Finding Your Voice

The last couple months have been a little rough but very reflective. Two months ago I found a lump. Yup! It was scary and it was a long few weeks. After surgery (a few days later) I got the call that it was benign. I know. Believe you me that many tears were shed before surgery and after. My life had been in a “stand still,” in a fog. I couldn’t work, I couldn’t do much. My mind was consumed with fear. 

Seriously! 

Thinking about everything, one thing I knew for sure, I wanted to live a full life. I wanted to be happy, I wanted to remove all toxins and toxic people from my surroundings, and that did mean…

This has been truly liberating. Knowing that not every person, every business owner, every “friend,” every contact, every Realtor is worth it. I am my own boss inside and out. It didn’t happen over night, but it has been a process, with the end result being calmness.

Then came the next step, the harder step. Finding my own voice. I wanted to find my style and my voice. Why wait and why be scared to do it.

It finally hit me…

Now, this has taken time, and in reality, just in the last 2 days a light bulb went off and it was during some blogging time I realized my own voice. I will get more into this in a updated post 🙂 

But basically, I learned to discover the areas I wanted to spend my time and energy on.  But this meant I had to say “no” to other things and no longer say “yes” to everything. 

Excuse my french, but it’s true, you just have to…

Around this time, Abby Manchesky wrote a blog post that truly hit home for me. So much so, I still go back to it on those days I need to be reminded, or I need to remember to continue growing. To be better, stronger, and true to myself. It is a road, a journey and a truth.

So, will this carry over into my work. Oh hell ya. From my work online to hands-on, a voice to be heard, even if it is just me listening. 

From my family, kids, home, work, and blogging, this is it. I am surrounded my amazing women in my life from friends to family and we need to remind each other this, and push one another to be stronger, more powerful and by golly, A MAZE ING.