Heyyyyyyy business fam.

Did you miss me? 🫣

That darn thing got me good!

The quote above makes sense when you hear it in my accent.

(see photo from my childhood below for accent reference 😆)

That lesson got so off course, it will probably never see a “Publish” button.

I was doing the ABSOLUTE most, and quite frankly missed the mark anyway.

Why?

I was trying to make it perfect.

I had a really strong point I wanted to drive home for you, the reader.

I fixated, redrafted, scrapped, and rewrote until I had to just step away.

But luckily for you, (business) Moms are really great at turning challenges into a lesson.

So this week, I bring to you a new wisdom and a declaration 👇

You (yes, it’s actually me, just walk with me here!!) 👇

only to find yourself off course.

Suddenly you’re exhausted, out of budget or time, and staring at a “due date” set for yesterday… or several yesterdays ago.

You put so much intention into the work.

You thought you were out here making the next masterpiece!

To be fair, it was brilliant.

You were doing TOO MUCH (distracting fixation) and NOT ENOUGH (focused work).

It’s like spending an hour wiping down your kitchen cabinets and only 2 minutes washing the sink full of dishes.

Like YEAH, your cabinets sparkle 🤩

…but your sink is still half full of dishes and it’s time for your next meeting.

You’re late, and your available time to expend on this task is cut short.

And you only came down to wash the dishes. How did we end up on cabinet detail?

Just because it should work in theory doesn’t mean it will work in practice.

Theoretically I SHOULD be able to finish this perfect, awe-inspiring 25th edition of my newsletter over the weekend so I can just “get it right.”

In practice, my car broke down and completely threw off my plans, even more-so my schedule.

(Someone should have reminded me that another shoe will always drop, huh?)

It might even work!

It’s not, however, a guaranteed “save” to whatever challenge you’re solving.

You can’t just stop with solid, planned schedule.

You have to allow for recalibration. Scratch that! reCALCulation.

You ever seen an old-school early 2000s-core GPS system?

You know the one that cost $$$, didn’t update, and wasn’t on your phone?

For my younger readers, a glimpse into the past:

It’s pretty simple.

We often say we will do something and then:

My solution? Recalculation, in every scenario or effort that went left.

As people, we are often quick to throw out promises, goals, or ideas.

In order to grow, I need direction.

It’s the only way I grow (and get to share lessons with you all each week!)

Share any feedback you have here, or just help me out with the question below 🙏

☝️ don’t say I never asked!

For now, putting my head back in my laptop (temporarily, I promise!) and knocking out my biggest challenges of the year (MY LIFE) thus far 💪

See you soon.

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