This is when I get all mom on you: Going back to work

This is going to be the chapter in my life when so many of my blog posts are going to be all mommy related.  That's your only warning.  If that's not your thing, cool.  If it is your thing, cool.  I appreciate this space and will be getting into the whole mommy whirlwind that my life has become recently.

I recently have gone back to work at my office job.  It's obvious that although I was not working at the kind of job that provides me with cash in the bank and a W-2 that I was extremely busy working.  It's called being a mom.

I'm a glorified...

I'm an Instagram whore.  I mean, even my husband knows that if I'm on my phone 90% of the time I'm on Instagram.  I just can't help it.  I love pictures.  I'm so into pictures that I was a little sad that Instagram upgraded to have videos.  Or maybe just impatient... let's be real, I'm totally impatient and hate to wait for a video to load.

I know that they need to upgrade to compete with things like Vine but sometimes I hate change.  This is one change that I wasn't in love with but that's just me. 

I get so distracted so easily... this whole top rant isn't even about this post.  All you needed to know was I was on IG and there was a post by a person that I follow that asked people what they did.  The person who posted the question also said what she did.  There were a surprising number of nurses. 

What caught my eye were the number of people that started their response with, "I'm a glorified..."  

This statement made me sad.  

I don't care what you do don't just say you are, "a glorified (fill in the blank)"  Every person who said that in response to that post made me think, "but we need you to fill that role."  I mean the people who were saying that were accountants, nannies, secretaries and stay at home moms.  I mean there were more but those are the ones that I can think of right now.  

SAD.

Please don't ever feel like you aren't as valuable as you are.  If you aren't a criminal doing horrible things to people then there is no reason to be ashamed of what you do.  Some times I feel like there so many boasting about what they do and how important it is that people who don't glorify their job feel like they are inadequate. 

Be proud of what you do!  If you aren't proud of what you do, find something that does make you proud and happy.  I mean I don't always wake up happy about what I do but at the end of the day I am definitely no ashamed of what I do.

There are people who understand that without me or someone to fill my position that there would be a gaping hole in business.  I am an accountant.  It is not glamorous but it is important and I never feel ashamed to tell someone that I am a number cruncher.  

I may be an accountant but that is just one component of my life.  Not only am I an accountant, I am a: 

• mom
• wife
• sister
• daughter
• granddaughter
• aunt
• niece
• woman
• college graduate
• misunderstood comedian
• amateur photographer
• dog lover
• happy cook
• an important person

I'm sure I am more than those few things but the point is that I am not just those things.  I am all of those things and more.  There are people who are looking at me knowing that I need to fulfill those roles and expect that I will.

Please be proud of who you are.

If you aren't proud of who you are and what you do... CHANGE.  

how appropriate that my best friend pinned this to my Pinterest as I wrote this post

Change isn't always a fast thing but taking steps, no matter how small towards what you really want is all that matters.

Where do people find the time???

I have been trying to do things in my life a little differently however creating new habits is hard.  Changing schedules is hard.  Finding time is hard.  However I am trying to not let any of those things discourage me.  There are so many times where I have just wanted to give up this "trying something new" thing.

Sometimes I find that being a mom, having a full time job and dealing with regular home duties I get lost in the shuffle of doing the motion of things without ever really thinking about what I am doing a why.  There are so many days that have gone by that have no significant impact on my brain that they are just dust in the wind.  It is way too easy to just let time pass by.  Then again it is hard to find the time.  Wow!  This is like an endless loop of frustration.  

I know that there are things that I have been worrying about so much more than I need to.  Sometimes it is so easy to get lost in the details of a project rather than actually looking at the big picture... but then sometimes it's way too overwhelming to look at the whole picture.  Each day I have to try my best to find the balance between the two.

The struggle.  

Goal: Try to work towards this new journey for at least 30 minutes per day.