saying yes and no

i'll be honest with you, i am tired these days. i feel like i can't get anything done even though i only have a few things on my schedule. i guess that's how it goes... you can make your own schedule, you can break your own schedule.

with five jobs (not including being a wife), i feel like i say yes to almost everything because, yes, i technically make my own schedule. the problem lies there. saying yes all the time is my achilles heel. i am learning (with the help of my friends and family) how to say no to things, even if they are good for me to do.

i think girls/women/people in our generation feel the need to take on the world every day. we set unimaginable goals for ourselves because we think we are capable, only to find out that there are still only 24 hours in a day, 7-8+ of which we should not be working.

i love what i do, and i love having my own schedule; please don't get me wrong. i love being able to say yes to things that i do want to carve out time for, need to carve out time for. like yesterday, serving a meal to women who just got out of prison at a center in Nashville. that's worth every minute. those women were searching for a second chance, a real restart. i'll definitely be back there again, no matter how busy.

i just need to learn how sit still i guess, long enough to get the work done that i have on my plate in front of me. today, i intend to get some of it done...are you with me? haha weekends are actually good for me work-wise. people are taking it easy, our restaurants are full, no one calls... and i'm all of a sudden productive.

maybe that's just how it is going to be for me right now?  work more on the weekends and free up my time to be helpful during the week? hmm, writing this blog is actually helping me right now. funny how that works.

i hope you have had a fruitful week! and here's to a productive weekend--for those of you who are in my shoes.

ashlyne huff revelette