{I love his heart shaped nose.}
You know that I don't think I'm a big deal, right?! I hope you know that. I really do not think that I'm a big deal.
{Have you seen those tshirts that say "I'm a really big deal on the internet"? Cracks me up!}
What I know, however, is that I'm just like you... a woman trying to do her best.
I get sometimes hundreds of emails a day.
Right now there are 3,241 emails in my inbox. Just recently that was over 10,000.
I'm not lying. I've worked my tail off to get the number down to where it is now.
To complicate things a bit, some of them come on twitter and facebook. business and personal. So I'm constantly checking multiple accounts.
Despite trying my best, I cannot reply to all of them.
They are questions, comments, suggestions, complaints, criticisms, media inquiries, and loads upon loads of requests for sponsorships.
I get tons of businesses and people wanting me to sponsor their blog, conference, charity, store, organization, giveaway, school, soccer tournament, family reunion, etc.
If I were to reply to every single one, I'd spend 5 or so hours a day just in emails.
I'm a wife, a mom, a small business owner, trying to juggle it all, while occasionally grieving the loss of a puppy, taking in a new puppy, attending school functions, showering once or twice a month, trying to feed my family a decent meal, and provide them with clean underwear.
I am a person, far from perfect.
At this stage of my life, my time management skills are the best they've ever been. That's a good thing. Of course it's never enough.
I need clones. No wait, multiple Beki's would probably not be good.
I need minions. I'd pay well for minions.
I promise you that I do read every single email. I just can't reply to all of them.
It's not that I'm careless or snotty or stuck up or that you aren't important.
You are.
It's just that I'm busy.
And when my family runs out of clean underwear, I start getting nasty comments from them.
I'm just a woman, doing my best.
Despite trying my best, I cannot reply to all of them.
They are questions, comments, suggestions, complaints, criticisms, media inquiries, and loads upon loads of requests for sponsorships.
I get tons of businesses and people wanting me to sponsor their blog, conference, charity, store, organization, giveaway, school, soccer tournament, family reunion, etc.
If I were to reply to every single one, I'd spend 5 or so hours a day just in emails.
I'm a wife, a mom, a small business owner, trying to juggle it all, while occasionally grieving the loss of a puppy, taking in a new puppy, attending school functions, showering once or twice a month, trying to feed my family a decent meal, and provide them with clean underwear.
I am a person, far from perfect.
At this stage of my life, my time management skills are the best they've ever been. That's a good thing. Of course it's never enough.
I need clones. No wait, multiple Beki's would probably not be good.
I need minions. I'd pay well for minions.
I promise you that I do read every single email. I just can't reply to all of them.
It's not that I'm careless or snotty or stuck up or that you aren't important.
You are.
It's just that I'm busy.
And when my family runs out of clean underwear, I start getting nasty comments from them.
I'm just a woman, doing my best.
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Do you ever feel like you're drowning in stuff?
