Todays Mompreneur

When you put together a busy week, a holiday, some company, and an early appointment the next morning, you will end up with me.

The week was a long one. If you stop by my house, you will find me working. I am always working. That is my life as a mompreneur. However, someone stopped by to visit on Halloween, I took my daughter trick or treating and had to hope that coffee could pull me through until all of my work was done. Of course I had an appointment for my daughter early the next morning (today). It has hard enough getting in at a time that she didn’t have school, so 8:45am was a must.

I am the true example of why you shouldn’t rush yourself and try to play supermom. I found myself with a list of things to do that felt a mile high when I got home. I was exhausted from walking around for over an hour, my knee was acting up and I could have fallen asleep standing. I decided to make pumpkin pie so at least I would have an excuse to not fall asleep while I was on the clock. All was fine and dandy until I took out the cooked pies and let them cool a bit.

I cut a slice of pie.

The bowl slipped from my hands while moving my chair and pie spattered all over my important work notes, my important Today’s Mompreneur post notes, my laptop case, and everything else in between.

So what does someone do when a disaster like this one occurs while they are tired? I don’t know about you but I cried like a baby. I cried because I really wanted that piece of pie. I cried because it ruined nearly half of a brand new legal pad. I also cried because I lost a bunch of notes that I had taken down that were important to me.

As a mompreneur I find myself balancing the work I need to accomplish with family life all the time. I like to think I am not unique in the stress that can creep up and eat you alive if you’re not careful, but I have to wonder:

How many mompreneurs cry over spilled pie?

In that category, I am probably very alone.

I want to hear for you. Do you have your own story of exhaustion? No one said being a mompreneur would be easy, and we’ve all had at least one moment where we’ve felt overloaded. Show everyone that they are not alone and share your personal story in the comments below.

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