Yes, I realize it has been over a month since I last got on and posted an update on our lives. But to be fair I did warn you that things would be very busy these next few months, so ummm yeah, I wasn't kidding. My Mary Kay team rocked it out last month and we are ahead of schedule and should be finishing up car qualifications this month and directorship as well. Just in time for busy wedding season to start and my husband to be working every weekend. Sometimes I feel like those wrestlers who tag their partner in when they need a break. He gets home from work in the evening and I'm out the door... tag. It's a Saturday and both of us are working so my friend watches Farrah for a few hours.... tag. It's a Thursday (daycare day)... Abe drops her off at daycare... tag.... I pick her up... tag.
I'm sure from an outsiders perspective it sounds exhausting, and I won't lie, there are times when I'm really, really tired, but I think the thing that seperates myself and other people that have been successful in Mary Kay from the people that try it and quit, is that I have come to understand the concept of a short term sacrifice for a long term gain. I don't have to do this forever, but I do have to do it now so that I can provide for my family for the rest of my life.
I'm sure from an outsiders perspective it sounds exhausting, and I won't lie, there are times when I'm really, really tired, but I think the thing that seperates myself and other people that have been successful in Mary Kay from the people that try it and quit, is that I have come to understand the concept of a short term sacrifice for a long term gain. I don't have to do this forever, but I do have to do it now so that I can provide for my family for the rest of my life.
I do a promotion at a restaurant here in town every Friday night for my business. I hand out roses to all the ladies as they walk in and I do a drawing. A few weeks back a lady came in, I handed her a rose told her about the drawing and she smiled... "I used to do Mary Kay!" she said enthusiastically. "You did!" I responded... and before I could ask her anymore questions she said "Yeah, but it was too hard, because my son was little." Hmmm I thought. How to respond? "Do you like it?" she asked? "I love it!" I said. "It allows me to be home with my 16 month old (at the time) daughter." "Oh" she said realizing that her and I were much more alike than different. We had just chosen different paths. "Isn't it hard with a toddler?" "Well it's not easy, but I wouldn't say it's hard. Yes I work, but to me hard would be getting a job that requires me to be gone all day and put her in daycare when I've always wanted to be a stay at home mom. So for me, giving up a couple nights a week and maybe a couple hours on the weekends is well worth it." I could tell something clicked in her head and she got it. Trust me, I 100% understand that what I do isn't for everyone (and I'm happy about that because then I would have no customers ;) but I do love to change people's perceptions of what they think is "hard." It's a mindset. Go to a country where they work 15 hour days 7 day weeks for practically nothing... that's hard.
As a parent, we all make sacrifices in one way or another. We sacrifice our careers to stay home, we sacrifice time with a spouse to "tag out" and go to work. It's hard to avoid sacrifice when it comes to your children. In my case, every ounce of effort has been worth it. After a fun morning out with Farrah and seeing her asleep in the rear-view mirror I was reminded of that again.... it's worth it.
Here are some pictures of my little reason why I do everything I do. I'll save the Easter pics for the next post. It's been super hot here these past couple days. Yesterday it got to 95 degrees so we busted out the bathing suit (not me... ::shivers::) and the hose and Farrah loved it!
Here are some pictures of my little reason why I do everything I do. I'll save the Easter pics for the next post. It's been super hot here these past couple days. Yesterday it got to 95 degrees so we busted out the bathing suit (not me... ::shivers::) and the hose and Farrah loved it!