Something that is of interest…

• Pregnant Women More Likely To Achieve Recommended Exercise Levels If They Care For A Dog (medicalnewstoday.com)

NO Limits?  Really?

There are only so many minutes in a day, and most of mine are spent with my son; this leaves little time for work!

I use to work all hours of the day, and night.  I use to believe that the more I worked the more I would accomplish, I use to think that the harder I worked the more money I would make!

Dreaming up a life can be a full-time job… as is Living My Dreams.

Oh and here is some other stuff to read…

• Watching the throne is a full-time job… Jigga what! Jigga who!? (brothalou.com)
• Who Dares to resist Dreams? (zainubjaved.wordpress.com)
• Stay at Home Mom a Job or just a lot of fun??? (runningthrewit.wordpress.com)

Other stuff you might want to read later…

• Want to Stand Out From the Crowd? 3 Tips on How to Do It. (forbes.com)
• Happy Family, Successful Start-up. Impossible? (inc.com)
• The Other 99% of Entrepreneurs (businessns.wordpress.com)

Sent on the go!

I am not a fan of always being available.  Are you? (I currently have a bandage on my finger which makes it a bit of a challenge to type, so please bear with me.)  While I have been trudging along my Dream Project path I have wanted to say NO on several occasions.  NO. NO! NO?  No, I can’t do that-I can’t help you I don’t have enough time.  No, I am too busy as a mom.  No, I don’t have enough money.  No, I am not going to approve that.  NO, you cannot have another cookie…  

Then I started to think about YES, what if I just said yes to everything?  (except the cookie)  Then I tried it for a full day, and here is what it looked like… I said yes to the gym, which meant I actually went and did the entire workout, I said yes, to my husband and let him work longer on his project while I fed my son dinner, I said yes, to the phone all day long by answering it (I usually have it on silence and listen to messages).  I said yes to my son when it came to sleeping on the big bed, which meant that I had to stay in the room with him…  I said yes, to the rude young lady in the corner store.  There are probably 10 more YES moments for the day, but I want to get to the point… which is this:  Every time I said yes, there was a significant (positive) reaction or feedback… COOL!  Now, how does this relate to Living My Dreams and the Makings of a Dream Life?

DUH?!  Keyword: POSITIVE.  I had an entire day of positivity, bringing me one day closer to fulfilling my commitment to helping 500,000 people achieve 1.5 million dreams!  Awesome.

My challenge is staying with the YES…  and really knowing when to insert the NO (no more cookies) with a positive manner or spin so to speak.  Saying yes changed the muscles in my face, changed my mood, changed the way that I looked at someone, it even changed the way that I drove…  COOL, COOL, COOL.  Yes, yes, yes. 

I question people, I question myself, I question you, are you saying yes, are you one step closer to Living the Dream Life, if not, then I challenge you to join me… let’s say YES together!

Carry on, stay calm, and keep dreaming!

Other Stuff You Might Take a Look at…

• The Dream Life (takethefame.wordpress.com)

I recently realized that I have some amazing people in my life, who make my life much more easier to handle, now.

Being a mom, and an entrepreneur demands constant attention to details, (now I’m not saying that this is the only job that demands critical attention… I’m just making a note) emails, line items, budgets, and I’m often dealing with a lot of personalities… and my son.  This can be tricky, daunting and completely exhausting.  Good news is that I have some amazing people in my life that tow the line for me when I’m in trouble, which is so nice!

About a two years ago, I had an awakening around relationships… and people.  They(people) are not always what I want them to be, and as a result of my convoluted yet, wishful thinking I am let down by people who I thought were one way, and actually in the end were not that way at ALL!  I want so badly for people to do good, be kind, and do the right thing, to be supportive, handle situations which can be tough or awkward… but what I have realized is that NOT everyone is on the same spiritual, business, friend, OR  life page as I am… and this is, and has to be OKAY.

What do I do, what did I do… I cleared the path for others, I said see ya later to the “no-shows” AND THEN LIFE FELT EASIER… Are you holding onto someone?  Let go!  I tell you it will feel amazing.

Keep dreaming.

Related articles

• For Entrepreneurs, There’s a Fine Line Between Good and Bad (blogs.constantcontact.com)

I think Adrian has about 15 minutes left in today’s nap… so I have to make this a quick entry.

The last couple of weeks have been a challenge, difficult, hard, or bluntly said, shitty.  I have been wandering through the waters of health issues, and when this comes up I automatically go to the place of, all of this is FINE!  I am FINE, everything is GREAT.  It’s almost like I ignore it.  Now, health issues are no new experience for me, I have reoccurring, hormonal abnormalities which make me crazy.  I have been on treatment for years, almost like the gluten-free diet… (another experience) Anyway, here I am twenty-seven months post baby trying to begin my life again, as a business woman and I’m crumbling.   Yesterday I went to my doctor to review my most recent round on blood work, to find her eyes just as baffled as mine…NOT GOOD.  Now, I’m not saying that I’m dying, I’m only saying that it’s not better.   I leave the office with little hope– and remember I am a HOPE junkie!  I cried on my way home.  I think I forgot what it was like to cry, I was surprised by my tears.  I got home to my son, sleeping and realized that all is good… and then today happened.

I woke up depressed, again.

In the midst of this I am still trying to launch a business, create technology for others… while my development team seems to be slowing down… and I’m beginning to feel stuck.  I don’t like feeling stuck.  Do you?

I hear him wrestling around, oh no.  Do I have to end this now?

I guess today, I have to take it slowly, and really remember to ask for what I need, listen to those around me, share with those who ask… and lastly give myself a break.  There is a bigger plan, and I have to remember that being a “mompreneur” is really secondary to my life as a MOM!

He’s awake, gotta run.

I have been swamped with my pivitol tracker messages… so much work and so little time.  But this is great news, which means I am closer to launching, the soft launch.  Lets be honest, the test launch.

On another note, I have noticed that my son, has suddenly stepped into being TWO.  Now I have begun to understand why they shake their heads and say something like, “Oh yeah, the terrible twos”  Last night after I had just finished cutting all the broccoli and chard for my son we went BOOM.  He ran up behind me and bites my, bum… hand on pot stirring veggies, food went flying, we fell to the floor and suddenly I couldn’t figure out how we got there.   Scared that something had burned him, and shocked that I didn’t start screaming from the bite… we sat with pieces of broccoli and swiss chard scattered on our kitchen floor, gas flame still dancing. This became our first official TIME OUT, I sat him down quietly and said now you don’t bit mommy, you need to sit and be quiet by yourself!  Low and behold… he sat.  I think it helped that I had the music on, as he started to snap his fingers and pretend to play the drums, I reminded him to be quiet and still and he did…
WOW.

I guess there are first for everything.  We are at 2, what am I to do?  Teach, love and remember that he is only two, yes only 2…
Until next time.