THE STORY SCALE
THE STORY SCALE
Field of Dreams
The thought entered my mind as soon as I clicked “publish” on the event. “What if no one comes?” I had just received the official email confirmation for our big event; The Joy Initiative: A [...]
Be Still
Sometimes I write things that I don’t ever publish. Tonight, was one of those nights. I sat here furiously typing things into a post entitled, “If We’re Being Honest”. Typing things out of frustration. Typing [...]
Begging to Be Ruth
It all went so perfectly. What I thought should happen: Step one. Graduate college. Step two. Get married at 22. Step three. Have 2 kids by the age of 28. Step four. Be a [...]
The Things You’ll Carry
There were words of wisdom about work-life balance; Words about finance, leadership or mission. But the one thing they didn’t tell me, was about the things I’d carry. There were handshakes, high-fives, and congratulatory [...]
An Open Letter to My Husband’s Former Employer
To My Husband’s Former Employer, The cover of your Employee Handbook says it all; your mission statement printed in royal blue… clearly the focus. I normally don’t do things like this… things that might burn [...]
7.4
We’ve just finished the most magical time of the year; celebrating Jesus’ birth, the New Year, and all of the Ho Ho Ho’s you can handle. We’ve been to holiday parties for both sides of [...]
Mayday
It had been coming for a while; I could feel it. I told myself it would only be for a short time. If I could just push through I would make it out on the [...]
Blind Sided by a Republican watching Pretty Woman
I didn’t see it coming… I was blind-sided… by myself. I had every intention when I got up this morning of spending the morning lounging in my pajamas, drinking coffee and Baileys and then sewing. [...]
ABOUT BLOG – This blog is a journal of sorts; a journal of my journey. Many people know me as an Early Childhood Advocate, Owner/Director of a Nature Early Childhood Center, Consultant… yada yada yada. But those chapters are only a part of my story. Those are what people see and if I’m honest with myself, they’re part of my overachieving self that I’ve used to avoid things that are not always so easy or fun. But I’ve learned that it is what has happened along the way, even the paragraphs and chapters of my journey that aren’t perfect, or warm and fuzzy, that have taught me more than I could ever learn in a classroom. So, I’m retiring. I’m retiring from being an Overachiever… It’s a work in progress.
I’ve always firmly believed that we can all learn from each other’s journeys. I invite you to follow along on mine. I can’t promise it will always be “Well with my Soul”. There will be moments where “The Struggle is Real” and some that are just plain “Meh”. Because like it or not, we all have to feel “all of the feels”. My hope is that others will feel empowered to take the plunge and do the purposeful work of retiring themselves as an over-achiever. So here it is, my journey; my Confessions of an Ex-Overachiever… almost.
