but it is SOOOO true. I was never a morning person. I would sleep until 1pm everyday and go to bed at 4am. There’s no such thing as morning/night people. You can train yourself to be either. Had I been awake when the majority of the world was…who knows where I’d be today:) HAHA
You don’t realize how lazy you are until you have kids:) Guys, if you are taking care of only you. YOU are what’s keeping you from your dreams! YOU can do anything if you get off your butt and just DO it!
Another inspiration to change this last year is seeing so many people pass away. Life is so short…. We only get a tiny amount of time here. Don’t waste a second sitting around doing nothing. I remember when my dad was in hospice, knowing he was at the end of his life. He basically said (in my words) ‘Nobody looks back on their life and thinks…I’m so proud that I watched the whole 4th season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills or thinks fondly on the days they never got out of their pajamas and sat around all day. You remember times with family, times you did the things you loved and moments of accomplishments you were proud of.’
I also realized most of my conversations over the last few years with close friends consisted of me, for a lack of a better term ‘bitching’ about what I wished I was doing! Sure did waste more time doing that, than actually taking any step toward these wishes. Somehow along the way I got comfortable in complaining- because it kept me from actually having to do what I was complaining about:)
I think a lot of times we make these huge goals that seem unattainable. We live in such a ‘need it now’ time, that a goal that could take even a month can feel so daunting, that you don’t even start. You need to take baby steps. Baby steps are still steps and we sometimes get discouraged and don’t remember that. Deal with one goal at a time. If you can accomplish even one thing it will give you the confidence in yourself to move further.
Sorry to go all, Tony Robbins, you can do it, on you! But it is something I honestly didn’t understand until now. So blogging about what’s on my mind… take or leave it my lovelies:)
