To honor the opening of a new chapter in my life (ahem. this website and blog). I feel that my first blog post should be a bit, well, epic. Maybe? Something raw? Something motivational? Something----raw. Yes. Must be raw. What's more raw than talking about my GREATEST weakness? Nothing. I can't think about anything else other than my lifelong pal, A.D.D. So here it goes women of the world!
Recently I went on an amazing and MUCH needed vacation with my family. That was my first vacay since I started LuLaRoe. Meaning, the first one that I didn't sell, invoice, or do business stuff. Which is a HUGE achievement for me because I work almost 24/7. Just ask my husband laying in bed next to me starring at me while I type---like a little child begging for attention. It's not even late! He can wait. hahaha Ok---back on topic.
Sometimes I think how do the retailers who sell over $15k a month do it? I mean, I average $4-$5k a month, have a family & a side gig and many times I feel swamped. I'm totally A.D.D. which has side effects of depression & anxiety (and lots of other yucky stuff) Basically I constantly battle feeling like nothing I do is ever good enough. I'm not smart enough, I keep making the same f*%* ups as always, and I just wanna hide in a corner. I'm pretty good at fighting those feelings but sometimes...not so much. So, before our trip to the beach >>>which if you should know ONE thing about me it is that I was BORN for the beach. #enoughsaid. Back to my story.<<< I was exhausted and burnt out and in a horrible funk. I feel that I give and give and give with 0 ME time. Seriously. I rarely ever have ME time. Like twice in the past 8 years. Shocking right?
Getting a massage while kids are in school doesn't count because I still have to be available if the school calls. None the less, Cali was a much needed vacation for me. Waldo, my husband, was amazing! I kinda got to call all the shots (most but not all) and relax. LOTS of relaxation. The boys behaved impeccably for the 2nd time in their little lives. The boys slept most of the way home so Waldo and I were able to talk for hours uninterrupted. WOWZA! Right?! Like that little fact is epic all in of itself! And it's our trip-back-home-convo that I want to tell you all about. Here it goes...
As you may know I started LuLaRoe so I could One. finally give something back to the family household beside my soul. Two. Have some independence and feel useful outside of being a mommy and wife and live an adventurous life. Three. give back to the community. That's really it. Simple. Yet, hard to achieve. The more my LuLaRoe business grows the more I realize I need order, discipline and time to myself....and I'm getting it. A new schedule means time for me to breathe, daily. More organization in my business practices means more revenue, more giving to charities & our family becoming closer to living DEBT FREE. That's right. DEBT FREE. Dare I be so bold as to declare it?! YES! It is my goal for our family to be debt free by 12/31/2018. Well, everything but student loans because that's massive & only a psycho would put that in their short term goals. I mean, heck, our regular debt is enough. hahaha.
SO, no more using credit cards to live off of. No more living pay check to pay check. It's time for financial freedom. This also means changes for my LuLaRoe business. June will be a hard month for me as I am (finally) implementing an official budget for my business. I feel that this summer will be a starting point of something abundant and phenomenal. AKA tapping into my feminine poweress and watching it explode like an atomic bomb.
I have truly become a better person because I'm learning to take care of myself, to value myself and be the person I always strive to become. I struggled so much in life before LuLaRoe and many of my customers have become my friends and have helped me to become 'awakened'. So, thank you. I KNOW my husband thanks you just by the way he's come to show a deeper love and affection for me since I've started LLR. Something that's hard to explain---I mean, come 'on ladies, our marriage has gotten better (not that it was bad). It's not because of LuLaRoe that my life has been enriched. It's because of my willingness to do something I've never done before (be vulnerable, teachable by all of you, open to discovery and be genuine) so that I could have an abundant life. And abundance isn't always about financial matters. It's about a quality of life, an enrichment and new depths of joy and fulfillment.
So thank you for sticking with me! I hope you continue to refer women my way, their husbands my way. That you continue to show me support and kindness.THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I love you all!
Aaaannnnddd that's it. That's my first-ever A.D.D rant of a blog post. Many more to come I promise you! What did you think? Were you inspired (to stay away from A.D.D peeps) or do you want more? Drop a line below I'd love to hear from you!
