The Daily 'Grind' ??

Most days end like this... I’m quietly sipping my one glass of wine in my little stem-less glass that used to belong to my grandparents while I ‘putter’ at my desk.

The day started as usual at 7ish with a couple cups of coffee, and my husband cooking breakfast and getting lunch ready for our daughter – yes, I’m very spoiled that way – he is a chef and does ALL the cooking in the house.

I read and sip my coffee before checking the overnight orders on the computer and any immediate email communication from back east.

Often my husband, Joe, takes our daughter to school while I start the working day. Other days the 3 of us and the dog will walk the 15 minutes to school. The schedule is a bit different now because school ends tomorrow - so today I stayed home and walked the dog myself.

I have complete flexibility of my time and can chose which hours I work but for several months now, I have been starting the day off with work (after the 15 minutes or so of reading), then working all day – hanging out with the family for a couple hours in the evening going to the gym (often with my daughter), or a family walk or run, then starting the ‘night shift’. And eventually relaxing at my desk, joining my husband in the living room and curling up to bed with a good book, at about 12:30ish until it’s time to start over again at 7:00 am.

Why would I share this with you and why should you care? Maybe you don’t care, but I’m sharing it with you because I am actively building a business, actively following the MoneyMinding teaching and still having time to learn, exercise, and hang out with my family and friends (weekends usually are friends).

Maybe it’s not a schedule you want to keep – and I don’t want you to think you need to, I just thought someone might like to know that all the business things that have been accomplished over the past year (see below in the entry called ‘the Dreaming Room’) have not come ‘at all costs.’

And on that note, I’m going to do my computer back up and go join my husband in the living room, then dive into my current book: The Four Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss.

And I’ll leave you to ponder your ‘daily grind’ and whether the time you’re spending is focused on your real life and financial priorities – and if not what needs to change, how will it change and when???????

Blessings everyone,

Tracy

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