One of the Many Times I Failed

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I’ve mentioned this before, but one of the things that helped me get organized is failure.

Let me explain.

Every time I forgot something or something slipped through the cracks, it motivated me to find a better way. A more organized way.

Here’s a quick story about one time that I totally messed up:

I was a busy wife and mom. What mom isn’t, right?

I had a kid in elementary school. I was the primary caregiver for my mom, who had cancer and required chemotherapy. The cancer had destroyed her kidneys, so she also required dialysis 3 times a week. And lots and lots of doctor appointments.

I was working as a writer and editor for a Disney-focused blog, and I was the personal assistant to a USA-Today bestselling author.

I was room mom at school, team mom for my son’s baseball team, and I was the advancement coordinator for my son’s Boy Scout troop.

And I was training to do my first 5k and 10k’s back-to-back on consecutive days.

Believe it or not, I thought I had things pretty well in hand.

I believed that I could keep up with it all.

I was doing pretty well, actually.