Hi my name is Ashley and I am about to get really raw with you all. I am a "do it all" personality. What I mean by this is I want to be able to do it all NOW but I can't which causes anxiety, depression, anger and self doubt because I try to do it all anyway. By "all" for me I mean, I want to be a stay at home mom and homemaker, I want to work and bring in an income, I want to be able to enjoy every aspect of my 4 children's childhood including school activities and such, I want to have time to spend with my friends, I want to clean and organize the house but I also want to spend time with my family, I want to volunteer and be more involved with our church, I want to homeschool, I want to travel, I want to get my real estate license, I want my Arbonne business to be further along then it is (even though I just started and it is actually doing better then the average person who started just 3 months ago), and so on. You get the picture, I have big wants, goals and dreams... with little patience. This is something I always knew about myself but am just now really realizing because the people who mean the most to me are starting to suffer because I am spread so thin. I am get snippy easily, I am sad a lot, I blame others and it's just not pretty and its not me. I think part of it being so bad lately is because for the first time in years I actually have energy and feel good. I am motivated to get things done and better myself and my families lives. The thing is I realized I can not do it all, at least not all at once! That it is okay to have goals and dreams but I need to focus on one thing at a time and what I need to do to get me there. What is priority and what can wait. I needed to remember that God is in charge, not me. That I need to breath and pray and figure out what is the most important to me. I made a list of what is most important and a reasonable time frame. Having it in black and white not just in my head helped. I am not sure why I felt the need to write this, maybe someone out there needs to know they are not the only "do it all" out there and that it's time to step back and let God take control. Whatever the reason, here it is.
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When I saw this quote on Pinterest, I started to reach for the re-pin button to add it to Sarah Written All Over It, as I so often do on pretty quotes like this one. But I stopped, mid mouse drag, and stared at it a bit longer. I always pin the get it guuurrrlll type quotes, very much like this one. You know the quotes that go something like, "Dear Self, Be Awesome Today" or the quote that goes, "Remember the Person You Thought You Couldn't Live Without, Well Look at You, Livin and Shit!" or that quote like, "You Musn't Be Afraid to Dream a Little Bigger Darling..."you know, those quotes. So naturally, my first instinct was to eat this pin right up. But I didn't repin because I stopped and realized, no one has ever told me I couldn't do something. Since the day I was born I've been told there is nothing I can't do. In fact, many things weren't even a matter of can or can't in my household. Take college for instance, it wasn't an option, I was going to college. I wanted to start Social&Chic and do freelance work for my old company in Tennessee when I moved to Texas. No one told me I couldn't. No one told me that was impossible. Heck, no one even told me you can't move to Texas! The more common response was, "Whoa that'll be awesome! I'd love to help and send business your way!" I've made many, and I mean many, major changes in my life since college. Probably safe to say I've made more than the vast majority of 27 year olds in this country. At no point, and I mean none, did anyone tell me I'd fail. Or tell me I couldn't do that. Or tell me I was crazy. I've received nothing but love and support with all of my endeavors, no matter how crazy they were! I'd say the only person who ever holds me back, tells me I'm going to fail... is myself! Sure I've been given constructive criticism. And it hurt to hear those things. But guess what was behind that criticism, love and support! Love and support and good intentions, intentions of helping me reach whatever goal it was I had set for myself. Maybe the person who made this quote misunderstood someone's constructive criticism and needs a tougher skin? Or maybe the person who made this quote has toxic people in their life and really needs to re-evaluate the people they are associating with. I sure as heck know that if someone were to ever, and I mean ever, tell me I couldn't do something... well I would laugh so hard and say, "Don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya!"
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