Get up, be awesome, go to sleep, repeat

So let me go do some 'splaining about Domestic Diva and what happened during a great big ol' gap of years when I didn't post.

Life happened. The end.

Actually, I have some excellent excuses for why I went years without posting. I took on more duties at work.

I finished a master's degree in project management (don't you love irony? I can manage projects yet can't blog for years), and then there were the ebbs and flows of emotion that happen when you become a widow and raise four kids on your own.

Although I like to think that the kiddos are active participants in the raising of each other in our family. They raise me as much as I raise them. They're my heart, and each is awesome in his or her own way.

The truth is, though, that I could have been blogging and instead let things get in my way. Not major things like family, but little things like scheduling and laundry (not sure laundry is ever little but you get what I am saying).

Same with writing a book. I had wanted to for years yet never got past the first few pages because I did not make that dream a priority.

I'm happy to say that (a) I believe you are never behind so you should just jump in where you are, and (b) the book's almost finished. This weekend is going to be a writing fest. I have coffee in the cabinet, so I am ready to go. I plan to get things finished Monday before a meet-and-greet at The Clarion-Ledger tent at the Mississippi State Fair at 5 p.m.

You notice, I just made that a public statement, and I'll tweet about it, too. You put things out there like that, and they tend to happen. I didn't tell people about my previous literary attempts, and guess what? They didn't happen.

I think sometimes we like to let things get in the way of our own awesomeness potential. Subconsciously, I think our own awesomeness potential is a little scary, so we stick to what we know, which is the ordinary and the same ol' same ol'. I know I do this ... sometimes, when I block out time for my own personal awesomeness, which is writing my book, I will think about running the dishwasher or mopping the floor. Weird but true.

So today, and each day, take some time just to work on what would be something awesome in your life. Just 15 minutes, or block out an afternoon for it. Don't be afraid of being awesome ... your best is just ahead. It is far better to be awesome with dirty dishes.