I’m (M) on vacation….

I have to admit that one of the huge benefits of having a biz partner and staff as wonderful as mine is knowing that stuff is still happening while I’m gone. When it was just me and Weston running the biz I couldn’t help but feel like everything was at a standstill when I traveled or took a few days off. For instance when we backpacked through Europe and purposely didn’t take a laptop I was crawling out of my skin, ready to get back to work. Now this isn’t something I am proud of. I tried to overcome it many, many trips and I just couldn’t. But problem solved now! Us Divas and Divettes are quite a team and I can leave and still feel like my special little photography world isn’t at a standstill. Ahhhhh!!

Weston and I just got back from Vegas. Which I love. I love the shows, the perfume that my second home, The Venetian, pumps into our room, I love giggling at the prowling cougars at the pool, and over eating at the insanely good restaurants. Sushismaba I looove you! I also realize that I love Vegas because I am Gemini. I love extremes. I am a yoga going hippie one day and high heeled Diva the next. Although sometimes I want to be both at the same time which only frustrates me.

So now that I am home from Vegas I am loving spending some quiet time with me and my journal. I try to do devotionals everyday, although there are times that no matter how much I promise myself I will ahead of time, I always seem to slack on vacations, Disneyland days and Sundays.
Whew, I don’t typically talk about myself  THIS much. Or at least that’s what I am telling myself while I write this. But I am on vacation and really haven’t talked to another human being besides my hubby in days, so I find that this sort of time spent with myself creates an intense inner monologue. Which who better to share with than our blog readers! You! Thanks guys.

On the Freedom Tour with Showit K and talked a lot about making sure that you know where you are going with life and career before you set out on your journey.  I probably do this too much, but I love having my course spelled out for me. So today I charted it out yet again. Ah, I can’t tell you how much better I feel. I can’t say that this is the best way to do this but I like to divide my life into different categories. The categories that are most important to me. Then I list below what is important about those categories and what are regualr activites I want within those areas.  But at the same time you don’t want to be so strict with yourself that you stress yourself out. Balance is important. For instance I loooove yoga, but I am not going to say “attend yoga two times per week,” because then it kinda feels like a chore. So I am going to say “*Enjoy Yoga at your heart’s content.” Although  I am much more strict with my business goals.

I am sure that a lot of you have done this, but if you haven’t I think you need to spend some quiet time just relecting on your life. Slow down, turn everything off, and explore your life and where it is at. Where you want it to be. And before you know it, all the pieces start to come together. But it wouldn’t be fair without saying that a huge part of that recipe is praise, gratitude and prayer. And if I hadn’t blurred it out a little you would see on my journal that that is a definite area that I want to work on more. Being away from home and your daily routine is really the best way to dig deep. October workshop attendees we really suggest that you do this while you are in your hotel room here in SD. Okay guys, time to go do something fun. Maybe a bike ride!?