Lately, I\u2019ve been thinking that you can take a woman out of the finance field, but you can\u2019t take the finance field out of the women. Why? Well, when I worked in finance, we always went over companies\u2019 quarterly reports. I still carry that with me, because every 3 months, I evaluate how the last 3 months of my life have been going. Then, I make adjustments to my yearly goals accordingly. Finally, I make goals for the next three months. It sounds a little crazy, but it really is helpful\u2026so much so that I even have my husband \u201cinto\u201d it \u2013 albeit at a much lesser degree. <\/p>\n
The first three months of 2009 has been great. Life is good. I\u2019ve had to adjust some goals (primarily due to scheduling) but overall things have been going beyond my greatest expectations (i.e. being able to blog for Disney\u2019s Dreamers Academy). Of course, there have also been a few challenges. For instance, Disney Online is buying all of the Internet assets of Kaboose (the owners of my paying job). This could be great (even more opportunities!) or not so great (as in I\u2019m fired from my wonderful, well-paying, work-from home job of three years) news. Time will tell. I think because my days have been so full, I\u2019m really learning to take everything day by day. That leads me to the #1 lesson that I have learned (so far) this year: I need to make time to rest from all of my work on a consistent basis.<\/strong><\/p>\n Although I don\u2019t write about it a lot (because I personally think religion is best shared person to person), I am a Christian. Since last week, I\u2019ve been studying out the term \u201cday\u201d in the Bible<\/em>, because I was starting to feel like there wasn\u2019t enough time in each day to get everything that I wanted\/needed accomplished. I\u2019ve only gotten up through Genesis 2, but it has been helpful. It\u2019s really made me think about what I\u2019m trying to create\/ accomplish. If it\u2019s good, then it\u2019s worth the effort. If not, then I probably don\u2019t need to be doing it! (I was surprised by how many things that I could cut out of my day and still accomplish what I need to\u2026) At the end of last week\u2019s study, I came to the part about the seventh day of creation. God had finished His work, so he rested. That\u2019s my new goal: to finish all of my work in six days and rest one day of the week.<\/strong> Of course, that\u2019s going to take some \u201ctweaking of my schedule\u201d. However, I reason that if God can take a break one day a week without everything falling apart, then surely I can too! Right?<\/p>\n