It’s so easy to go through life, for so very long, without taking time to reflect on how you’re doing.

As a mother, a wife, a business owner, a person who works in a public-facing career, a friend, a daughter, a sister. . . there are so many other people or things that tend to take priority in our life. And some of those people *should* be a priority, like your children, your friends, your family, etc. But it’s also important to reflect on your state, not only to assess how you’re really doing, but also to teach those around you that caring for yourself is important.

For a long time I’ve sustained a high pressure, high stakes job in a booming industry that continues to change at a rapid pace. I started my blog before Instagram was created, and before Pinterest took off.
It’s such a different field now, working as an Influencer, compared to what it was like back in 2011 when we were called Bloggers. With that change, though, an industry was born and it’s been truly an incredible experience to be a part of such an essential tool in marketing, education, and entertainment.

The past few years have been the most challenging in my career. Part of that is related to the pandemic that altered so much of our lives, and another part is navigating the the public nature of my job as it relates to my kids.

There’s much more to write about both of these things, but for the sake of this post I’m going to simply ...