How to Create Your Dream Life

I was on a call with my mentor and some other up-and-coming leaders on my team this week and we were talking about how many people WANT time freedom, but they don’t want to add another thing to their already busy day.Oh girlfriend… I know how that is. Just one year ago, I was a physical education teacher working 40+ hours per week, with an hour commute every day, and 2 other businesses I was running. Even before that, I was coaching what felt like full time on top of my full time job, which meant many, many hours away from home.All I wanted was to be HOME. All I wanted to was the FREEDOM + FLEXIBILITY to put my daughter on the bus everyday. To go have lunch with her at school. To not feel rushed to get out the door in the morning and feel like I had ZERO time with my family.I struggled unwinding from work to home life. I couldn’t focus. And Lord knows I definitely wasn’t present at all.I was EXHAUSTED.I was BURNT OUT.I just wanted something DIFFERENT.I started in online business 4.5 years ago, when I was pregnant with Miles. I had already done the whole full time mama, full time teacher thing for 3 years with one kid, and I knew that I didn’t want to - really, COULDN’T - do the same thing with kid #2. I wanted something DIFFERENT. I wanted that freedom + flexibility I was craving.BUT HOW WAS I GOING TO GET IT?Enter network marketing + online business.Many times, especially those of us who are working full time out of the home and are already busy with 100,000,000,000 other things, the thought of adding ONE. MORE. THING. to our already busy schedule sounds, well, impossible.But, I’m here to tell you from personal experience, it’s NOT impossible - IF you are willing to make a few little sacrifices.And this is where creating an ideal day comes into play. Right after I started working with my business coach + mentor, she had me do something that pretty much changed the way I thought of things and what I was working toward. Yes, I was working toward being able to be HOME with my kids. But, the thing I was working toward was FREEDOM. Time Freedom to be exact.So, she had me create 2 things. Bust out your spreadsheets, people. We are going to GET TO WORK!1. Create your current day and how - as your best self - you would like it to look.What does your current schedule look like RIGHT NOW? So, add in ALL the things you are obligated to do currently. Most likely, this is your work schedule, kids games + practices, and any other things that are MANDATORY for you right now.Next, add in all those little extra things you do - church, Bible study, PTO meetings, etc.Lastly, add in the things that you WANT to be doing into your day - your workout, lunch or dinners out, getting a massage or mani/pedi, etc.This is what mine looked like just one year ago…Here’s the thing you need to know about working toward your DREAM…It’s going to take some sacrifice. I had to fit working my business into the nooks + crannies of my day. I had to wake up extra early to get my run in. I had to stay up later to do more work. I had to SAY NO to a lot of things in order to get things done.But, I had in my head what I was working toward, which brings us to the next thing you need to do…2. Create your DREAM SCHEDULE.This is different than what you just did. That was your ideal schedule for where you are at RIGHT NOW. Now, you get to DREAM. What would you like your day to look like? Do you want to wake up early or sleep in? Do you want to take a nap in the afternoon? When would you work your business? What are you doing with your kids during the day? By creating this, you have the VISION of what life can be like. THIS is what you are working toward.Ideally, I think we ALL crave time freedom. The ability to set our own hours, work when we want, where we want, and live life fully on our terms.Y’all, it’s possible. I’m living proof that DREAM exists. I wasn’t sure when. I wasn’t sure how. But, I could SEE this in my head. I VISUALIZED what my days would look like. And I made short-term sacrifices in order to get there. I’m not saying you have to work harder or longer or give up your social life. I’m saying, you’ve got to work smarter and be willing to do the things that will get you to where you want to go.Start believing it. Start visualizing it. And I’m telling you, you’re going to REAP the REWARDS and create the DREAM LIFE for yourself.