Every now and again, I have a sit down to think about life and work towards getting my priorities in check. We all go through life with such big plans but I’ve learnt that at the end of the day, actually, your life has already been planned out for you by the big man up there. Seriously. As much as you want, you can plan, but I promise you, if it is not in your book, it ain’t going to happen.

When I was a kid, I always knew that I would finish school well. The reason for this was because Mom operated a home hotel where every one of her friends or family who needed a place to stay was welcome. Heck, we even had MY FRIEND FROM SCHOOL live with us for a year. My home was really the home hotel where food and lodging were free of charge whilst these people got back onto their own footing. I can safely say that at least a dozen people, maybe more, had lived with us for more than months at any one time. This added a lot of colour and variety to the kind of people we were exposed to and I guess I could see it positively as one of the ladies who stayed over was a local singer called Cindy who used to date a rich man. She told me on the bed one day, “Girl, you better study damn hard or you are going to be like me one day. No money and nowhere to go. All I have is my voice. All you have is your dimples. You’re not pretty but you have nice dimples. So study hard. I didn’t listen to my folks and this is how I’ve ended up.”

That hit home. In my mind, I was thinking, you stupid bitch. How can you tell a child (I was 10 then) that all she had was her dimples? And due to her stupidity, I swore that I would study hard to ensure I would not end up like her.

OK, I didn’t study that hard but I made sure I studied smart enough to get through to the next level at all times. Getting my priorities in check, eh?

Later, once I started working, my plan was to never have kids. I HATED kids. I am not kidding. I really did not like kids at all. They were a bloody nuisance. All I was interested in was climbing the corporate career ladder. I was ambitious and I worked damn hard. People always tell me they work hard but not until you put in 16-18 hour days consistently are you allowed to say you work hard. OK?! And climb that ladder I did. I owe this to one of my greatest mentors, AY, who believed in me and sent me out there to meet as many CEOs there were to meet and taught me the skills required to do great business. Kids? Heck, if I ever got married and needed to have them so be it. I’ll hire some maids (like my parents did) to raise them (like my parents did) and call it a day. Hot shot CEO in a skirt, that was what I was going to be.

And then what happened? I had T1 and I instantly fell in love with her to the point I gave up work forever……

I spent the most amazing 5 years with THE love of my life, doing every single thing with her sans helper, and I loved it. I loved cleaning poop, I loved toiling in the kitchen to cook for this little thing, I loved playing with her every single day. Till I got burnt out. I was never having a second child due to the bad pregnancy I had endured but then look what happened? T2 happened. I failed to trust my instincts.

Suddenly, I am back at work again, something I’d never though was ever going to happen. Yet, it has.

I could continue on and on, but the point again is, it is useless to plan. You can plan as long as you are aware that it will change. It is always good to have a goal to strive towards but be prepared that it can change. Now, again something which I never expected is happening.

Isn’t life something?

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Who is Mamapumpkin?
Mamapumpkin is a former Design Architect turned Multi-Million Dollar Digital Entrepreneur. She sets out to prove to all that you can have anything and everything that you want; if you have that fire of desire burning within and the drive to work hard. Even better with much love.

Mamapumpkin has not only grown corporate businesses successfully in the past and doubled her salary 5 times over 5 organisations but has grown THREE BUSINESSES to 7 FIGURES within an 8 year period. She now shows others EXACTLY HOW after retiring her own husband from employment. He is now the official dog walker, family driver, chef and THE BEST FATHER to their two girls and THE BEST HUSBAND to the woman who CHOSE HIM!

Mamapumpkin is the girl who has nothing but fights for everything including YOU. She is idealistic in her desire to put unbelievable amounts of money and extrardinary happiness into the lives of good people so we can change the world together believing in happiness for ALL. She strives to impact lives authentically wanting to reduce poverty cycles and enable quality education for all and always supports the voiceless. She believes we can all have a life of our own desires to enable real contribution into the world. But first, one needs to understand what this all means.

A beautiful life without limits.

If you wish to learn how to propel your life forward guaranteed, be brave to take action. Mamapumpkin's purpose is to build people. Her gift is to help them UNCOVER their HIDDEN GIFTS. She operates fairly and always leaves an impression. You either love her or not and she is alright either way.

She is a living testimony that women really can have a lot. Being financially and time free has enabled her to travel the world anytime, anywhere, doing anything with anyone, as she spends most of her days with her children, having fun, supporting others wherever she can. Also having fun.