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Just Get Started; Regardless Of What It Is You Want To Do!

March 30, 2016
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You want to start your own business but don't know if it is the right time? Just get started!When I started my Little Ruby Designs business 16 years ago, I was not in a position to start a company and attempt to work from home.  I actually had another business at the time (and a brand new baby) and I wanted to quit a thriving enterprise to start a new one.  I had $300 to invest.  It was a bad idea by all intents and purposes.  But I just decided to get started.   And it worked out…at least for a while.  I will talk more about that later on.

Once Begun is Almost Done

Fast forward to present day.  I started a new full-time job in November piloting a medical assistant program for a new start-up career college.  During the lull between being hired and starting my classes, I had a ton of time on my hands to explore the internet, do some personal research, and think about what I want from the future.  I decided that now was the time to achieve my goal of an advanced degree.  So I researched and enrolled in a master’s degree program.  Choosing my passion…education.  My classes are fun and introspective, and I have thought of a thousand creative ways to use what I am learning to achieve my goals.  Other things happened during that time when I had too much time on my hands too, or immediately after as recruiting and classes got underway.  I realized that I get frustrated with students who cannot be honest with themselves (or me for that matter) in terms of attending class and finishing assignments.  I realized that I am a little fried.  And I remembered something else…something incredibly important.  Something…magical.  I remembered that I really want to be my own boss.  Working full-time (I have a part time job too) and being in school full-time and being a single Mom of two kids is plenty of work.  Too much, perhaps, at least according to some.  But, I want to blog, I want to build my Little Ruby Designs business, I want to help others find their purpose, chase their dreams and find success in their own lives, however they define it.  I want, eventually to have control over my schedule, to live on acreage with horses, goats, a pig, and maybe some chickens.  I don’t want to commute from my country oasis to a job I don’t love.  I have too many irons in the fire and now is not the time for such fanciful musings.  I could wait until the time is right.  Or I could just get started.

So here we are.  Let’s get this thing started!

Thank you for coming with me on my journey!

I want to know what your aspirations are too!  What would you attempt if you knew that you could not fail??  The sky is the limit…dream big!

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A Journey of Self-Discovery

March 23, 2016
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I am about to embark on a journey of self-transformation, and I would like to invite you along for the ride.  Maybe you have your own changes to make in your life, maybe you are a self-help guru who thirsts for new knowledge, or maybe you have already made this journey and just want to watch me toil with mine!  Wherever you are in your life, thank you for taking the time to interact with and impact mine.

Here’s who I am.  I am a forty-something Mom of two amazing kids.  They are 13 and 16 years old.  While they are terrific human beings, the teen years offer some struggles, and I am raising them mostly on my own for the last 8

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years.  After getting my college degree and never really finding my career niche in social work, I became a medical assistant, which I love, and over the last three years have moved into a mentorship role as an educator in the field.  I love what I do…in theory.  I work full time at a career college and I have to admit, for the first time in my life, I really am not happy with my work.  I dread getting out of bed in the morning to go to work.  I also work a part-time job that I really enjoy and I run a home-business for the past 16 years that is truly a labor of love.  There have been ups and downs but overall this is where my passion lies. But I am stuck.  Medical assisting doesn’t pay enough for a single Mom to run a household.  I struggle to get hours at my part-time job and my home-business, although it offered a great income pre-recession…and allowed me to be home when I was married and my kids were small…well, it just isn’t where it needs to be, nor am I currently able to invest the amount of time that it truly deserves or that it needs to be successful.  So frustrating!  But on the flipside, I love my relationships with my children, I have great friends that I cherish, I still have both my parents (and an older brother) whom I adore and support me in everything I do, I have two adorable quirky rescue dogs who make me smile every day, and a bunny who is the best antidepressant ever discovered.  I am pursuing my master’s degree in education, and really enjoying my courses and that process.  So it’s not all bad.  In fact, I would say that it is more than 70% good.  But I would like that good percentage to be higher. I dream of being self-employed and being able to invest myself into doing what I love.  I dream of helping people the way I have helped my students find who they want to be, but without the heartache and the stress and the bureaucracy that teaching in the private college industry seems to be fraught with.

Something has to give. But what will that be?  I have NO idea…and yet I have some pretty strong desires and visions about what my life should look like.  That’s why I am starting this journey.  And that is why I decided to do it publicly.  I am happy to share what I learn along the way with you. If you are a Mom who dreams of staying home with your kids and having a successful business, if you feel that you are in a job rut, or if you just feel like you are not living the best life that you can be right now I hope that you will take this journey with me.  Through my posts I hope to share inspiration, purpose, maybe some business advice, and just real talk about what it is like to be a woman and to struggle as a mother, in your romantic relationships, and finding your way in the world.

Thanks for coming along!  Let’s talk again soon!

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