I tell myself it was out of necessity, setbacks at work that lead to this. As I told you earlier this year, I made some staff changes and so my story excuse goes like this…”I have no choice. There is no one else to take up the slack of a rapidly growing business than my very small staff and me. Even if it means sacrificing myself–I promise it will only be for a short while”

So here we stand 3 months later and the storm has passed (Thank God). It was painful but we have brought on new team members that are GREAT (Hallelujah!) and we can certainly see the light at the end of the tunnel. We are no longer carrying the weight of the world on our own. We can now get our lives back.

And this help should feel great, right? In fact in concept it does. It feels tremendous. It feels life-changing. And I know it WILL BE really soon. But I would be doing you (and me) a disservice to not show you “behind the curtain” of my journey and the aftermath of falling off the wagon (and being run over by it) for those few months. I have to tell you what I learned…AGAIN.

You see, when you have a BIG victory like I have had over the last two years in the form of getting healthy, losing 40 pounds and really changing the way I think, you feel like you are “fixed” once and for all. You feel like you have finally conquered this demon you have been battling for years. And the truth is I did conquer it.

But where I went wrong was thinking it is a one-time fix.  Thinking I was on the wagon permanently. It isn’t permanent. And even though in my head I know it is a life-long commitment to be healthy, I started ACTING like it was all nice and tidy and complete and I could just go back to “being me” with all my no exercising and poor eating choices and everything would stay perfectly “fixed”.

WRONG!! And I am really seeing what I did to myself on a daily basis right now with physical pain and body injury , 5 pounds that have crept back on the scale (ugh! and right before swimsuit season no less) and my body seems to be generally ticked off at me. It is not bouncing back quickly. It is digging in it’s heels. It is going to take some REAL work to lose these 5 pounds, get my low back fixed with yoga, get into a cardio habit again and start really feeling great once more. And I am trying like hell to not be down-right mad at myself because my head and my heart say that will only prolong the process. But I am VERY frustrated.

Thankfully, as this always seems to work, just this morning one of my daily email subscriptions popped into my inbox. It was like my mind had been read when I opened en*theos from Brian Johnson and saw this AMAZING post by Christine Hassler called “Feel like you are backtracking?”

I wanted to scream “Hell YES I do!” but I didn’t want to wake up my family at 6:00am. So I quietly read to myself these amazing words…

There is an expectation in the personal growth industry placed on consistently making positive changes. The promise is that over time as we do our work, we continuously “get better” (whatever “better” means). What often isn’t addressed is that our learning and growth isn’t linear. It’s not a straight shot from an “aha” moment to being totally transformed. Please don’t torture yourself by buying into the misunderstanding that your growth needs to be straight up. That’s a lot of pressure – and also not possible. Growth is more fluid. And over time the lows (or perceived backtracking) become shorter in duration and the time in between them becomes longer.

Sometimes the best way we learn is when we take a few steps that feel backwards. Often when we have a big “aha,” the Universe will then bring us a situation that feels similar to past experiences. Often people get frustrated and think, “This again? I thought I learned this already!” That may be accurate; you may have learned the lesson and now the Universe is bringing you an amazing opportunity to practice the learning so that you can fully integrate it.

BINGO! There it is. I am supposed to PRACTICE what I have learned so I can FULLY integrate it. TOTAL Clarity! The Answer. I had already told myself last week that I knew there was a reason I was in this place again. I knew it was a moment I was supposed to learn something BIG. And I was pretty sure the lesson was “You can’t stop taking care of yourself day and night for 3 months and not have major damage as a result and a lot of hard work to fix it!” And the question I was to ask myself was “Do you really want to be at the bottom of this hill again, needing to muster the energy to climb it once more?” and “Why do you make your life harder than it has to be, Tobi?”

But the great news is that I saw the light this time after only 3 months and 5 pounds, not a year and 40 pounds. I clued in before I had an insurmountable obstacle to climb. I got the message and can likely repair the damage in the next month or so. And that’s not so bad. A month is really short in the grand scheme of things and in fact this learning experience is another VICTORY for me! Will this be the last time I learn this lesson? I hope so, but probably not. But will I see my mistakes even sooner than 3 months next time? I’d like to think I will.

And have I REALLY learned what my unhealthy behavior meant for me this time? Well thanks to my health coach extraordinare, Julianne, I think I figured out that consciously making bad food choices because I am in a miserable few months and I “deserve” to eat what I want plus consciously deciding I am too tired or busy for exercise is a way of “withholding love” from myself. WOW! Another Lightbulb!

I now know I was punishing myself for making bad staffing decisions and bad scheduling decisions. And I was also feeding my emotions of misery, anger and frustration with food again. Self-sabatoge at its best. So just like any other kind of addict, emotional eating is a very slippery slope. But loving myself first…self love and self care, REALLY is the answer to fix this addiction. Love Myself First! Stop Withholding Love. Hello?…I have been preaching this message to all of you, but somewhere along the last few months I stopped listening to it.

So there you have it. Another transparent look at my journey in business and in life. Are you struggling with setbacks? Have you back-tracked and you’re having a hard time getting back on the wagon? Are there promises that you made to yourself that you are not keeping? Are you withholding love from yourself…love you really deserve?

Tell me your story in the comments below. I think the more we embrace our challenges with honesty and without shame, and we love ourself first, the less challenging these obstacles become and the less power they have over us.

Today is the day I get back on the wagon. It may be a bumpy ride, but at least I am back in the driver’s seat and I’m loving myself along the way. Giddy-up!

xo,

p.s. To find all these great quotes, check out my Health and Fitness Pinterest Board. It’s my source of inspiration for a healthy AND Happy body!

Hi Everyone! I hope you had an amazing weekend like I did and if you are a mom…Happy belated Mother’s Day. I spent some precious time with my daughter this weekend planting flowers on the patio and getting our outdoor spaces up to snuff. And then we spent almost every other waking (and a few sleeping) moments outside enjoying our handiwork from our loungers under the umbrella, in the hammock, or dining in our outdoor dining space. Our garden is really a place where my whole family replenishes so we are grateful for this time of year and the chance to be outdoors.

And while I was out “digging in the dirt” and reviving some of my house plants from their long winter’s nap indoors, I had an epiphany. I realized that the years that my houseplants aren’t thriving from their winter experience, neither am I. What I mean is this: if I am too busy to care for my plants (some of them almost 20 years old) then I am also too busy to take care of me.

And although I have gotten healthy over the last two years, it is still a really slippery slope when I get off-track of caring for myself so that I can care for everyone else during the really busy periods in my life. And caring for myself doesn’t mean just staying slim. Through the last 3 VERY busy months, I’ve been pretty much in control of my weight, but not my health. So now my diet is full of junk again, even though it may not be over my calorie count. And my back, hamstrings, and hips are a disaster from falling off my yoga regime. And my stress level has been high again because I haven’t been doing my cardio regularly to get all those toxic thoughts and energy out. In other words, I wasn’t keeping my promises to my houseplants or to myself.

Which reminds me of a great idea that was mentioned in a recent business conference I went to. The speaker said something profound. He said, “What would happen in your life if you just kept all the promises you made to yourself?” WOW!! Did you hear that? “If you just kept all the promises you made to YOURSELF.” Not to other people which we tend to be more accountable to, but if we only changed one thing and did what we told ourselves we were going to do.

This is HUGE, people!!!! We spend years creating our own self-doubt and insecurities and then top it off with poor health, bad backs, and diseases because we do not keep promises to ourselves. And we lose trust and faith in our abilities to accomplish things because we no longer believe our own thoughts, because we are constantly NOT doing what we tell ourselves we are going to. LIGHTBULB!!!!

I think changing this one habit this year could actually make you become the person you want to be. And I think becoming extremely careful with what we say we want to do, if we really have no intention of doing it, which is the all-important second important part of this equation.

So to start you and I both off on a great note this Monday, let’s do this together. Let’s make a list of all the things that we keep telling ourselves we are going to do. Then let’s pick three of them and actually keep our promises. And for now, let’s let all the others go. It takes baby steps to make a new habit, but I think if we can start having faith in ourselves again, and can see that we REALLY can do what we say, that our whole lives will start to change.

Are you game? Join me today. What are your 3 promises you will start keeping right now? Leave me a comment if you are willing. I think if we put it out to the Universe it’s not only keeping a promise to ourselves, it’s keeping a promise to each other.

Here are my three:

1. Keep my yoga practice at least 3 times a week NO MATTER WHAT!

2. Be true to a healthy, not just low calorie diet, even when I am busy.

3. Put my “Tobi Time” in the schedule for relaxing and replenishing first and sticking to it with no exceptions, even when I have more work to do than I can possibly accomplish that week.

Now tell me…What are your three promises? Tell me and write them down and post them at your desk, on your mirror and everywhere else they can help you keep your promises.

I am excited to walk this path with you.

xo,

The latest issue of At Home in Arkansas has hit the newsstands and I wanted to share with you a great feature that’s included in the May 2013 issue.

My friend Landon Shockey of The Gilded Stag is this month’s “Get to Know” feature.  Many of you may remember Landon from his days of being one of my designer sidekicks. It’s been a couple of years since Landon has been on Team Tobi, and since then he’s been busy crafting some gorgeous pieces of furniture for my clients and designer friends of mine from New York to San Francisco.

If you haven’t seen the article yet, it’s a great story about wonderful handcrafted furniture being made right here in Arkansas! I happen to be crazy about his bar cart after seeing it above in blue but I think it’s even more impressive in the yellow version in Scot’s Card Room in the San Francisco showhouse…to die for, right?  I am busy selecting the perfect shade of green so Landon can whip one up for my living room soon. Just follow the link below to read the full story about Landon and see all of the gorgeous photos.

Get to Know – Landon Shockey, The Gilded Stag

And if you’re in the market for a custom designed and built piece of American made furniture whether a bar cart or something equally fabulous, be sure to check out The Gilded Stag’s website. I know Landon would love to work with you.

ALL PHOTOS BY RETT PEEK FOR AT HOME IN ARKANSAS

I just wrapped an AMAZING session of my Design Camp A to Z today. I think this was our best camp content EVER thanks in part to our fabulous special guests. After almost 3 years, our camps still keep getting better and better!

I promise to tell you all about our event here on the blog in the next few days. But first, while I rest and recoup from all the design fun, I thought I would leave you with this yummy space to enjoy by our friends John and Jason from Madcap Cottage that joined in our Design Camp fun!

With all that delicious color you probably aren’t surprised that I’m in “Madcap Love”!

See you soon! xo,

So if you followed me over the weekend, you saw that I was settling back into my normal and not-always-glamorous life. And I was loving every moment of it. I was even feeling gratitude for a slower paced life and making plans and strides to have more of that in my life. I want to be LESS busy…or at least I say I do today since I have been traveling like a mad woman since mid-February.

So interestingly enough just this morning, my friend Barbara tagged me in this post touting how well I am “doing busy”.  So maybe I sent a mixed message about my busy life. Or maybe my message was loud and clear to everyone but me. Do I REALLY want to be less busy? Thanks for the lovely compliment Barbara and I do take it as a true compliment because being overly busy isn’t easy to do. So I truly appreciate your kind words.

But really the message I was trying to send was this…

Yes, that’s right. I think we overuse “I’m busy”, “I’m so busy”, and “I’m too busy”. It has become and excuse for so much in our lives. It keeps us from taking action on the things we really want because we are too busy (to work out, eat right, step out of our comfort zone). And I don’t know about you but I have lost patience with this whole concept as an excuse. Thanks to reading books like The 4 Hour Workweek and Hard Goals, I now believe that we have time to do everything that is a true priority for us. And if we aren’t doing it well then…It “ain’t” really important to us, right? Let’s be honest.

And the second part of the equation is this–why do we complain about all that is on our plate? We are the ones who make it that way and if we don’t want to do it all why don’t we just say NO! It is our choice, so why do we choose poorly and then complain? Or better yet, if we DO want to say yes to everything, then why don’t we just OWN it! Why don’t we say “Hell yes I am doing all this stuff and I like it that way” and remember that what other people think of us is none of our business !

Which is it…busy or not busy? You get to choose. But no more “busy” as an excuse, please. Stop the madness already!

I am on a mission to be less busy in my life and more intentional with my choices. I want to enjoy the ride more. I want more time with family. But in the moments when I am busy because I choose to be, then Barbara is right…by all means, LET’S BE GLAMOROUS!!

Which do you choose–The Glorification of Busy, the glamorization of busy, or not busy at all? Do tell. We won’t judge.

xo,

Speaking of BUSY by choice, I am SO excited to be “Busy” with my Design Camp A to Z this week. Follow along here for a backstage pass and to see our exciting guests Jason and John, Scot, and Amy!

I am in the middle of a weekend of total replenishment and relaxation. I have not officially “dressed” or put on makeup since Thursday. THURSDAY!!!! And this is Sunday. I can’t tell you how much my soul needed to be filled. My face needed to be free and my body needed to lay in bed or on the sofa and do absolutely nothing but exactly what I wanted to do!!!!

I have spent hours cuddling my daughter, building tents in the middle of the living room that she could nap in while she recovers from being sick and I have cooked her all sorts of comfort food from beignets, to buttered pasta, to chocolate chip cookies. Not too healthy but full of mommy’s loving kindness. And for me cooking also fills my soul. I’m a Southern girl, for me feeding people equals loving people.

Today, I am bringing this weekend full circle watching back-to-back episodes of Oprah’s Super Soul Sunday with Brene Brown. We have spoken about Brene here before and her amazing TED talk. She is genius and I SO needed to hear her today.

She is talking about so many profound things, but here is what really resonated with me today. Gratitude….Gratitude is NOT an Attitude. Gratitude is a Practice. Did you hear that? It’s not enough to have a grateful heart, but you MUST PRACTICE gratitude. You must tell people you are grateful for them. You must write it down in a journal daily to make it real in your mind and your heart. What is keeping you from PRACTICING gratitude? Stop waiting, you don’t have to be perfect in your gratitude. You just have to be consistent. Remember my post on Life Practice, not Life Perfect? Well start today with Gratitude Practice, not Gratitude Perfect.

Do you know what Brene says is the hardest emotion for people to deal with? JOY! WOW…really? We can’t accept the good things in our life. Sounds crazy, right? But I think for many people, this is true. We can rally around and totally get into the drama of all the challenges in our life. But when Joy shows up we don’t know what the heck to do with it. And Berne even took it a step further. She said so many people live their life not able to accept the joy in their life because it seems too good to be true. They are always waiting for the other shoe to drop.

I am an optimist, so I don’t really struggle with this as much as some. I love to see the world through “Rose-colored glasses”. But my husband is exactly this. Understandably so, because he lost his mom to breast cancer at age 17. So he has experienced great loss and vulnerability. Brene told a story of a man who went through is life never being too happy or getting too excited because he would “rather be pleasantly surprised than eternally disappointed!” WOW…my husband has been using THIS EXACT PHRASE as his life’s philosophy the entire time I have known him. And in Brene’s story, the man lost his wife in his late 50′s and came to realize that no amount of protecting himself by “waiting for the other shoe to drop” prevented the pain and devastation of losing his wife. So he went on to say that he wasted SO many times when he should have been happy and grateful for the joy and abundance in his life, when he should have been relishing the moment and living in the present instead of wondering what bad thing would happen next. He should have told his wife every day that he loved how she set the table, or how her laughter or her smile filled his soul.

Brene put it this way…”We are trying to dress rehearse tragedy so we can beat vulnerability to the punch.” But guess what…It doesn’t work. And only gratitude, practiced daily, can help you really experience the joy in your life and survive the pain. I’m speechless…What a gut check for my husband and me!

What does this say to you? Does this give you perspective on what is really important in life. Just yesterday, my friend and Mastermind Group Member Lisa Mende, shared this amazing post on her blog about the last moments with her son, Walker. I know Lisa knows exactly what the man in the story above feels. I know she now cherishes every moment in life with a completely different set of eyes than before. And she struggles with the regret of not living in the moment with her son while she still had time.

So this weekend, as I work to get back on track with my self-care, my meditation practice, my healthy eating and exercise that fell by the way-side with all my travels this year, I now realize that the most important thing that fell by the wayside was a PRACTICE of gratitude and perspective on what is really important in my life. So as of today, my schedule for summer looks completely different than it did a few days ago. Photo shoots are pushed back, work is eliminated or delayed, and the next 3 months while my daughter is out of school will be FILLED with living in the moment with her and practicing gratitude for it all the while.

Will you join me in re-prioritizing your life and practicing gratitude? Will you start today? I said it yesterday and I will say it again…Life it Short.

xo,

Two days ago…my first day back in the office in so long I could hardly remember what it looked like, I had a tag-a-long 7 year old because before I could even get to work, her school called to tell me she was sick. Yep! One Dr’s appointment later, she has a virus and sore throat so home she’s been ever since. And THEN, I completely forgot an appointment with a client while I was caring for my little honey. LORDY! I can’t remember the last time that happened. Guess I will be kissing their “tushy” for a while because it was TOTALLY my fault. Ugh! How embarrassing!

And so is the “Dream” life of a working mom, right? It happens! But the interesting thing is that this is exactly the life I want. The life that allows me to enjoy and experience everything the glamorous worlds of design and travel have to offer paired with cuddling an achy child, smelling her Hello Kitty Strawberry Shampoo scented hair, and fighting off a 7 month old Shih Tzu who is eating our sock-clad feet as we watch a plethora of Nick Jr. TV shows until we all fall asleep in “mommy’s bed”. And even cleaning up the messes I make when I forget appointments or get behind with client work and having to make it up to clients who hopefully as mom’s themselves, will understand.

I am a lucky woman. I really do “have it all”. And yes sometimes it feels overwhelming. But mostly it feels amazing. And I wouldn’t trade any piece of my life…the good, the bad or the hectic, for anything else. I am clear on that. Yes, there it is.  CLARITY! Bam! I am CLEAR that I am living my Dream Life. I’m not waiting until someday to make that happen. I am living it NOW.

What about you? Are you living the dream? YOUR Dream? Are you even clear on what you want in life? Do you know whether you love the life you have or are you always thinking the grass is greener somewhere else? Or telling yourself…”one day”?

I think very few things are as important in life as Clarity. And as I work with other design clients, designers and creatives in both my design and consulting businesses, I find that clarity is scarce. Most people don’t know what they want. And they are listening to what other people want for them.

But wait…most people probably do know, but are afraid to say it. There it is…FEAR. That ugly little thing that keeps us from getting real clarity and having the courage to go after our dreams.

What are we afraid of? Fear of saying what we want out loud because someone may judge us, or worse yet, laugh and ridicule? Fear of saying what we want out loud because then we might actually have to work hard to make it come true? Fear that if we choose one thing or a few that we want, we might have made the wrong choice and we will have regret, so better to just do nothing about reaching our dreams instead.

Well I don’t think you need a reminder that Life is Short. So what will it take to make you reach for your dreams? Money? Time? Guts? All three? Probably all three, yes! But isn’t everything worth taking the chance? Nobody ever regretted going after their dreams, but many people regret not even trying to have the life they envision.

Just this week, I took a big leap towards my next set of dreams. You see, you can’t make it all happen alone. No one ever succeeded by themselves.  I have surrounded myself with amazing people who invest in my visionary thinking and support the actions it takes to make my dreams come true. It is astounding the kind of talent I have in my life and I just added one more.

So today, I am grateful for normal life (for better or worse), motherhood and nursing a sick little girl, the AMAZING and dedicated ladies of Team Tobi (Brooke, Ashley, Bebe, Stephanie and now Cheminne), and mostly for Clarity and for the guts to follow my dreams.

And yes, my “Normal” life ain’t so normal. But it’s amazing. And I wouldn’t have it any other way. I’m not leaving anything on the table at the end of this life. I’m going for it all. Full board. No holds barred. It’s on!

Will you join me? What are you waiting for? Life is Short.

xo,
 

Yesterday was my monthly segment on KATV’s Good Morning Arkansas. And this month, I’m talking artwork! Here’s the video:

 
KATV – Breaking News, Weather and Razorback Sports

Want to see some more artwork that’s inspiring me?

See more of my favorites on my “Art Smart” Pinterest board!

Xo,

That’s right! Amy Howard is NOT just a go-to source for gorgeous, custom furniture;

she’s bringing you the tools you need to breathe new life into furniture yourself through her Amy Howard at Home line of products.

Amy’s extensive line of furniture finishes and paints was ALL the rage at High Point Market, and now my campers will have the chance to get a tutorial from Amy herself, here in my home studio! What other reason do you need to do something totally spontaneous and book a flight to Little Rock?

We are honored that she has decided to join us! And, don’t forget: We already have a superstar lineup!

Scot Meacham Wood is giving sharing with us how he achieves a perfect mix of furniture finishes AND how to hang artwork with nuance and style!

John Loecke and Jason Oliver Nixon are going to tell us their approach to drawing multiple fabrics together in a design project in a way that lets the room tell it’s story.

And Susanna Salk is joining us via Skype to tell us what it means to Be Your Own Decorator and follow your design intuition when creating a home you love.

I can hardly believe the session starts on Tuesday of next week! But that doesn’t mean there’s not more time to register and join us!!

Learn more about the event by clicking HERE.

So excited!! Xo,

I have a confession to make. I find myself back in a place that is not exactly where I want to be. Thats right. Although I have changed SO much in my life with regard to being healthy and happy, I struggle so very much with saying NO to amazing opportunities and saying YES to a schedule and a life that support me at being my BEST!

You see, I hate to complain because I am nearing the end of 8 weeks of what looks like a dream life. It went something like this…Sunny Los Angeles fun with friends with some work thrown in, a 10-day Disney family vacation and cruise, a dream trip to Berlin with the world’s top designers and architects, High Point Market which is like Fashion Week for the Design Industry…a hot spot for seeing and being seen,  and now I’m rounding it all out with a quick trip to my favorite place, New York City, for a party with THE Martha Stewart tomorrow night to launch my friend Ronda’s book which I happen to be featured in. And yes, every single one of these experiences in and of themselves have been dreamy and amazing. But I am happy to say (albeit a bit embarrassed to admit) that the 2 months of crazy, insane travel are almost over.

Why embarrased you ask? Well I think it’s the “Be Careful what you wish for” syndrome. You know…You just might get everything you ask for, right? And I seem to have an uncanny knack for making all my “dreams” come true. It’s fantastic. It’s empowering. It’s “dreamy”, really. But at the end of the day, it’s hard to maintain the calm, healthy, lifestyle that I want and keep this “movie star” schedule too.

So what’s a girl to do? Well this girl is faced with some choices. This girl needs to get REAL with what I want and get serious about what that really looks like. It’s time to finally commit for good, to living my BEST life, not just a good (or even a great one). Did you hear that…MY BEST LIFE!!! So what the heck does that look like for me? And to what do I need to say goodbye?

Well I can at the very least say I am making great strides. I am much closer to MY BEST, than I have ever been. You see, just last week at High Point Market, instead of killing myself (and my team) for 5 days seeing every conceivable showroom and product in town, I paced myself. I worked for a few hours each day in as effective a schedule as possible but with VERY specific quitting times and lots of self-care. I mixed in AMAZING yoga in Greensboro (I can’t wait to tell you about the yoga wall!!) and I went to the Spa for a glorious and relaxing facial and an hour of lying (and sleeping) in “the nest”–a big comfy daybed with hoards of pillows, sheer drapery all around, ethereal music and hot tea. And I took my team with me for these self-care experiences. Did we miss seeing several showrooms and favorite vendors because of our “time outs”?…of course we did. But at the end of the day, to have the life I really want, I MUST make these decisions where I put myself first before all else. And can I rotate and see those amazing showrooms I missed on my next market trip…of course! And having that sort of attitude is the key to finally living a balanced life.

So how many of you are feeling SO over-worked and imbalanced again even though you swore that you would never go back to that place? I know, me too.  But what I have learned AGAIN (why do some lessons take so long to sink in?!) is that it’s not a one-time fix. There is no vaccination for a balanced life. Rather, it is a life-long quest that has to be continually revisited and tweaked to stay in that “sweet spot” you dream of. It takes effort to live your BEST life. But it is SO worth it.

And the BEST news…each time you make strides, you are closer to staying on track and balanced than ever before. And each time you “fall off the wagon”, it takes less time to notice and get back on.

I knew before I started March and April that my schedule was insane. Did you hear that?…I KNEW! And I decided to do it anyway. So pretending like these last 2 months were something that “happened” to me instead of something I chose would be lying to myself. I did this to me. I wanted this. At least I wanted it more than I wanted balance at the moments that I said YES or I would have made another decision. So finding peace in the fact that this IS the life I chose and learning to “Lean in” to it is the AH-HA that has come from it all.

And to put it into even more perspective…I recently re-read one of my favorite books, Hard Goals, by Mark Murphy. And this time I heard something in the book that I had never heard before in the 2 or 3 times I had read the book. This is what I finally heard…”People grossly over-estimate the amount of free time they will have in the future”. OMG!!!! Did you hear that?!?!?!?  We actually think and believe that at some point in the future life will be less crazy, or busy, or hectic, or (insert your delusional thought here)!!! We think ONE DAY we will start living the life we want. But it simply isn’t true! And if we don’t start TODAY making the choices and living the life that we want, we will NEVER and I repeat NEVER start living the life we say we want. And life is short people! So what the heck are we waiting for?

And that’s why yoga and spa made it onto the High Point agenda. And that is why I am now working on a Two-week (yes, I said TWO week vacation this summer…work will still be there when I get back), and that is why I am working on planning all my personal time and family time in before work more than I have ever done before. And that is why some of the dreams I have for myself that are not work related are making it into my life THIS YEAR, before it is too late.

Will you join me? Will you start living the balanced and happy life TODAY that you say you want. Will you start making your BIG DREAMS a part of your daily life while you are still young enough and healthy enough to enjoy them? Will you make a promise to yourself and actually keep the promise to not wait another second?

Let me hear from you! What is imbalanced in your life? What are you afraid will happen if you start making choices to live the life you want TODAY? What excuses are you telling yourself about money or time that is keeping you from making good decisions THE BEST DECISIONS in your life? Well I am here to tell you that you simply cannot afford NOT to make these changes today. And YES you do have time to do anything that is a REAL priority for you. All you have to do is DECIDE! It’s really that simple.

So no more excuses for me! I’m getting serious about my life choices and I will be walking this walk with you here on my blog…with full transparency as always.Will you join me in creating the life you dream of.

Let’s do this!

xo,