You have to start somewhere.

Change is a little bit scary hm?

Especially when it’s the kind of change you weren’t exactly looking for.

It just kind of snuck up, and forced you to go another direction.

I’m a full time working mom. And when I say that, I don’t mean that I’m a working mom. I’m both.

I do it all at home - the cleaning, the homework, the projects, the school functions and activities, the play dates, the snacks… everything.

And I also do it all in the working world. The main job, the side job, the hobbies, the networking, the endless search for a passive income.

I wife it up too, and let’s just throw in there some relationships - daughter, sister, friend.

Somehow amidst all of that, I find little pockets of time for myself, self-development and things that make me feel… alive.

I don’t have to tell you that it’s exhausting.

These days everyone likes to tell everyone how hard they have it, and I just really don’t like that trend.

It’s all hard.

Life is hard.

I’m no different, less than or better, than the next woman.

I do what I have to do because, well,

If I don’t, my family doesn’t survive. They won’t thrive.

So, I invested in my career and learned everything I could, and, if there’s one thing I learned here… you NEVER put all your eggs in one basket.

My main job is directly tied to the economy and real estate market, so if any major shifts happen, I feel it. My family feels it.

I got lucky enough to stumble upon a side job, in direct marketing (yes, an MLM - call it a pyramid scheme if you like), and it completely transformed my life.

It gave me probably the greatest gift of any ‘job’ I’d ever had… my voice.

I certainly recommend trying your hand at a direct marketing side job, because it’s possible it could give you some things you need too.

At this time, the state of our economy and housing market is super fragile, volatile. It has been for a while.

And although, there will always be ups and downs in my business, and I enjoy a good roller coaster…

At some point, you start to get sick.

Sick of the stress.

Sick of the uncertainty.

Sick of the constant need to NETWORK, network, NETWORK.

I love people. But not in the way of popularity contests. Best dressed, clique-ish kind of people.

I love their intricacies.

I love honest, raw, good people.

There’s not a hard line there to see the difference between the two. But, in my business, they sure make it hard to be part of the group.

I often found that my ‘people’ were not ‘those people’ - and I like accepting people. Good people.

In doses.

Because I crave alone time.

I need quiet.

Down time.

My body needs it.

It became SO CLEAR, that in the ups and downs I could find a way to be myself and to slow down.

So I am.

I’m choosing what to spend my time on.

There are some necessities. Even starting your own business, requires a certain amount of networking.

But you get to CHOOSE who with.

How you spend your time and who you give it to.

When change came knocking at my door…

This time.

I welcomed her in.