Dont "Over Promise and Under Deliver to Yourself"

bySMSBlogger

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7 years ago

So here I am another week in and working on month two. I would say the biggest challenge I have had so far is not getting discouraged. I guess you would say I had "puppy dogs and whistles" in mind when I became a part of WA. What I mean is that I saw changes that were going to happen not only immediately but that I was going to have all the time in the world to make these changes happen. I knew that by having all the time in the world that was after the baby was laid down for night night time, so between the hours of 9pm-12am.

This brings me to the biggest lesson I have learned in all of this thus far, and the biggest advice i can give, and something that we say in the restaurant industry when speaking about guests; "Don't over promise and Under Deliver," to Yourself. Yes it is true that you get out of WA what you put in to it... but you also have to create attainable goals depending on your everyday life.

The best things in life do not usually happen over night and that is, now, how I am treating WA and you should too. If you are like me, you have another full time job, a family at home to take care of, and house work that wont do itself (unfortunately). If you are even more like me, you are a single parent without a spouse at home to share the "Life" responsibilities. I am sure I can speak for us all in saying that our biggest priority is providing for our families... well with this priority already comes the inevitability that half of every day is already gone before it starts....

On work days, you are at work for 8 hours; in my case it is 10-12 hours. This happens 5 days a week, and in my case sometimes 6 days a week.Then if you are familiar with working in the city, but living outside the city.... well this means that 1-2 hours each way to work is spent int he car. Then if you have your kids at daycare... that means that you have to go pick them up, which is why the drive home is usually something needed to prepare yourself for the screaming, running around, and chaotic zoo like atmosphere that you are about to submit your exhausted self in. I am lucky in this that I have a Nanny, but eventually I too will be putting her in the a daycare so that she can excel in her learning and social skills. Once the little ones are loaded and ready in the car the drive home,close or far, is filled with excitement on what they did during the day. Even if you have an infant, they are overwhelmed with excitement to see you, that as soon as you get home its 30 minutes to an hour holding he/she assuring them that you would be leaving them for the rest of the night, saying, "It ok Honey, I'm not going anywhere..." even sometimes making a squeaking noise, "Ok loosen up around mommy/daddy's neck, your choking me." Once you get the little ones settled and touch base with your spouse and see how their day was, then its time to start figuring out what you are going to make for dinner. After dinner its time for homework with the older kids and/or play time with the none school age little munchkins. Finally, once the kids are fed and settled down from the exciting day,bath time has been had, and story time has come to an end... you tip toe out of the room ever so carefully not to wake up the cuteness that is sleeping so soundlessly that represents what your life is all about.

WHOOOOO..... now this time is known as Adult time.... which probably puts you at 8:30-9:30 (sometimes even 10 or 11, if you have an infant that was fighting their sleep and refused to go to sleep right away), to get any house work done, have some alone time with the significant other.... heaven forbid some time to put into your online business and advancing in the online world that you sometime hope to call the future for your family and legacy that you want to leave behind.

All of this leads me to the reason behind this post... be a realist... yes put in the work to change the future, however.... "Don't Over Promise and Under Deliver to Yourself"

Don't give up, you will get there, and you will make the time when you have the time - just don't expect for things to change overnight if you have any sort of a family routine like I have listed above. This is not a marathon, it is your future! Sooner is always better but don't over exhaust yourself because you will be worthless to your online business and more importantly to your family!

Have Courage and don't give up, you will get there! - a message to myself daily :)

** Courage is the willingness to fail when failure is not an option**

Cheers Friends,

SMS