Arbonne? Ever Heard of it?!

Arbonne means “good things from the earth”. It’s also the name of a health and wellness company that sells safe skin care and wellness products. I began using Arbonne products a few months ago and I love love love the products for the following reasons.

All products are:
•Botanically-Based
•Hypoallergenic
•Dermatologist Tested
•Never Tested on Animals
•Formulated without Animal Products or By-Products
•Formulated without Dyes or Chemical Fragrances
•Formulated without Mineral Oil or Alcohol
•Glutton Free
•Vegan Certified

One of my other favorite things about Arbonne, there’s something for EVERYONE!
•Skin care
•Hair care
•Baby care
•Men’s Line
•Acne Line
•Cosmetics
•Healthy Living
•Detox

I love the products so much I decided why not try my hand in selling them! :)

So I took a leap of faith and jumped in 2 feet first!

I’m officially an Arbonne consultant and running my own little business! With my own skills and person effort, Arbonne is able to provide a fantastic income potential. It doesn’t limit me to a set schedule or long commute. I can work when and where I want on my own terms. It fits right into the nooks and crannies of my life. My goal is to have Arbonne help me achieve my personal and financial goals so that one day I can wake up in the morning, walk 10 steps to my office and be my own boss! :)

So excited for this new journey!

Planning for the future and taking control

College- Check!
Job- Check!
Wedding- Check!

I’ve been looking into the future wondering what my next BIG step in life will be. At this point, most of my friends are starting to have babies and some of their babies are now toddlers! I’ve been trying to determine what exactly I want out of life. For me, there’s no way I could live an entire life time and not experience having a child or being a mother.

Am I ready yet? I think so.
Could I be more prepared? Absolutely!
Are there a few things I want to do first? A few.

However, I know exactly what I don’t want.

I think about being a kid and how busy my parents were. I remember my parents seeming like they accomplished something when all us kids were off to school wearing matching socks, and they made it to work barely at 8am and got the bills paid before they were 30 days overdue.

It seems like we get so busy that we’re desperately trying to keep one thing or another from crashing and burning. While I know there’s no way to completely avoid being “busy” I don’t want life controlling me. I don’t want my kids to grow up before my eyes, I don’t want to NOT get up for work every day and I don’t want to say ‘NO’ because I’m too busy to add another thing to my plate.

Ideally I’d prefer not to work a full time job. Get up, get ready, feed the kids, get kids ready for school, drop kids off, work 8 hours, pick kids up, play with kids, feed kids, bathe kids, go to bed and get up the next day to do it all over again! Yikes! Props to working moms! If I HAD to do it, I would. But I’m not sure I’d be the prime candidate for ‘the working mom’ job. I know how I function and instead of being ‘super mom’ I’d be ‘barely hanging in there’ mom.

Although being a stay at home mommy doesn’t sound all that appealing. I’ve heard the story told time and again that women get so caught up being a mommy that they forget how to be themselves. I'd like to avaoid that crisis as well! So, I’d like to have a part time job and be a full time mommy! Even though kiddo #1 is not even a ‘bun in the oven’ I’d still like to prepare myself.

So to all the people asking ‘when are you and Mike going to start having kids’ the answer is, when I can work a part time job. I’m currently working on that part time job behind the scenes in hopes that in the next year or so I will earn enough to replace the income from my full time job. In the mean time I’m simply enjoying being married. Enjoying my family and friends and enjoying the flexibility of a life without kids.

Life doesn’t have to be filled with BIG steps. They can be filled with little steps too! And that’s what I’ll be doing for a little while.