"Progress, not Perfection"

{One of Justin's favorite photos...all of his girls}

Happy Friday Peeps!  How we doing today??? Excellent!  I have ten minutes to write a quick little blog here.  I've been asked by a handful of sweet readers this question....."How are you able to run your business, while you have newborn twins?" 

 And that my friends, is an excellent question and one that I ask myself about ten times a day. And the answer is: I don't know, I'm still figuring it out. 

Things I have learned in the past three months about this topic:

1.) I can no longer be a perfectionist freak about things that I used to be a freak about.  Example: In the past you would never see a "non professional" photo hit my blog. I was {still am}" a photo snob".  Professional photos make everything look SO MUCH more professional.  But, this blog isn't just about my business it's about my life.  And well, my life isn't professional all the time.  And the truth is....the readers...don't really care.  They like knowing what's going on, in real time.  So that's why you've seen such and increase in non professional photos....however they have all at least gone through the "instagram" filter, so I am still a half freak.

2.) "Start Where You Are, Use What You Have, Do What You Can".  This is my favorite quote right now, for this time in my life.  In the past if something wasn't just right, often times I would draaaag my feet on a project.....taking forever to finish.  I just don't have that luxury anymore, my family needs me. 

3.) Right now, I'm working part time.  My J.Starr office hours are a dedicated 20 hours a week on Wednesday, Thursday, and Fridays {and of course more on the weekends when I have scheduled events}.  During those hours I have hired help to take care of my sweet little loves, and I have the amazing luxury of working at home from my {soon to be awesome....still unpacking and decorating} home studio.  I love my business and love growing it! But right now, I can only do that on a part time basis, and I have to be okay with that.  My little bunnies will only be little for a short time, I have to soak up as much as possible.

4.)  Write it down!  I have to write everything down.  I'm a list making machine...it's the only way I can relax my brain and be able to fully invest in my daily activities { business projects, time with the babies, working out, date nights, social time with friends, cleaning and errands, and on and on}. 

5.) I don't beat myself up so much.  I can be pretty critical of myself (as most women are) If things don't go as planned all the time, that's okay...I usually have a back up plan. 

And that's where I'm at right now, I'm sure this will change 100 more times this year.  But I feel pretty good about it.  "It's about progress, not perfection."