I've been out of the rain these past couple months, wow all the changes!  Sometimes life just takes over and I get sidetracked and crunched for time and my health has suffered as of late.  I do what lots of Mom-Business owners do and forget to take time out for me and the things that will help me most.  But there is one thing I did not pass up on and am grateful I didn't.

I accepted an invitation to speak to a design class at Fullerton College, a talk on a Career in Home Staging.  Funny how things roll.  I really was not that jazzed about doing it at first but decided why not? What could it hurt?  It might actually help others considering taking the Staging road.  Little did I realize how more than anything else, it would help ME! 

The class was small and the instructor was very kind and gracious, she owns her own successful design business.  I got off to a rough start in my brain trying to encapsulate everything I thought should be said about our business.  The students appeared a mix of ages, were attentive and asked some good questions.  When I left it hit me just how great an experience it was for me.

It was a great reminder of why I started my business and how I decided to run it.  It was a walk down memory lane about all the dumb things I did and some of the not so dumb.  The things I shared with these women got me jazzed up again about going out there and kicking some fanny!  I have entered my second year in the business, I AM STILL HERE!  I realize that is something to be proud and excited about.  It has been sporadic and rough going off and on these past 3 months but only because I needed to be reminded that you get out what you put in.   Just like with relationships, a business needs a jolt more often than not, it's easy to be complacent if you are doing "OK."  I know I don't want to rule the world but I definitely don't want to be just OK. 

So I make my resolution here to reconnect,  so to speak.  with all that is good for me and my company and our family.   AR is definitely on my list.  I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season.  In our home we celebrate what we affectionately call Chrismakah.  I hope all of you have a wonderful end of year and holiday season and best of Luck in everything.