Can You Say Perfect?

Today felt like a perfect day. It had a perfect beginning, a perfect middle and a perfect end. Now, I should mention that all of my “problems” have not mysteriously evaporated. My money, weight, career, self-worth, parenting concerns have not changed, but today there were so many moments that made me smile. I felt happy and blessed at least 93% of the time. I’m sure I had a few moments of less than bliss, but today it was just a few moments.

My day started with a visit to a company called Lice Lifters for a combing head check for my daughter. There was too much great information to share in this blog, but I promise I will write another Special Edition about our Lice Lifters visit. The part that made it perfect is that they didn’t find any nits in my daughter’s hair and I got some new products to continue our treatment and hopefully remain lice free.

The middle consisted of a trip to the movies to do a bit of research. I got a chance to see the movie Something Borrowed. I was doing research to see what movies were in development a while back and stumbled upon the information that this film was going to be made. I ran to my library picked up the book by Emily Griffin and read it looking for a part that I might someday get a chance to play. Alas there were no parts for a plus size African American woman, but when the movie came out I was excited to see how they adapted the novel onto the big screen. Now to have a chance to be in movie on the big screen again. That will be something!

My day ended with a surprise invite to see Tavis Smiley speak in Philadelphia tonight. I was thankful that I was able to shuffle around things so I could go. His words were inspiring and will be featured in another blog, another day. I came home, gave my sleeping baby 10 kisses as I promised and was greeted by my toothbrush already set up with a cup of water and a dab of toothpaste waiting just for me.

Thank you baby.

My Laundry Has Eyes!

My typical MO. I get up, get my daughter off to school and then try to figure out the best way to put out the fires around me. Today it’s the piles of unfolded laundry that are taunting me from across the room. They are alluding that I am a failure as Susie Homemaker and that if they were in someone else’s home they would be neatly folded and stacked away. They pow wow with the stacks of paper on my kitchen island about this lost cause of a woman sitting at a cluttered desk.

This kind of thinking is totally counterproductive. I know that down to my toenails. I’m having the chicken or the egg conversation with myself. Running my own business has a never-ending set of demands. On top of that I am training to jog my first 5K race, which is in exactly 12 days! Right after a trip to NY to attend a friend’s wedding. Most days I get caught in the cycle of addressing what has the worst financial implications or will cause me the greatest discomfort if not addressed.

The flip side of that is reviewing my vision statement and executing the individual tasks  that will lead to success. For me it looks like pushing through fear and making the cold calls, asking for feedback from mentors, asking for money!  It’s standing for my vision and committing to take the steps to make it happen. That is what I am doing this morning. I am ignoring the lure of my judgmental laundry. I’ll get to it, once I handle the things that can bring me closer to my vision. So what if having a clean house is part of your vision?  Ah…that’s the trick, isn’t it. That is a huge part of my vision. Today I have to be the Queen of Time Management. I will be laser focused. I will stay off social media sites (for a while) and I will push to get my tasks completed. Then this evening I will find a delightful movie and have a date with my neglected laundry.

Some things aren’t going to get done today. My place wasn’t a mess when I moved in. It took me four years to get this nice marinade of mail, kiddie projects, lone socks and half completed inspirations just right. It will take commitment, time management and a system  I can manage (channeling Julie Morgenstern) to clean up and keep it that way. What can I say? I’m a work in progress.