Hi, I’m Shannon!
I am a mom, wife, daughter, sister, business owner, friend, community member, and ultramarathon runner.
Holding all of these roles is a blessing, I try to give everyday a 100% effort. All of these roles are important and dear to me.
How do I do it?
How does holding and maintaining all of these roles play out?
Let’s take a look…
Everyday, I strive to give my 100%
- Ultramarathon training
- Parenting
- Being an awesome wife
- Running my business
- Caring about others
- Connecting with God
- Growth
- Learning
- Understanding
- Self-care
So, what happens when I can’t give it all?
Does everything fall apart?
When I can’t give 100%
It’s human to get tired. Not having full battery power every day doesn’t mean that I have failed, it means that I need to rest.
It might also mean that something isn’t working out in the most helpful way, so I need to pause and reevaluate.
I also might not have the solution to every perceived problem because there are many occasions in life where I don’t have all of the information to solve a problem.
Acknowledging that I don’t have all of information, especially if it is out of my control. It is going to be okay.
I’m not going to give a bunch of power over to the anxiety that not having all of the information causes.
I rest, but I don’t stop.
- I rest
- I reset however I need to
- I reflect
- Feel whatever I need to feel
- Try to figure out what went wrong, if anything
- Growth
- Learning
- Understanding
- Try not to be so hard on myself
- Try to accept the advice for myself that I give others
- Self-care
- Pick myself up and carry on
- Stay focused on my goals
I hope that sharing this information was helpful.
How about yourself?
How do you prevail?
What do you do during rough times?
How do you recharge your batteries?
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