Struggling? Of course!

Last month was a hard month. I was battling some things physically; I had made huge goals in my business  - AND TOLD OTHER PEOPLE ABOUT THEM! My son officially left middle school for the last time and my mom-emotions were all over the place.  

But I kept going.  I mean, what choice did I have, right? Things have to get done, bills have to get paid, etc, etc.  And there was NO WAY I was going to put that huge goal out there and not BUST IT till I hit it, right??  

I'll be honest, I really didn't think I'd hit that goal.  But little by little, HAC by HAC, that goal was met and then surpassed!  

But do you think I had a "bossbabe" mentality about it the whole month?  That I never wavered in my desire and determination to "bust it"? Heck, no, sister!  I literally had to put my phone down and walk away once so that I wouldn't call someone in my anxiety to cancel an event simply because I was exhausted from the busyness of the weeks prior.  

Then I happened upon this graphic somewhere...and had one of those moments where you just kind of sit there, GETTING IT for the first time - you know? Like a light bulb went off, sure, but simultaneously caused every cell in my body to just relax and  - well, breathe.

Of COURSE I was struggling! I was on the verge of accomplishing something I had NEVER done before, what did I expect? 

But just because I was struggling with the climb didn't mean it wasn't meant for me, or that the outcome wasn't for me, or that the goal was unreachable by me.... It just meant that I was going somewhere I hadn't gone before - carving out a new path in this crazy maze called entrepreneurship.  

I'd like to tell you that I picked myself up and never had another time of doubt or insecurity related to meeting that goal, but I try not to lie. But I WILL tell you that when those times came, I reminded myself that I DON'T QUIT.  

For the first time in a very long, long time.  I WON'T QUIT.  

And I won't limit my newfound resolve to just my business - since hitting that goal with my business, I've found a new resolve with another, seemingly impossible task: my health.  So I'm applying that mantra there too.  

Of COURSE I struggle.  I just don't quit.  

More accurately, I refuse to quit.  I will be determined.  I will be tenacious.

Because I've realized that the struggle does not define my success.  

My tenacity does.  

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