| It is Monday morning 6:20 am here in Belgium.
I have been up from 5:30 am. Preparing breakfast, doing some laundry before everybody in the house wakes up.
And these are the thoughts I had.
What is your excuse? What is your excuse to not live fully? What is your excuse to not follow your heart? What is your excuse to not go for your passion?
Fear of failure? Afraid what people might think or say? Not allowing yourself to put yourself first?
I am telling you this because I have been in that place.
I have been afraid to fail, but I followed programs and hired coaches to help me on this (even in moments when the money was not there, I looked for solutions to get hold of the money).
I have been afraid what my husband, my parents, my friends would say if I wanted to become a full-time coach instead of continuing the family business. Again investing in my self-growth has paid off hugely.
The biggest hurdle of all was to allow to myself to put myself first, until 2 years ago, I lived completely in function of my kids, husband and parents. Investing in myself was a huge change. Are they unhappy now that I follow my passion?
No, we still spend a lot of time together but I taught them some important lessons: 1. I'm a role model for my children, they see how you can achieve some amazing things in life if you are really committed 2. My children have a larger sense of responsibility since they help me more in the household now 3. A very happy mom radiates in the house
I am still running 2 businesses at this moment, I have 3 teenagers, my husband has 2 jobs and we have a big household. And still we make time every morning at breakfast to be together, and every Friday, Saturday and Sunday night we have dinner together, those moments are sacred.
So no more excuses, no more 'I have no time' no more 'I have no money' no more 'I have a job and a household' if your passion is big enough if your hunger for an amazing life is huge, you will find a way.
AND I am always here to support you :)
Love you, Barbara.
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