Can I Handle My Reality?

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Have you ever read something that just totally knocked you off your feet?  Totally hit home?  I did that recently, and I can't stop thinking about it!
I follow Valerie Burton on Facebook.  She is a best selling author and Certified Life Coach.  I like her posts because she is uplifting, faith based, and always has a positive outlook.  Last week, one of her posts was titled Accepting What Is....Can You Handle The Reality?  Well, I'm pretty sure I can't.  But I want to.....

The basics of the article is this - Instead of constantly trying to control what you can't control, learn to accept "What Is".  So in the article she asks "What is your What Is?".  My what is I asked myself?  My "What Is" is that I am in my late 50s and still feel 18 inside.  There is so much I want to do, places I want to go.  I don't mean to go into a gloom and doom mood here, but I'm not getting any younger!

And then there is that whole "I have to work for a living" thing.  Those of you who know me, know I work a lot....no, I mean A LOT!  I work full time as Office Manager/Marketing Coordinator for an Orthodontic practice, I work a couple of shifts a month at Pier 1 (comes with a great discount!), I work as bookkeeper for my hubby's business, and I am a Thirty-One Consultant.  Yes, that is a lot.  But I enjoy staying busy, and I like having money to spend on my "Punkins".

So my "What Is" is that I am afraid I will "run out of time (or money)" before I get all those things on my list done!  That does present a problem.  So I must learn to accept this and not try to control what I can't control.  Herein lies the second problem.  I'm a control freak.  There!  I said it!  Everyone who knows this already is saying, "Finally she admitted it!".  Yes, I admit it.  I like things neat and orderly, and I like to keep them that way.  So if I can be in control, I know they will stay that way and I will feel like I'm doing a good job.

But....back to the problem.  As I write this I still have not figured out how to handle the reality.  But again, I want to.  So my first step is to give up a job.  My Pier 1 store is closing, so that job is going to be ending.  That gives me about 12 extra hours a month.  So I am promising myself that I will fill 12 hours a month with all of those things I want to do.  The items on my 60 before 60 list!  No, twelve hours are not a lot of hours to get a lot accomplished, but it's a start!

So I accept my "what is", my reality.   But can I handle it?  We'll see....

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  1. UnknownFebruary 5, 2016 at 10:46 AM

    Love reading your posts. I can relate and yes, I think you can handle it. It may take a little while to find your new "normal", but you can definitely handle it. Good luck, I look forward to seeing how it goes :)

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    1. Crazy MimiFebruary 5, 2016 at 10:48 AM

      Thanks Deb! I think I'll add getting together with you to my list! I think my front porch will be calling your name this Spring!

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