Welcome to the BESTie Life! I’m Beth and a perfect metaphor for my life would be “trying to standup in a hammock”. Most days I am just trying to balance it all – work, family, friends, finances, health, etc. and hopefully not fall on my face too many times along the way. Sometimes I shock myself with how much I get done and other days I spend an hour looking for my phone while I am talking on it 🙂
I have a great life and I am blessed in so many ways. I have a wonderful husband who tells me he loves me every single day. I have a great 15 year old son who is my pride and joy (most days) and I have a job that pays the bills and has some decent perks. I also have an adorable dog, and a wonderful group of family and friends. What’s not to be happy about?? Well a few years ago I realized that even though I was generally happy, I really did not feel I was living my best life. I knew there had to be something more, and it just kept bothering me. I knew that I was not put on this earth to spend the majority of my time and focus on work, paying the bills, doing homework, cleaning my house, being a model (sorry typo) etc. I realized that I was basically just trying to “get through” days, weeks and months of my life to make it to the next vacation, long weekend or event to have some minimal amount of fun and relaxation before getting back to the grind. I was stuck in a pattern of letting my job and my ever growing “to-do” list consume and overwhelm me. It would be so much better if I could just blame it on someone or something else. Believe me, I totally did that at first, why wouldn’t I? I mean my job is very demanding, the house always needs cleaning, I am trying to re-learn 9th grade math, science and English so I can help with homework when needed….the list is endless. However, the thing about blame is it doesn’t fix anything, and I am the only one that can make the change.
That realization was pretty eye-opening, and I have made the decision that I no longer want to just “get through” my life. I need to live my best life, a life that makes me feel good at the end of every day. Even the days when work has been horrible or I have to spend 3 hours studying math with my son, or put my closet back together after my dog gets into it. Because what’s the point if you look back and aren’t proud and excited about what you did with your life? I don’t want to look back on my life and say “Wow I worked really hard at my job”. Yes, that is a good trait and I am proud of that, but that will not be the thing that defines my life. I want more.
Lucky for YOU, I have spent the last few months trying to figure out how to overcome this struggle and find a way to live my best life. Good news – I did it!! And I can now share these secrets with you for a small fee of $49.95………..ok that’s not true, I was just checking to see if you were paying attention. Also, if I did have the secret I would probably charge more. The truth is I don’t have all the answers, this is an ongoing journey. I have made some changes in my life that I think have been really helpful, but I want to do more. This is not a quick fix, this is a lifestyle change that will take daily work, but I think the rewards will be endless.
The BESTie life is about building a community of people trying to live their best life who want to build friendships and be encouraged and inspired by others trying to do the same. I hope you join me and become one of my “BESTies” on this journey.