Me at the doTERRA Leadership Retreat closing party this last weekend!
Sometimes being a stay-at-home-working-mom catches up to me… and with this pregnancy quickly going by and less then 12 weeks til baby girl arrives, I’ve kind of been freaking out a bit. Especially, because I have had pretty obvious postpartum depression after both my boys and I kinda go a bit crazy (my husband and family can confirm). It’s been 3 years since I’ve had a newborn and my life has a lot of new aspects in it, that I didn’t have before. I keep questioning if I’m going to be able to keep up my current life with the addition of a 3rd kid. I hear that throwing that 3rd kid in the mix can seriously turn a house upside down.
This last weekend I headed to Northern Utah with my oldest sister, Cortney, to attend a doTERRA Leadership Retreat. I have mentioned before that I use doTERRA Essential Oils and I love them! I’ve been using them since right after Nathan was born and they are a big part of my families life. But, what I may have not made clear is that I share doTERRA Essential Oils and the knowledge I have learned about them and their amazing abilities as a business as well. Throughout the last 4 years, my involvement with doTERRA as a business, hasn’t always been as strong. But, it’s something that I have always been passionate about and loved. Currently, it is something that is a part of my day to day life. It is a full and thriving business and I love the team that I work with, as well as all the amazing products that doTERRA offers. (If you’re interested in learning more – just email me at pam@overthebigmoon.com and I’ll be happy to answer any questions or get you any info you need!)
Then there is Over the Big Moon! I love being apart of Over the Big Moon! It’s been such a fun outlet for me and it’s something that blesses me and my family. I love creating all the Pre-K printables for my boys and I love creating decorations for my family. And, I feel blessed to be able to share them with all of you! I know being apart of the blog also helps push me to be a better homemaker, mother and wife to my family too – which I love!
So, I guess the point of all this is – as I have sat down and evaluated my life the last few weeks, I have realized that I don’t want to give up any aspects of my life right now. Yes, sometimes I get feeling spread a little thin – but there aren’t any parts of my life that I want to or can give up right now. All of them have a place in my heart!
My cute sister, Cortney, and I heading heading home from the doTERRA Retreat!
Now, back to the doTERRA Leadership Retreat I just returned from – it was exactly what I needed. This retreat was not like doTERRA’s Convention (which is AMAZING and super educational) – it didn’t really educate on the oils or products. It was all about Developing a Vision, Leaders, Growing your Team, Creating Growth and Stability, Finding Balance, Creating a Culture, Growing your Business, etc. As I sat there listening to all of the speakers I felt hope that I was going to be able to handle the upcoming change in mine and my families lives. Although everything they were talking about applied more directly to my doTERRA business, it could all be applied to my personal life as a wife, mother and business woman!
I know many women have a hard time finding the balance between wife, mom, home, errands, job, etc and sometimes don’t feel it is possible to do it all. But, I now KNOW it is possible! And, believe me, if I can feel confident of this then SO CAN YOU! FOR REALS! Don’t think I’m so naive to think that I won’t ever have periods of feeling overwhelmed and unbalanced again, but right now I am feeling confident, motivated and excited for what my life is offering me right now!
I have a few simple new goals and I promise there is a lot more I want to improve on too, but it’s a start. My number 1 goal is to become more EFFICIENT! I feel like I am multitasking all areas of my life all day and yet I am ending the day feeling like I didn’t finish anything and that my to-do list the next day almost looks identical. So, if on my to-do list it says Dust and Vacuum – then I’m going to dust and vacuum and not let myself get side tracked in picking up the toys that will just end up back on the ground an hour later and not changing the laundry and not sitting down to check FB! I’m hoping in doing this that my work time will be more productive, my time with my family will be given my undivided attention and my housework won’t linger and take all week!
Any words of advise from any of you on adjusting to the 3rd, being a stay-at-home-working-mom or just thoughts you have after reading this are welcomed!
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