I love life. It has always been challenging but that is exactly why I love it. It gives me a hallucinating high.

This year has almost come to an end and my challenges were and still are:-

1. Starting full time work after a 10 year hiatus being the domicile wife and available Mommy. Sometimes, I feel like giving it all up because let’s face it, it was never the plan to go back to work. The Hubs summoned me to do a job and that job was to take care of his kids, our kids. But shit, I love my work and it literally fell on my lap. Like fate. But whenever I have to deal with a pile of shit, I ask myself what the heck I am doing this for! My kids suffer, there isn’t enough time for anything and if you wanted to know how fast my life is, go watch I Don’t Know How She Does It with Sarah Jessica Parker/Pierce Brosnan and add in a few more responsibilities to her already busy life. It’s a crazy life. Why do I do it? I’m a frigging lunatic.

2. Chasing a steep learning curve in an industry completely alien to myself. I was trained as an architect. I am now dealing with everything that has nothing to do with architecture. I have been learning for 5 months and I’ve been running full speed to catch up with that high speed train. I’ve not caught it yet because technology progresses at the speed of light so whilst I get nearer, it will be almost impossible to catch it. But you never know.

3. I deal a lot with Government Agencies. Mannnnnn………..it’s probably the most painful experience of my life. Yet I know that if it is painful now, just imagine how much more painful it was a few years ago. So I take comfort in that.

4. Keeping my kids happy. I have a smart daughter who is bloody manipulative and knows how to tug at my heart strings. She’s always putting me on guilt trips complaining how I don’t spend enough time with them and how I don’t even have time to coach her with school work like other Moms so how can I expect her to excel like them? Just to give you an example, yesterday, she wanted to go for a walk outdoors in the evening before dinner and knowing I’d offer some excuse to not go (too busy, too tired), she pitched it to me perfectly and got her way. She said, “Mom, let’s go for a walk and we can go collect the mail. Then we can get lots of exercise and will sleep early tonight. Plus T2 will get a good work out and will eat more for dinner!” Mannnnnn…….. I was sold. Sleep early? Yes! Yes! YES!!! And if you know my stress with T2’s anorexia, then you know how excited I get when she eats.

5. The challenge to lose weight, get fit and be healthy. The challenge to sleep more. I’m working on all these things simultaneously.

6. Maintaining the household and our lives afloat. I have to manage the part-time maid (make sure house is clean, laundry is done, trash is disposed), the British Nanny (know what T2 is up to everyday), make sure there is food in the fridge, pay the monthly bills, organise play dates, chauffeur kids to their activities, source next year’s ECA tutors to come to the house (because I no longer want to be a chauffeur and there isn’t enough driving around to justify hiring a chauffeur), organise for the next school year, cook every day for the family! I also try to keep my friend and family informed that I still exist!

7. I have my side projects still to fulfil and responsibilities and time lines that have already been committed to besides my full time job that actually pays. My problem is I do not know how to say no. My plate is already full but I keep thinking, if I don’t do it, who will? As it is, whenever I shout for support, hardly anyone wants to do charity……..

8. Dealing with miscellaneous challenges – daughter gets into accident, mother is sick, organising flights for in-laws, booking hotels for family members, you name it man. My to do list is never ending.

So.

To all of you whom I haven’t responded to in your emails, please forgive me.

There was a Mom who wrote to me a few months back who needed some help with a new business. If you are reading this, can you please email me again? I was ever ready to support you, I was just crazy busy then but have not forgotten.

Also, to the person who bought our animal alphabet puzzle wooden school bus, we have found the pig! Please get in touch so we can deliver the pig to you or arrange for collection.

Here’s to the end of 2011. Exactly 31 more days………..

 

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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.