“In my busyness, I have learned to give God thanks…”
Oh, hey y’all! Happy New Year! I took much of January off from writing to focus solely on my accounting practice and prepare for the upcoming busy season. So I’m back (kind of) to discuss how I manage my season of business, and the potential stress of it all!
Have you ever been so busy, that you begin to complain about it? Not sleeping, not eating (properly or at all), or even having enough time to do the things you need to do. Very stressful, right? RIGHT! Well…Welcome to my January – April of TWENTY-EVERY YEAR! It’s my busy season, as I am an accountant, and Co-Owner of J&F Advisors, PLLC (book your appointment online *wink*). This is the time of year where I have to miss a ton of invites, and my friends wonder if I’m acting funny because I don’t call!
Being busy use to really take a toll on me, until one day I had an epiphany! I was complaining about what I’d asked God to allow me to do! My prayers went a something like this, “God give me the knowledge and tools to grow my business. Help me to find favor amongst many, and the ability to present a favorable product to my clients.” Super good prayer! I didn’t think about what that growth and favor looked like, then; but I can SURELY tell you what it looks like now! It looks like….BUSY!
I am constantly multitasking, running from one meeting to the next, scrambling for time, and usually running out. In my busyness, I have learned to give God thanks, and to pray for the strength, willingness, and hunger to go after it all. I’ve also prayed for God to deliver me from this season of busyness, as he sees fit, because only He knows how I want to spend a week on a beach for my birthday (which falls during busy season).
The other option of complaining and being unappreciative; let me tell you exactly where that got me: moody, stressed out, and burnt out! Changing my perspective, changed my enthusiasm around the hard work that’s required to be a business owner, or to work a job at all! Heavy is the head that wears the crown. It helped me to realize that the very things I pray for, require hard work, tenacity, resilience, and PATIENCE!
Let’s not dismiss that fact that we get tired with everything that Mom’s juggle, and please don’t ever think that to be successful you have to skip out on sleep! I am a night owl, naturally; I also understand the value in rest! Running on empty will have you in a race that you’ll never win! So, I am not suggesting that you don’t get rest! Instead, I’m shedding a little light to say, appreciate your season of busyness, and work and pray for it’s ending. Realize that it’s apart of the “Glow Up”, and move along with your day! You got this, baby girl!
Loved this read!