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What Matters Most to Me (+Giveaway)
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I’ve been thinking a lot about what matters most to me as a woman, a career woman, a wife, a mother and other titles and roles I take on in my daily life. There are lots of things that matter, but some things matter more. Learning to let go of the smaller things is a challenge for me, but I’m really making strides by reminding myself to keep focused on what matters most.
On the My Tree Matters tool at the One-A-Day Multi-vitamins website, I took a few minutes to choose what really matters to me this year. Last year, I would have chosen career without thinking. So much has changed this year and I chose health, creativity and relationships. These are three of the things I have been working on this year and, really, they do matter most to me. Since the beginning of the year, I have been challenging myself to get healthy both by being active and eating a better diet. Creatively, I have been pushing myself out of my comfort zone when it comes to writing and photography, both of which are my respective careers. I find that, sometimes, working in a field you love can stifle your creative voice. As such, I’ve really been pushing myself to do more creative work instead of just work-work. Relationship wise, I have been working hard to nurture the relationship with my husband and with my friends. I have been rewarded tenfold for all of the effort I have put into each of these areas of my life. Because of the health work I have been doing, I have more energy. Because I have more energy, I have more pizazz when it comes to creativity. Because of that pizazz, I feel better about myself which leads to a more confident self in my relationships. Now that’s something to be thankful for!
I think what has helped me through this busy, difficult and wonderful year is that I have kept my focus on the positive. I’m not saying that it hasn’t been hard at times. Just last week we passed what would have been my grandparents 54th anniversary. I broke down in tears that morning. Throughout the day, I kept busy with my children and tried to keep my chin up. When I talked to my grandma that evening, we talked about the amazing man that he was and how he loved all of us so much. We toasted to his memory and his legacy. Things like that conversation, a nurturing, loving one, are really what matter most to me when it comes down to it.
Now I want to hear about what matters most to you. Has your perspective changed?. Leave me a comment about how you view the things that matter most in your life by September 11, 2010. A random winner will win a $150 Visa Gift Card sponsored by BlogHer. There’s also a chance for more $150 gift cards on the other participating blogs and another $100 Visa Gift Card from BlogHer is also located on the Exclusive Offers Page. Read more on the Official Rules page.
My family matters most to me and how happy they are.Thats what really matters
jacksoncrisman@yahoo.com
My children and husband matter way more to me than a clean house. Not that my house is filthy, but I’m not endlessly dusting like a maniac. I’d rather have fun with my family.
mami2jcn at gmail dot com
Living life to the fullest is what matters most to me. My kids are mostly grown, and I’ve dodged the bullet on what doctors first thought would be terminal. These days I want to live my life loving every day, and impart that joie de vivre to my kids and to society at large.
fab50kate at gmail dot com
I used to think that what other people thought of me (and what they thought I should do) was what really mattered. NOW I am aware of just how crazy (and impossible) that was. As long as I’m okay with it, my spouse is okay with it, and it is healthy THAT is what matters.
It’s amazing what being a part of a healthy team actually helps you learn.
Great post…and could your kids be any cuter??
My husband and children are most important to me. As I get older, I realize more and more HOW important family is! I always want them to know how loved they are and never take a single day for granted!
What matters most to me at the moment is to start doing things for myself. I’m always taking care of my dad or my brother or sister that I forget to live for myself. I’ve learned it’s okay to put me first sometimes!
Some of the things that make my life worth living is my mom. She is my everything. I do not have any children so I look up to my mom. I wish I could be like her. I feel like such a loser sometimes. kytah00@yahoo.com
My family for sure – but there are things I have to do, have to get in order, so that I can be there as my best me for my family. And that includes making time for me to walk/run/hike almost daily. I’m a much happier and nicer person to be around then!
WHAT MATTERS MOST TO ME IS THE WELL BEING OF MY DAUGHTER AND SON. I WORK MY BUTT OFF TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE CLOTHED AND FED, AS WELL AS HAVE A SHELTER. I DON’T DO IT BECAUSE I HAVE TO, I DO IT BECAUSE I WANT TO! EMAIL ME @ gmissycat@yahoo.com
An important change in my life was when I decided to work for myself, teaching music and making art. I knew right away these things matter more than the stability and extra money of the 9 to 5 job I had.
having the energy to keep with my twin boys and remain the true tomboy at heart that I am.
My perspective has changed over the years. I wish I had been less focused on a clean house and more focused on my sons when they were growing up. They would have been happier and so would I.
My husband, kids, extended family and friends and job have always been a given but lately my focus has been on moving…we’ve well outgrown this “starter” house the past 20 years and my goal is buying a larger house in the suburbs where my daughter can go to a good school. It’s rough because the housing market has bottomed out and sometimes I think we’re never going to “get out”. I’ve been focusing on what I can do each day to work toward my goal. I made a list of tasks that need to be done before we can list our house and every day I try to cross one thing off the list whether it’s a big one like “purge all outgrown clothes stored in the attic” or just “clean off the washer and dryer”. I also have a list of family tasks that I try to have us do every few weeks like “clean out the garage”..it’s amazing how quickly we can get it done when we’re all working together as a team.
My family. My family is the most important thing in my life
This year we moved away from our entire extended family. Being alone, just our own little family of five, without grandparents and cousins, sisters and parents, it makes me realize how important it is to have our own traditions. (And how important it is to call home!!)
Definitely my family!
My family takes priority. Every time.
My two Grandsons matter the most to me!!!
My children and my husband matter most to me
My motto has always been, “Whatever makes you happy.” That’s still what matters most to me…that everybody finds that thing that makes them most happy.