Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Birthdays
This month just happens to be my birthday month and every year it is such an important month for me. The rest of the year is for everybody else but traditionally September has been for me :)
I am a mom. A single mom to a 10 and 14 year old. Every single mom who reads this knows that this means that there is never time for you. Ever. Period.
I am a boss, with 8 staff members. This means that I am the First Aid Officer, Counsellor, Parole Officer, Agony Aunt and Disciplinarian. It is a tightrope Act of inspiration and of financial prowess. A toilet paper buyer and an emergency light bulb changer. Not anywhere near as glamorous as we have been led to believe. Quite the opposite in fact! I am an entrepeneur and a FIERCE spirit once I have an idea or a concept in site. I don't back down and I always pride myself on doing the very best job I can.
I am a friend. A fiercely loyal and extremely overprotective and absurdly loving friend. I give everything sometimes this even includes the shirt off my back.
I am a lifelong learner. I study life, I study books, I study short courses, in fact I study everything I can. There isn't a time in my life where I haven't been studying over the past 8 years. I order more books than I have space for and I drive everbody insane with my obsession. I have a reading list of books and I encourage every staff member to read at all times.
I am a disciple. I follow the teachings of many great teachers on all mediums I can. I take their learnings and post them all over Facebook, the walls of the office kitchen, my bathroom mirror. I affirm and reaffirm myself :)
The above five things pretty much define who and what I am. Only now, on the eve of my 38th birthday (I have always been a slow learner :)), am I realising that having time for yourself, spoiling yourself and looking after yourself every day not just in September is allowed! This doesn't equate with money, and DEFINATELY doesn't equate with being selfish, or self-indulgent. It equates with longevity, with happiness and with health. If I am not looked after, then I am only doing all these other things with a fraction of what I could. Downtime, rest and relaxation, are all foreign terms to a steam engine that never stops at any one station for very long.
Passion is a must, and something I very clearly have. For everybody except, it would seem, for Hayley! And so my promise and my invitation to every other woman out there, is to look after you FIRST. Its the BEST way to show the people you care about, how much you love them!
Be kind to each other and Happy September :)
I am a mom. A single mom to a 10 and 14 year old. Every single mom who reads this knows that this means that there is never time for you. Ever. Period.
I am a boss, with 8 staff members. This means that I am the First Aid Officer, Counsellor, Parole Officer, Agony Aunt and Disciplinarian. It is a tightrope Act of inspiration and of financial prowess. A toilet paper buyer and an emergency light bulb changer. Not anywhere near as glamorous as we have been led to believe. Quite the opposite in fact! I am an entrepeneur and a FIERCE spirit once I have an idea or a concept in site. I don't back down and I always pride myself on doing the very best job I can.
I am a friend. A fiercely loyal and extremely overprotective and absurdly loving friend. I give everything sometimes this even includes the shirt off my back.
I am a lifelong learner. I study life, I study books, I study short courses, in fact I study everything I can. There isn't a time in my life where I haven't been studying over the past 8 years. I order more books than I have space for and I drive everbody insane with my obsession. I have a reading list of books and I encourage every staff member to read at all times.
I am a disciple. I follow the teachings of many great teachers on all mediums I can. I take their learnings and post them all over Facebook, the walls of the office kitchen, my bathroom mirror. I affirm and reaffirm myself :)
The above five things pretty much define who and what I am. Only now, on the eve of my 38th birthday (I have always been a slow learner :)), am I realising that having time for yourself, spoiling yourself and looking after yourself every day not just in September is allowed! This doesn't equate with money, and DEFINATELY doesn't equate with being selfish, or self-indulgent. It equates with longevity, with happiness and with health. If I am not looked after, then I am only doing all these other things with a fraction of what I could. Downtime, rest and relaxation, are all foreign terms to a steam engine that never stops at any one station for very long.
Passion is a must, and something I very clearly have. For everybody except, it would seem, for Hayley! And so my promise and my invitation to every other woman out there, is to look after you FIRST. Its the BEST way to show the people you care about, how much you love them!
Be kind to each other and Happy September :)
Monday, September 1, 2014
Monday motivational
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light - Plato
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