Peaceful Release…
I woke up today fully rested, with a clean house, all the Christmas decorations up; including the tree and a heart full of joy and happiness.
I gave thanks…
We all know that we don’t wake with these feelings as often as we would like but I can say that with some minor changes in my life I have begun to experience this more and more.
I was a typical career mom. I worked 60-70 hours Monday thru Friday. I would race home to spend at least an hour or two with the kids and then plop myself in front of the TV to watch 2+ hours of T.V. believing that this was “my time” to relax. I was lucky if I was getting 3-4 hours of sleep a night and most of those were spent tossing and turning with stress and anxiety.
Because of all this I protected my weekend time because it was the only time I had for my family…
Well the weekend would roll around; I was exhausted, had a filthy house, no clean clothes and kids full of energy, ready to go out and do something…
I would always choose my kids first so we would go out and have our adventures and I loved every minute of it. Then we would get home and I would feel overwhelmed by all I had to do.
I would stay up all night getting things done and get only 3-5 hours of sleep a night.
Folks I was running on empty…
I like to think that I was giving my kids, family and career the best of me but I am sure each of those areas was suffering and you can be 100% sure I was suffering because I made ZERO time for myself.
Finally, I decided I had had enough. There had to be a better way…
So I quit a really good six figure job and tried building a home business for myself. I thought I had a good idea and I sure knew enough about running a business and while it did OK for a year the economy in Michigan was failing and so did I.
I had to go out and get a JOB… Not again…
So like most I went out and got the same kind of job I was used to; guess what, I got the same results. Working too many hours and making less than half of what I had been making before.
Then my world caved in; I was let go…
It was the lowest point of my career. I felt like a total failure.
Yes, I got unemployment but while it did allow my husband and me to continue to meet our monthly obligations there wasn’t a dime left for anything else.
Worse still I had based my self esteem on my career for so long I didn’t know how to see myself in any other way…
Things were not good…
I knew I had to do something NOW…
I again began looking for a job and discovered Michigan was a train wreck and while I sent out hundreds upon hundreds of resumes NO ONE was calling me.
Then someone gave me the best advice I have ever received…
If you keep doing things the same you keep getting the same results…
Is that what I wanted?
The same results…
60+ hours a week, low pay and no time for my family?
NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO…
So I knew I had to do something different. So I started my career in Network Marketing.
I started out very slowly and often wanted to quit but I kept going and slowly but very surely things picked up and I am creating the life of my dreams.
I now concentrate on getting enough sleep; at least 6-8 hours a night.
I eat regularly and have a very laid out pattern for my day that has time built in for my business, myself and my family.
Folks if you have experienced anything remotely like what I have please take this advice:
“Change what you are doing!”
It is only by changing that we are able to move forward.
It doesn’t take much; start with turning the T.V. off one hour earlier and getting that one extra hour of sleep. You WILL be shocked at just how much that lifts your spirit giving you the strength to try to move towards making even more real changes in your life.
I would love to hear your story, share it here with me and let’s change our lives together…
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