welcome to love, milk & honey.

I’m a dreamer, always have been.  I’d lie awake as a little girl thinking up fantasy lands and planning out my reign as heroine in them.  My parents raised me to believe I could be anything or anyone I wanted to be; the hardest thing was whittling it all down to my final choice.  I love them for raising me in that mindset and intend to teach my kids the same should I have any; but I’ve also come to realize that dreams aren’t all there is to the equation.  When it comes to becoming, dreaming is only one step of the process.  In my best dreams, I’m an excellent wife, homemaker, blogger, friend, and daughter.  In reality, I struggle with keeping all those plates spinning and keeping my head on straight.  I think it has taken me being in the “adult” world to realize that there is a whole lot more doing than dreaming involved in living a full life.

For me, my best self comes out when I set goals, follow a consistent schedule, keep a clean home, and get out of the house every once in a while!  So what holds me back from doing all those things on a regular basis?  Well, to be totally honest, myself.  Can I get an Amen?  Anyone else get in their own way sometimes?  I have some incredibly unrealistic expectations that I can do it all while sleeping in and living in my pajamas and waking up looking like a supermodel.  That just isn’t the case.  To make the dreams that I have come true, it takes doing.  Consistent, diligent doing.

What dreams of yours have been sacrificed or forgotten due to your lack of “doing”?  What’s stopping you from making a plan right now and sticking to it?  Let’s make a pact to push past those things this week!  The end of waiting until tomorrow, waiting until the time is right, or just waiting period comes now.

Here’s to doing!