"What makes your life complicated?"
What doesn't make my life complicated? I'm a woman--that comes a with a slew of monthly complications doesn't it? A wife that loves her husband, a mother with 2 kidlings--one who is starting school and will have a ton of questions and changes this year and another that is under 1. She's nursing, needs to be fed, cuddled, coddled, and snuggled. She's not even a year, that's what she does.
Add in a worker bee role during the day job. One that has me juggling a kid on my hip, another asking for chicken nuggets, and a conference call all at once. Not to mention tight deadlines, adding in my baby-sitter's schedule, bringing my son back and forth from pre-school during conference calls, and getting my butt into the office with my "face-on" ready to handle a whole slew of other fire drills.
And how could I forget my writing! The dream of success in publishing. I can't say that I have always had this one up in the forefront, but in the last few years... it's there. It HAS to be there, or I'll lose it in the shuffle of the rest of this.
Here's the thing. I know as a woman/wife/mother--I can do two things well. I love and care for my family. No holds barred. I do whatever is necessary to make them the top priority. No excuses. Well, except for my own health. This is a known fact and I plan to keep it this way. Whatever complications happen at home (deaths in the family, sickness, milestones) are to be dealt with. Always.
As a corporate employee, I need to learn to let things go, lower the bar, and be normal instead of exceptional. Basically take out the complications. The drive I have expended in Corporate America, needs to be put into my own dreams of writing and publishing books. I am a firm believer in the idea of "what you put in, is what you get out." Which means, I need to focus more on my writing, my branding, my book projects (whatever they are). Because... well, you know. The more put it, will mean the more I will succeed at this goal. Or pull out of that dream. There is no sense in doing it half-assed, I will only get half-ass results. And I just can't have that. Not with my name attached to the title.
Seems easy doesn't it? Taking the complication out of my life. It isn't. I still have all of the same balls juggling at the same time, just refocusing them. And then I'll have to readjust again. And again. That's life. My life. One in which I am not willing to compromise. And neither should any of you.
Which brings us right back to the original question--complications. They ARE a part of life. No matter how you slice and dice it. It is how you choose to uncomplicate them and make them a part of your routine. That is the real tricky part. And the part that can really unhinge you if you let it. So don't let it rip you to shreds. Take it one complication at a time and prioritize. Is this the most important complication to tend to? If yes, tackle it first--all others fall to the wayside for a while. Rinse and repeat until all things are less complicated for a while. And I promise, another complication will come back. But it isn't like you can't handle it. You've had practice. So, re-evaluate, re-adjust, and re-prioritize.
And just like that, all that Corporate stuff I am pushing aside, it's come right back to the forefront. I'm prioritizing.
*I've taken to using writing prompts every now and again to keep these posts a little less stagnant. And since this place at least gives me creative (if not zany) prompts, I figured I'd stay with it for now.
Add in a worker bee role during the day job. One that has me juggling a kid on my hip, another asking for chicken nuggets, and a conference call all at once. Not to mention tight deadlines, adding in my baby-sitter's schedule, bringing my son back and forth from pre-school during conference calls, and getting my butt into the office with my "face-on" ready to handle a whole slew of other fire drills.
And how could I forget my writing! The dream of success in publishing. I can't say that I have always had this one up in the forefront, but in the last few years... it's there. It HAS to be there, or I'll lose it in the shuffle of the rest of this.
Here's the thing. I know as a woman/wife/mother--I can do two things well. I love and care for my family. No holds barred. I do whatever is necessary to make them the top priority. No excuses. Well, except for my own health. This is a known fact and I plan to keep it this way. Whatever complications happen at home (deaths in the family, sickness, milestones) are to be dealt with. Always.
As a corporate employee, I need to learn to let things go, lower the bar, and be normal instead of exceptional. Basically take out the complications. The drive I have expended in Corporate America, needs to be put into my own dreams of writing and publishing books. I am a firm believer in the idea of "what you put in, is what you get out." Which means, I need to focus more on my writing, my branding, my book projects (whatever they are). Because... well, you know. The more put it, will mean the more I will succeed at this goal. Or pull out of that dream. There is no sense in doing it half-assed, I will only get half-ass results. And I just can't have that. Not with my name attached to the title.
Seems easy doesn't it? Taking the complication out of my life. It isn't. I still have all of the same balls juggling at the same time, just refocusing them. And then I'll have to readjust again. And again. That's life. My life. One in which I am not willing to compromise. And neither should any of you.
Which brings us right back to the original question--complications. They ARE a part of life. No matter how you slice and dice it. It is how you choose to uncomplicate them and make them a part of your routine. That is the real tricky part. And the part that can really unhinge you if you let it. So don't let it rip you to shreds. Take it one complication at a time and prioritize. Is this the most important complication to tend to? If yes, tackle it first--all others fall to the wayside for a while. Rinse and repeat until all things are less complicated for a while. And I promise, another complication will come back. But it isn't like you can't handle it. You've had practice. So, re-evaluate, re-adjust, and re-prioritize.
And just like that, all that Corporate stuff I am pushing aside, it's come right back to the forefront. I'm prioritizing.
*I've taken to using writing prompts every now and again to keep these posts a little less stagnant. And since this place at least gives me creative (if not zany) prompts, I figured I'd stay with it for now.
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