For my Atlanta peeps. This weekend is the 2nd annual Atlanta Street Food Festival and in celebration of the Wednesday, July 17th debut of Turbo, 20th Century Fox is bringing the Dos Bros Taco food truck from the film to life at this weekends festival. Not only will the Dos Bros taco truck be there but they are prepared to hand out 500 free tacos with entry, so be sure to book your room at the Holiday Inn Express Atlanta Downtown and get there early!
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If I had a penny, or even half of a penny for every post that I’ve encountered on the blogosphere talking about how Moms and women in general feel about juggling everything from families and careers to being a SAHM and finding time for oneself I would be a rich lady. Very rich.
We see the balancing act daily in our real lives and even on television. Tia and Tamera on The Style Network epitomizes the struggle of trying to be a Mom while juggling career and entrepreneurship dreams. Tia and Tamera are back for season 3 on The Style Network and from the looks of it they are all about finding balance. Take a peek at a clip for the upcoming season! The new season debuts on Sunday, July 14 at 8/7C on Style.
If you could stand to win $2000 swing by Tia and Tamera’s Style Network Page for information on how to enter their Instagram “Who Is Your &(And)?” contest which requires you to take a photo with your favorite person and tag Tia and Tamera on Instagram. Click the link for detailed instructions. Also be sure to follow The Style Network on Instagram.
When it comes to finding balance my opinion of having it all is quite different and I suppose it is attributed to the fact that I’ve worked, and wanted this amazing career and hit the glass ceiling very early on. Hit my head so hard forget climbing back down the ladder I just fell from the top rung and was left splatted and laid out cold on the floor. I woke up dazed and confused wondering why I was at the bottom when it took so long to get to the top and I had sacrificed time with my family and most importantly my happiness.
When I finally peeled myself off of the linoleum I got up with the help of some smelling salts and went soul searching and I found that indeed while there are things that I want, there are external factors that I can’t control. When I realized I could only control my reactions to those factors I became a very happy person. I choose to see the good in everything and everybody until I am proven wrong. I set goals and I plan out the road maps to get to them as reasonably as I can.
See I think people struggle with this because they are trying to go against the grain of what is natural. What is natural is different for everybody but for ME I’ve learned the needs of my family trump everything and I live my life accordingly. I’m not always the best mother and wife but at this point in my life having it all is making sure they are happy, and second comes growing a successful career working from home. My priorities are as such and in that order. When I feel stressed I go back to what’s most important and I work everything else around that.
Finding balance hasn’t been easy and from day to day I feel like I’m dangling over the Grand Canyon by my puny arms but I start over fresh daily. Looking at what I did right and what I did wrong and moving forward. I demand certain things when it comes to making time for myself and I will act a fool if folks don’t cooperate so they know first hand about happy Mommy/Wife makes for a happy life.
If I had to offer any suggestions on “finding balance” I would say from experience:
Are you a fan of Tia and Tamera? How do you find balance? Or are you all like what balance?!
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This week I didn’t pick up my camera much because we are in the throes of taking the last steps towards moving. I promise an update or vlog later in the week. Anywho, since I hadn’t taken any pictures I went through my photos to see if I could find a photo that I took exactly one year ago today, and wouldn’t you know I found one.
No doubt my photography has come miles from here but I realized when I found this photo that the beauty really isn’t in taking the most amazing photos its capturing memories. It is capturing those moments that you are able to freeze in time. The moral of the story is pick up your camera, capture memories and store them. At the end of day it won’t matter how good the photo was, the memory will be enough!
Happy Wednesday!!
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For the past two weeks I have been faithfully tuning into WE’s new show House of Curves on Thursday nights at 10p. House of Curves showcases plus size fashion designer Kenyatta Jones and her quest to build a high fashion clothing brand specifically for plus sized women. I will admit if one of my very best friends Kelli Flournoy was not a major part of the show I probably wouldn’t watch because for the few episodes that I have watched it just gives me a bad taste in my mouth when it comes to the hostility exchanged between fat/thick girls and skinny girls.
