Being a MomPreneur is Exhausting!!!

Do you ever feel guilty you aren’t spending enough time with your kids?

There isn’t enough time in the day, and we feel guilty about:

• Not spending enough time with your kids
• Date night, what’s that?
• Eating healthy…forget it I’d rather eat chocolate and Starbucks
• Not accomplishing your goals

And, that is just a few things for which I felt guilty. But what about me? REALLY! There was no time to even contemplate taking care of me!!!

The guilty feelings I had even led to depression because I felt like a terrible Mom and wife, not able to give my family what the needed most from me, which was my TIME.

Then I hit a wall. I had nothing left to give; I slept all the time; I was in pain; NO motivation and the pressure of going back to a “real W2 job” if I couldn’t make my business work…you can forget that!

In reality, that is what gave me the motivation to figure this out because there were too many benefits of having my own business, and getting motivated was where I had to start.

If I didn’t have the motivation to get control of my life, well, the alternative just wasn’t an option. And staying in the spiral of a hot mess, that wasn’t really an option either.

So I decided to light a fire under my backside. Here is what I did:

1. Remove the energy leaks: Get some help with the chores. Enlist your significant other, the children, or contract it out. And if you still need to do the chores yourself, do this with your kids and focus on enjoying the experience vs. “getting it done.”
2. Schedule Date Night: And that means to get a sitter and go out with your significant other and your friends. Or, wait till the kids go to sleep and do something a little different instead of the same ole routine. Do this 2x per month. 
3. Develop A New Habit – Time Management: Establish your priorities, schedule out your month, week, and day to use your time wisely. Get goals. Schedule in playtime with the kids, date night, chores
4. Develop A New Habit – Gratitude: change your mindset about guilt. Every time guilt comes over you, tell yourself that you feel tremendous joy for how much you love your children. Name ten things every night that you are grateful for that you did for someone else, or that someone else did for you. Celebrate the wonderful Mom that you are.
5. Develop A New Habit – Presence: When you are with your children and your significant other, be 100% present. Put down the electronics, have a conversation, listen, enjoy. If your mind wanders to all the things you need to do, or if you are attached to the electronics, you aren’t truly present.   
6. Set Goals: I created balance in my life by setting goals that focused on ALL areas of my life, including family, business, and ME. 

YES, I work out 4x per week, YES, I eat healthier, I am getting 7 hours of restful sleep per night, I am meditating daily. YES, I play cards and read a book with my younger children every day. I send a text daily to my college kids and call them 1-2x per week to tell them I love them and we schedule a time for lunch. I talk to my parents weekly. I see my friends 4x per month. I have date night with my husband 2x per month, and sometimes more. I am doing great in business. AND yes, I am going after my dreams and I WILL ACHIEVE THEM!!!! 

On top of all of that, I don’t feel guilty and I have plenty of time to get everything done. And what touches my heart the most is my children see a difference in ME. They can tell I have more patience. I smile more. I have lost 10 inches since I started my exercise routine. And, they are proud of what I have built and inspired to see me go after my dreams which, in return, is inspiring them to go after theirs. That is priceless to me. 

It almost seems overwhelming when I look back at how much I’ve accomplished in any one day, week, month, and year. But it was because I was determined AND disciplined. 

Determined to control my life instead of it controlling me. 

Disciplined for a passion for myself to achieve everything I wanted. 

As Lady Gaga so eloquently said, “When you give to yourself with passion, you live in a state of love and gratitude that you can then give back to others.” The abundance of energy I have and the ability to accomplish everything I desire is exhilarating. 

I AM LIVING A LIFE ON FIRE!!!! 

And so can you! 

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