ME!!!
Yep, today is my 32nd birthday. This past year has been pretty eventful. In honor of no longer being 31, here are 31 things I did from my 31st year:
- Worked until I went into labor
- Went through labor without pain meds again
- Had a baby
- Cried a lot to my husband about thinking I wouldn’t be able to handle 2 children
- Learned that I could handle both an infant and a preschooler at the same time
- Stayed home with my baby for 11 weeks before returning to work
- Returned to writing about motherhood at “mom with a blog”
- Gave a presentation to 6th graders about the importance of writing
- Celebrated being married for a year
- Fell in love with my husband 365 days
- “Ran” a race–I say ran loosely because there was lots of walking
- Began quilting
- Sold my first quilt
- Helped my hubs get a new job in his career field
- Started The Crunchy Mommy blog
- Incorporated my company as The Crunchy Mommy, LLC
- Opened my first business accounts
- Opened an Etsy Shop
- Have completed 38 orders on my Etsy Shop
- Made a whipped body butter that has made the symptoms of my daughter’s eczema disappear
- Started selling that
- Quit my job in corporate America to follow my dreams
- Started sewing for myself
- Started sewing for other’s and selling my pieces
- Rejoined a gym
- Started swimming again
- Fell in love with thrifting
- Binge watched Sense 8 (such an amazing series)
- Read #GIRLBOSS and totally recommend it
- Got into listening to audiobooks
- Stopped being afraid of my past and started living freely in my present and looking forward to my future
I always feel bad when people ask me what I want for my birthday. I’ve married the man of my dreams who has so much faith in me that he encouraged me to follow my dreams. I’m a mom which is something I’ve always wanted to be. I’m healthy. My babies are healthy. So what could I want?
Well, there are some things I want but they can’t really be given to me… But here’s what I would want if I were asking:
- To not judge my beauty based upon the numbers on the scale, measuring tape, or size in clothes
- To stop having breakouts on my skin like I’m 13 again
- For my business to be a success so I know that I made the right decision in leaving corporate
- Lifelong protection from harm for my loved ones
- Racism to end and for the world to embrace and love each other for the differences we have
Since I don’t believe in not working on a problem when I see it, for my 32nd year of life I’ve given myself a challenge. It’s going to be super difficult for me because I struggle with consistency and discipline but these are also things I want to work on. Everyday this year I will work out minimum of 20 minutes per day, plan out my days the night before and keep a jar where I write something that was great for that day in it.
Well, I’m off to see how many free things I can get for my birthday!!!
xoxo
