More and more I am embracing the sentiment “you can’t have it all.” Because it’s true, you can’t. You can’t have it all and you can’t be it all. And when I say you I mean me.
I’ve been spoiled with time and freedom in my life. I don’t have a multitude of obligations, I don’t have kids, I have a day job that requires no more than forty hours a week, and I have a husband who is fine with my doing pretty much whatever I want, provided I afford him that same luxury. When I started Auntie B’s Wax I was free to spend as much or as little time with it as I wanted.
Then came my fascination with blogs. I was reading The Pioneer Woman before she was famous. I’m so thrilled with Jenny and her newly published book I want to take her out for a celebratory drink even though I’ve never met the woman. Donna and her funky junk makes me want to live a completely different lifestyle, as does Corey in France. The more I grew my business and the more I read blogs the more I realized I must be doing something wrong.
How do they do it? Those bloggy women are running their businesses, they’re raising families, they present a blog post every day and they all appear to be clean and well-groomed individuals. (It’s no accident I don’t post my picture on this blog.)
Here’s the thing. If I hit the homekeeping chores in a way that satisfies me the business suffers. If I concentrate on the business (which includes keeping my Etsy shop up to date, getting inventory ready for live shows, keeping consignment stores stocked, doing the paperwork, and actually making things to sell), as well as putting out a blog post every day, my house turns into a nasty abode unfit for any creature, human or not.
I don’t have a point with all of this, really. I’ve just stopped by to say, hello, but I must be going now. Off to dust off the credenza. Off to unmold the candles. Off to make a meal of comfort food. Off to bead some drink charms. Even though I know it will never happen, I want to be one of those women who can do it all. Or at least appear so from your computer screen.
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I LOVE this post! I tell you, when you say “you”, you mean ME. This is my life and my frustration! Don’t we all want to do it all, and do it all WELL?!? Does anyone truly succeed??? If so,I sure don’t have the secret! Thank you for making me feel like I’m not alone!
Oh Cindy, you’re one of those bloggy women I so admire! You seem to have it all going too. Maybe today I’m feeling a little inadequate. Or maybe we’re all projecting the super-woman image despite our shortcomings. Either way, I’m glad to know someone (and by someone I mean you) is in the same boat I am.