This post was sponsored by Amazon, all opinions are my own.
I was talking to my future brother in law a few weeks ago about something and this exact sentence came out of my mouth:
“The efficiency that runs through my heart was dying a little bit.”
I can’t remember what it was about, but as soon as I actually heard those words come out of my mouth I knew I was revealing a truly strong part of my personality. I’ve always valued being on time, or usually 10 minutes early, to appointments or meetings or even casual playdates. I think part of that is my personality, and part of that is working in a very time constrained industry for about 10 years before I switched to writing the blog full time. I did hair in a private studio where I was the stylist, receptionist, assistant, cleaner, product supplier, scheduler, etc. It was only me and I ran the show. I loved it that way. And I carefully planned out my day to work like a well oiled machine, and late clients would throw that machine off from time to time.
My life has only gotten busier and less prone to a schedule with kids, but I still value efficiency! I’ll admit there are times that I have to stop myself from multi-tasking and it takes a real pep talk! So, the more I’m typing this out the more I’m sounding like I’m obsessed with structure and planning and timeliness but the truth is that other than being on time, those other qualities do not come naturally to me!
So I need to se...