No Regrets

Four Things You CAN'T Recover:

The Stone after the throw.

The Word after it's said.

The Occasion after it's missed.

The Time after it's gone.

I'm known for not having a "filter." Basically, I say whatever is on my mind. Is it always the best moment to say it, NO. Is it always the nicest thing that comes out, NO. However, without the filter, I can always be counted on to tell it like it is. So I've never regretted anything I've ever said, just the TIMING of when I said it. 

But I do try to live by the above rules and have no regrets. Especially the time and occasion. 

My entire life revolves around my children. I truly love spending time with them. It's rare that I don't WANT them around me. I'm never excited when a week-long break ends and they go back to school. I don't enjoy leaving them to work. I don't love going out on a Friday night and leaving them behind. 

I do take the occasional hour or two to myself. I run to get a manicure about once per month (SHELLAC is awesome, it lasts me a month, even though it says it will only last 14 days - the trick is CUTICLE OIL EVERY NIGHT before bed, with some hand lotion). Yes, I go spend a couple of hours with a friend for dinner - I just did that last night with my friend, Diana. Tried out TGIFriday's menu - found a Cobb Salad that was great and fit into my calories I like to stick to in my meals! And sure, I will run a couple of errands here and there. 

When I began Arbonne in February of 2011, it was suppose to be my way of working without having to leave the kids. Well, it wasn't. I missed a lot of things because I had to run to a meeting that lasted FOREVER, or do a party that was super far away and I couldn't get home to put them to bed, or a one-on-one that ran late and I'd be scrambling to get to my kids at school. That wasn't what I signed up for. And honestly, it just wasn't worth the income. Not for me. 

HOWEVER, I do not REGRET the fact that I did Arbonne for that time. It led me to my amazing life I have now. Without being introduced to Arbonne, I never would have connected with the most amazing Lisa DeMayo, who was able to provide me with the best company I could have ever hoped to work with. But more importantly, she helped me get my life back. 

I was miserable, not just because of Arbonne, but because I was tired all the time. I had no energy. I walked around like a zombie and it was like that for a long time. About two years. Chronic headaches for 3 years. Migraines at least once a month. My head was always in pain, which caused a lot of stress and exhaustion. Which then led to me snapping at everyone around me, including my kids who I just adore. They deserved better. They deserved all the of the things I had learned in my parenting book I had been referring to for months.

I called Lisa out of pure desperation, because I could NOT keep going at the rate I was going. I would have dug my own grave. Just wasn't working for this girl.

I was already regretting the TIME that was already gone, but I was not about to live in regret because of more time away from my kids due to bad health, or a business that was just TOO TIME CONSUMING.

Plus, I love the way I look and feel........so I regret no words I have said, nor do I regret the time at Arbonne, it led me to my life I have now.

For the first time, in YEARS, I feel like I'm "home." And it's not just "home" as in my house, but rather in my body/my skin, my business, my friends, my family and in LIFE.

Does that make sense? I'm just living my life with NO REGRETS. I'm healthy, happy and "When I walk in the spot, (yea) this is what I see (okaay) Everybody stops and they staring at me.....I'm sexy and I know it." (If you aren't familiar, this is the lyrics from LMFAO's Sexy and I Know It, minus the passion in my pants part. I'm keeping this as G-Rated as I can.)

So WIGGLE, WIGGLE, WIGGLE, WIGGLE, WIGGLE, YEAH!