Birthdays

Today is my husbands 30th birthday.

He had a stressful day at work, he came home and tried to mow which resulted in our mower blowing up and then our kids didn’t want to listen.

So we went to bed, watched the Patriot Act and he fell asleep an episode and a half in.

30 years of this amazing man being alive and I have gotten to spend 12 years of it with him. & I am hoping and praying I get 30, 60 or even more years with him.

30, 60 or so years of watching our kids grow up, of our business thriving and our love growing.

That’s the perfect life. & the only reason why birthdays matter. ❤️

#birthdays #love #husband

Emotions

Tonight was an emotional evening.

I’m not exactly sure why but it could be for so many reasons.

  • First day back to work
  • Swollen and sore knee/ankle due to being back to work and having my first PT session yesterday
  • The state opening back up and all the uncertainty that comes with that
  • My husband getting frustrated parenting alone for the second week
  • My heart breaking when my daughter continues to ask me to pick her up
  • Having to find rides or help for EVERYTHING
  • Failing at my Monat business
  • School

Or maybe it’s just all of it put together?

But tonight was emotional.

I snapped, I cried and I over thought everything.

& then I calmed down, took a break and relooked at everything I was stressing about.

  • First day back to work – My day actually was really great, I got a lot accomplished, I got half way caught up and I actually missed being at work
  • Swollen and sore knee/ankle due to being back to work and having my first PT session yesterday – I may be swollen and sore but I am one day closer to the end of this very long journey
  • The state opening back up and all the uncertainty that comes with that – Covid19 has been a huge unexpected change in all of our lives and this is just one more step of this pandemic. Soon it will just be a memory
  • My husband getting frustrated parenting alone for the second week – He has every right, it’s a lot and I feel bad but he is kicking butt at being a husband and a father so one frustrating night won’t ruin that
  • My heart breaking when my daughter continues to ask me to pick her up – I was able to cuddle her once I sat down and she loved it. I may not be able to pick her up but that won’t stop me from showing her and her brothers how much I love them
  • Having to find rides or help for EVERYTHING – My family and friends are GODSENDS. Not sure what my family and I would do without them
  • Failing at my Monat business – I talked about this last night. My mind isn’t in it right now, but I’ll be back
  • School – I may not want to do it on top of everything else but I’m learning, getting good grades and I’m that much closer to my bachelors

So yes, I don’t think it was just one thing. I think it was everything piled into one day/evening.

Tomorrow will be a new day. A better day. & better yet, a Friday.

Network Marketing

Last month I jumped on the Monat train.

I started selling monat halfway through the month. I worked hard. I kicked butt. & it proved to be worth it.

This month I have been busy with work, surgery, school and every day life. I’ve let my ambition fall and it’s showing.

& I am getting discouraged because of it.

But it’s all on me.

Hard work pays off.

This month I have not been working on my monat company and it shows.

I can have excuses of “not having enough time”, “no one is interested” or “I’m not good at network marketing”. But that isn’t true.

You put in the effort when it’s important. & right now, school, my surgery and keeping my family going has been more important.

I won’t lie. I’ll miss the paychecks that have been coming in. I miss the zoom calls with my team. I miss feeling the energy, the ambition and the confidence I got in that first month.

But I’ll get there again.

It just might take me a bit and that’s okay.

#networkmarketing #discouraged #proveyourself #workhard #monat