Pick three

You know the movie, “Saw?” That (ridiculously terrifying) horror movie in which a serial killer kills tons of people because they aren’t living their life to the fullest? I’m sure that movie wasn’t really meant to have a “moral to the story” but boy did it for me. I remember watching that movie and literally thinking to myself for months afterwards, “Am I living my life to the fullest?! OF COURSE I AM. I LOVE MY LIFE.” Go ahead and picture the stiff smile that comes with it. Well, at the time (about 7 years ago) I wasn’t. I was one of those girls with a life that had absolutely nothing wrong with it, but for some reason I just wasn’t happy. I stayed stagnant in that life for about 2 years until I finally decided I wasn’t going to be one of those people. We all know that person; someone who lives a life just for appearances; or the person who lives a life because they are too scared to make a change; someone who lives a life merely because of convenience. So, I picked up my things, went to grad school, made some ridiculous (but necessary) mistakes along the way and it all lead me here.

Here is a better place than I could have imagined for myself. I am married to one of the best people I have ever known and have birthed the most adorable genius on the planet. As lame as I thought people were that used to say this, I’m going to say this anyways….being a mom and a wife is the best thing that has ever happened to me. I consider myself completely lucky that I live the life that I live, and I try and make time everyday to count my blessings. However, here is my secret, when you are surrounded by such amazing people, you don’t have to TRY to live life to the fullest at all, it just happens. All of that being said, this blog can be summed up with one of my favorite pins on Pinterest:

This pin gives me my motivation. Its underlying meaning is very clear to me: you make time for things that are important to you. You learn this very quickly when you have a baby, because you really have to pick and choose what is important to you to actually get it done. I am by no means a super-woman. I am a regular working mom who still likes to have the resemblance of a regular life. So, every day I wake up and decide “which two” I will pick. Every day is different. On good days I pick four. On lazy days I pick one. But every day I do make sure to live it in a way so that the next morning I won’t wake up and think to myself, “MAN, I really should have done that yesterday.” So you will get to read about my attempts at being a modern woman. One who works full time, has a husband and son, and still tries to have her own life while continuously clinging on to the idea that she is a chef. Hope you enjoy reading as much as I will love to share it with you, and that I will inspire you to “pick three.” J