I imagined my life picture perfect of course. Didn’t you? I would be extraordinarily great at my awesome job. I would marry a great man. I would be a young mom but not to young. I would have a couple kids while I was still young enough to keep up with them and their music. I would demonstrate the work/life balance as it had never been seen. I’d be the black Martha Stewart only friendlier, funnier, and prettier but without the cameras. My calender would be filled with play dates for kids, date nights with the man, and girls nights comparable to likes of Sex in the City. I know this is completely realistic, right????
OK, so maybe the future I envisioned is a little too perfect. Kind of like one of those paint by numbers pieces. Too planned and precise to be natural. Beautiful yet somehow lacking all creativity and originality. Void of the random imperfections that define natural beauty. Lacking the energy that uniqueness and spontaneity give rise to.
So what do you do when the future you envision is not picture perfect??? Toss out the paint by numbers kit and start fresh with a blank canvas. Hold on to the big picture of your dreams and goals but abandon the plan. Go outside the lines. Mix your colors. Cover the canvas of your life with bright, lively, Joyful designs. And don’t be afraid to rinse your brushes off, adjust your easel, pull out a blank canvas, and start again. That’s what I am doing.
Shanita, I love love love your comment!!!!
This post is right on time. I'll take just one year out of my perfect life and see how I've had to make adjustments.
2011- This year was supposed to be the year that I actually take a vacation. A real one, for a whole week, on an island. Somewhere with no cell phone reception, frozen drinks, and a beach. I would go back to school in the fall and That was pretty much it.
My reality is that in 2011 I'm going to be a mom. I will have a 12 week, all expenses paid vacation with a newborn. We will stay in my home that I have no idea how to child proof, complete with all of the baby gadgets that I'm learning about. I can still start school in the fall and I now have a long list of "mom things" to do.
This was supposed to be a simple year, HAHA. It will be a happy year I'm sure. I threw out my easel alright!!! I just taped some paper to the wall and I'm starting over with finger paints this time.