Are You Craving a Creative Outlet?
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I have three kids, ages five and under. I feel like I’m drowning a large portion of the day. The laundry is trying to eat me. The dishes are relentless. The kids are screaming. I have two in diapers.
And I just recently decided to become a consultant for Beautycounter, a company that has big goals of getting safer beauty products into the hands of…well, everyone.
What in the hell is wrong with me, you ask? Why did you put something else on top of your gluttonously full plate?
Look, I know I have a lot on my plate. I do. There are zero questions there. But there isn’t a single thing I would like to take off my plate.
Except for maybe the laundry monster… that would be okay.
I love being a mom. I love creating a home for my family. I love cooking from scratch and making healthy food that nourishes the growing bodies that sit around my table. I even have a weird love for folding laundry. I love it all.
I also really love being creative. Being competitive. Setting goals and crushing the shit out of them. I love growing and learning. I love using the other side of my brain from time to time.
Every night around 9pm (depending how quickly we can get our kiddos in bed), I sit down to either write on my blog, or talk to customers about safer skincare and cosmetics. And it all feeds my soul on another level.
I don’t know who needs to hear this…but it’s okay to want more. It’s okay to be grateful for the opportunities that you have been given and to ask for more.
It’s okay to be competitive, and thrive and come alive with goals. It’s okay to want to learn and grow and use the other side of your brain from time to time.
It’s also okay to want to be home with your kids. Want to create a nurturing space for your family. Want to cook healthy meals from scratch. Want to grow your own food.
My love, it’s ALL good.
These days, the days have been long and hella hard. There have been days that I have texted my husband “I quit”. Knowing full well he wouldn’t let me (ha!). There are days that I have called up my mom and said I just wasn’t cut out for this. As well as days that I have run around the house looking for my keys when I was already late to drop off my son at summer camp asking God “why did you put it on my heart to have a big family when you know full well I suck at juggling all of this. My brain is too scattered for this shit!”.
But when the kids are tucked in, I make myself a tea, sit and talk to my husband for a little while, and then when he heads off to bed I sit down at the computer and create. I come alive in a different way.
I find purpose…in a different way. And if that is something you need…that’s okay. Lean into it. Find what gets you excited for those fringe hours. Find the thing that makes your brain light up a little too bright so that it is just a smidgen hard to fall asleep at night. Find the thing that makes you want to jump out of bed in the morning just a little early to fold something just for you into the day.
It’s okay to be a little selfish. I always have believed that selflessness doesn’t do anyone any favors.
You can’t give from an empty cup.
If you’ve been looking for a creative outlet that would provide a little financial breathing room for your family, let’s connect and talk about what it could look like to work together in the clean beauty mission. Hit reply to connect directly, or read more about what it looks like to be a Beautycounter consultant here.
