I am still figuring out how to do all of this guilt-free: how to go to the gym without thinking about the laundry back home, and how to drop my son at daycare while I work while thinking about how I should spend more time with him instead. I am lucky to have a tremendous support system from my family and friends, so this guilt is entirely self-imposed. It takes pep talks to myself, a great pair of headphones to tune out the competing dialogues in my head, and allowing myself to work on one thing at a time in order to get through each day and feel like it was well-spent.
I’m looking forward to thinking about success differently in 2019. Success is providing fun experiences for my boys every month. Success is starting a business in the food space. Success is accomplishing what I choose to focus on day to day. Success is making and keeping self-care appointments. But most of all, success is a work in progress.