Happy February to you! I can’t believe January is done and we’re now into the second month of 2016. I just ordered Valentine’s Day cards for my kids to hand out, but I still need to find some Minecraft ones for my middle kiddo. Hoping Target helps a mama out. Then comes the fun part of trying to make at least 2 of them write their name…the oldest on 25 of them. Should be fun! I can already feel the love ;)
At the first of the year, I briefly mentioned the idea of being the CEO of our family/household, and needing to approach our lives/family/household with that concept in mind. Over December, when I was feeling a bit too busy and under-prepared, Jason and I were having a conversation where I was asking and venting about feeling inadequate and overwhelmed. He said, “You may not like hearing this, but you are the CEO of this family and you really need to run our life and this house with that approach.” I think he thought I was going to be offended or something, but I LOVED the idea. I could totally understand that concept of running our lives and our home with that approach as a driving force.
I run 2 businesses. The first is a legitimate business: Living Solutions Interior Design. I feel like I have come a long way in the organization and implementation of running my own interior design business. There’s definite room for improvement when it comes to this CEO idea and my business and this blog that is a creative extension of that. That’s maybe for another day, another post :) My other “business” is this family that I love more than I can ever express in words, and the household that we call home.
Some days go so smoothly and according to plan that I feel like superwoman. Other days are a complete fail. Before I really embraced this idea of being the CEO, I felt like I was treading water with a strong undertow ready to take me under. I would start off strong and something would go awry, it would derail me and I would feel like I was playing catch up by 8:02am.
Now don’t get me wrong, in the past month or so, since having adopted this mindset, there definitely have been days when I felt ready to be whisked away by the craziness of it all. But I have been better prepared and have approached my days more with a plan and a purpose and that has helped when something unexpected pops up, schedules change, someone is sick and I need to bend with life.
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a chief executive officer, the highest-ranking person in a company or other institution, ultimately responsible for making managerial decisions.
Sometimes I want to just hand over the reigns and have my husband make all the decisions. I want to take a break and go hide.
And he helps me a TON around here. I seriously couldn’t accomplish half of all I do in a given day without his help. But I tend to make the day to day decisions. I know and decide our family’s schedule for the most part. I know where everyone is supposed to be, what uniform is dirty and needs to be cleaned, and what groceries or household products we are running low on and I’m usually the one to drive everyone to practice or run to the grocery store, etc. So it makes sense that I take on the CEO role of our day to day lives.
As the CEO of our lives, there are a few very clear responsibilities.
You need to be clear of your overall mission.
This isn’t easy and I don’t think its really ever totally set in stone, since we evolved and grow, but we all have an idea of the direction we want our lives and our families to take, whether it’s somewhat vague or clearly defined.
You need to know what success looks like to you.
This is totally different for each and every one of us.
You need to know what your top priorities are in life.
Make a list of what’s most important to you in life.
A successful business knows it’s mission, it’s employees {or perhaps family members!} know their role, the value they add to the overall company {or family} and what is expected of them. There is always a budget to balance, monthly and yearly goals, weekly meetings and every day tasks to accomplish.
This concept doesn’t need to be so regimented. Life can change minute by minute and we can be thrown curve balls when we are least expecting it. But I have found the less of an overall plan and routine I/we have, the easier I get derailed when those bumps occur. This post was becoming a novel, so over the next few weeks I’m going to break it down and dive a little deeper into this idea of embracing the CEO in me :)
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LOVE this post Gina! Oh my word. SO SO good. I love the idea of thinking of yourself as the CEO and needing a family plan in place. It really sets the tone and calls for more organization. Your quotes made me laugh! So how I feel most days. Can’t wait to hear more! You are inspiring me and making me want another planning session. :) xo
Thank you sweetie! The last few days I’ve really felt that I can’t adult today. Don’t make me! I think another planning session soon is a must :) xo