Making Space

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Three weeks ago I went back to school.  I also started a job on the side doing something else I love.  Well, I got this crazy  idea to get a booth at the local county fair to showcase my new adventure.  I did this after my first week back to work and all day on the weekend and then the kids came back to school the following Monday.  Move forward five days later and I had a dozen women at my home over the weekend and three  overnight guests at my house.  Did I mention that I needed to clean before they all came?  Needless to say, I got sick that weekend and spent the last week going to bed EARLY trying to nurse myself back to health.  I know now why there are books out for "women who do to much."  I know that I'm also preaching to the choir here.  I know that any woman reading this post knows exactly what I am talking about.  So, what's my point?  I really do have one.  One thing that I learned from my small group this summer is that we have to learn to "make space" for what we want to do - what is important to us.  The woman speaking to us about this is getting ready to write her 4th book and knows that she needs to make space to do this.  She asked such a simple and profound question...what do you want to make room for?  I am an "aholic".  It seems that many things that I do, I do it a lot - like the internet (lets just lump that all together - facebook, e-mail, blogging, my new "aholic" - Pinterest).  Lets add to that some of the TV shows that I like - NCIS and most recently The Closer.  Next is my Etsy shop, the Friday night art group, the two online art swaps I was in (those were really fun), Sunday school, women's ministries, weekly meetings, weekly small group, full-time job, volunteer, wife, mom, friend, etc.... I am nuts!  Well, do you want to know what I did?  Since I started my new side business, I knew that in order to be somewhat successful that I needed to shed some of the other activities.  I LOVE to create, but I had to be realistic and see that I was not going to make "my millions" with what I created.  That's not a bad thing.  Now, I actually enjoy thinking of ideas that I want to do and don't worry about whether or not it sells. So, to make a long story short - I am slowly "making space."  How about you?  What are you making space for?
Blessings,