06/30/2023
Anyone else remember the ‘crazy days’?
Or are you still living them?
I remember being a few years into business, and feeling like I wasn’t good at anything in my life. I was a mediocre business owner, a semi-absent mom, and I hardly felt like a wife at all, never mind a good one! And my self care was completely non-existent, which made it all that much worse.
My type A, perfectionist personality was feeling like a failure.
It was a negative vortex of failure that was impossible to find a way out of.
And honestly, I l think the only reason I escaped was because of our family gap year.
It allowed me to:
👩⚕️take some of the pressure off myself by stepping away from the day to day demands of business, which always seemed to take precedence over everything else.
🌍 fill my own cup by travelling and adventuring, something that makes my soul sing!
👨👩👧👧 spend constant, relatively uninterrupted time with my girls and Randy.
📝 look long & hard at my priorities.
I am so grateful that we created the opportunity for our gap year. Not only for all the adventures, but also because it forced me to reset. Without it, I might still be living in my negative vortex of failure!
I don’t think that getting out requires something as drastic as ‘escaping’ for a year! It requires recognition and then a change in perspective. Plus, understanding your priorities and then aligning your time & money with those priorities.
I’m not saying it’s easy!
But it’s worth it :)