May 26, 2019 8:35am

Here I am cheesing and living my best life at one of my best friend's awesome Beautiful Boss Women in White 2019 event!  It was truly amazing and I met so many beautiful boss women that are making great moves in life.  After a great chat with one of the panelist who encouraged me to start blogging....Here I am!!!  It wasn't until after she suggested it that I started to think of all the things I had to say.  I am currently a wife, a bonus mom, a dog mom, an author, a teacher, and a minister and I'm still trying to put on more hats.  I don't know how many other people are like me but for some reason I cannot seem to stop piling responsibilities onto my plate!  When I complete one, I am drawn to like 5 others and in the process I end up becoming burnt out and stressed.  It wasn't until recently that I realized I had this terrible habit of biting off more than I could chew.  Just because you are capable of doing everything, doesn't mean that you should do everything.  Some things are just not worth peace and sanity and sometimes it's difficult to realize you are giving up so much of your peace when each time you accept a new challenge you are only giving a small piece of it away.  

I found myself taking 2 classes that would add special endorsements to my teaching certificate while still trying to promote my 2 children's books, be a wife, be a bonus mom, be a good friend, teach 2nd grade, plan projects and fun activities, prepare messages for church, do laundry (because that's a whole other animal in itself), read daily, workout daily, eat properly, and just be an adult.  I stopped and asked myself, why am I doing this because if you don't have a strong why, then you may want to stop doing what you're doing.  I realized at the core of my why was a lack of trust.  I was taking these classes to get the endorsements to help God help put me where I wanted to be.  I hated taking the classes and was completely stressed just thinking about them and the assignments.  A huge weight was lifted when I finally sat down and had my moment of clarity.  God doesn't need our help to promote us in the sense that I was trying to help.  If I did things my way and was successful in it, then it would discredit God.  So many times I felt and heard God within my spirit say, "I got you."  But I continue to get in the way of letting God do what He does.  Sometimes you just have to relax and let God do things in His time and that's just what I intend to do.  I dropped one of the classes because it was too late to drop the other one.  I feel so much hope in the prospect of how God will move in my life!  What things are you holding that you should give to God?  I've given Him my load and I'm going to be spending time soaking up the sun and relaxing in peace and clarity until next time.

Signing off,

Sasha

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