I am super busy crazy with TOO much stuff.

Here is a list of what I have on my plate until the middle of November. I have recently finished some things. Said No to somethings too.

	Business
ongoing	Hypnobabies Blog
ongoing	Hypnobabies Yahoo Group
ongoing	Enjoy Birth Blog
ongoing	Teach Hypnobabies Weekly
DONE	Gift of Giving Life Website
	Advertise NCB Classes Website
DONE	PUPPS Book – get it online and selling
1 DONE	2 Doula Clients
DONE	2 doTerra Parties
	Find New Laptop and move stuff over
	Post Destroy Birth Video

	Home
ongoing	Declutter!!!
ongoing	Cook
ongoing	Clean
ongoing	Laundry
ongoing	groceries
DONE	T2′s Birthday Party
DONE	T3′s Birthday Party
DONE	Tires for Van
DONE	Fix Van from trip

	Church
ongoing	Music Time
ongoing	Visiting Teaching
DONE	Primary Program

	School
ongoing	Parent Committee
SAID NO!	Room Mom
ongoing	Driving in 2 carpools
	Harvest Faire

	Personal
Do just 2	3 Book Clubs
	Make 2011 Family Calendar

	T2
DROPPED	Piano
ongoing	Drama Club
ongoing	Soccer
ongoing	School Instrument
ongoing	Scouts
Said NO	OCMCO
ongoing	Traveling Drama Club
	T1
ongoing	Scouts

	T3
ongoing	gymnastics

Then the Holiday Craziness Begins!

I am at the point where I am ready to slow down and really take the time to connect with my family and focus on THEM! That will help me too. It will also give me the time to connect with myself.

I need to slow down.

Honestly, it is hard for me to know how to do this. Therapy and Yoga have helped me. If you are a birth worker, read Micky’s Book, it really helped me too!

I am posting less on my blog. I doubt I will ever give up my blog, because it is something I love to do, that feeds me.

As I finish out some other obligations I have, I am going to allow myself to blog less, take the stress off. Just do it for fun.

No More Doula Clients for Awhile

I am sad to say that I am not going to be taking any doula clients for about a year. I have 1 friend who is due and I hope to be there, but then I am done. Being on call adds this layer of stress to our family that is not needed at this time.

As you can see, I have plenty to do.

Especially because T2 has an awesome opportunity to be a part of a traveling Musical Theater Group. He is so excited and so am I. But I will be busy almost every month traveling with him, so it would be near impossible to commit to doula anyone. So when he is done doing that, I can probably start up again!

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Lani

October 24, 2011 at 5:42 pm

I’ve had to say “No” to many of the same things. All you can do is all you can do, but all you can do is enough. 🙂

Brittany Larsen

October 24, 2011 at 7:18 pm

i just hope the one book club you’re dropping isn’t ours.

Janet Field

October 24, 2011 at 7:21 pm

Whew!!!!!!

Glad to hear you re-evaluating. We all need to do that on a regular basis.

Family First! You have always done an amazing amount in a finite period of time. Your shift in attention and focus is inspiring! Enjoy that wonderful family of yours. The rest of the world will wait! When I was a single mom of a young son I was able to put some things on hold – like learning to play the organ – until I was done savoring my time with him. He grew up and there was still plenty of time to learn organ!

Take care! You are!