I can’t believe it’s been over a year since I’ve written
here. What the heck happened? I still work at home, and I’m still passionate
about it, so it’s time to dust off the keyboard. I’ve even had people at the
office call me out about it. One person did so during a class I was teaching to
hundreds of people! Dang, girl! I get you!
As I sat here during the last week, trying to decide if I
was going to blog or do something else, I stumbled upon “Julie & Julia” on
one of the movie channels. In fact, I think I watched parts of it on three
separate occasions! It was like a sign. If you blog it, they will come. Somehow
watching this movie about someone else blogging was reiterating that our unique
voices, are meant to be heard.
I did consider alternate means for sharing about the
work-at-home experience. And I’m still open to that. Do you have suggestions?
Would Instagram or Twitter be better? How about some cute inspirational quotes
and lots of hashtags? Whatever gets your attention – This is all about sharing
experiences so that we all become better people.
So why did I take a year off? I guess it was just life.
Sometimes that happens to the best of us. I honestly lost myself for a bit.
Lost my drive. Lost my passion. I took on too much, and it eventually showed.
So with this new year, I am focusing on a new word: BALANCE. I’m also focusing
more on: ME. It’s not selfish. I can’t be of any good to others if I’m not good
to myself. That focus includes removing things I don’t have to do and don’t
enjoy, and adding more things I want to do because I want to! Weirdly, writing
is one of those things.
If you’re working at home and feel a little lost, a little
alone, a little meh – realize that it’s natural and ok. The most important
thing is that you realize where you are, and when its right for you, you take back
control.
So here I am, back and ready to share. And I didn’t even
have to debone a duck.
