Spend the day with me part 1

I’ve always wanted to live blog my day, mostly because the number one question that I get asked is “how do you do it all?”

It’s 8:45am as I type this, I am drinking coffee and making breakfast for the kids. I was up at 5:45am, which was a little late for me, but you know, a girl needs to sleep! Before the kids woke up, I responded to some client emails, chatted on instant messaging to a friend about some personal health issues, and consulted with Dr. Google, got mad with the apparent incompetence of Adobe’s customer support people, made a couple small tweaks to a website that I am working on, and then by 7am, the kids were up.

My eldest is sick, so I cuddled with him in bed for a bit while they watched early morning cartoons, and the other 2 had their bottles (yes, the 3 year old has a bottle still…). Once we were downstairs, I washed up some dishes (because, really, I am too exhausted at the end of the day!), while the kids were playing something with large, plastic spoons and throw pillows!

It’s now 9am, this kids are eating, and talking, LOUDLY, and I am pondering the most excellent day that I am sure to have!

I know that you’ll be at the edge of your seat in anticipation for the next update, I mean, clearly I lead a thrilling and exciting life, but please try to have patience, I’ll be back soon!

Walks in the Fall are actually quite lovely

Wanna work with me?

I think that I’ve made it pretty clear that I am busy. Yes, I am fine… now. I did have a few days there where everything just got to be way too much for me and I did feel like I was losing my mind a little, but I think that a little sleep really helps to put things into perspective!

I launched 2 websites on the same day this week, yes, obviously not the best idea that I ever had, but you know… it’s all a learning experience.

What I decided was that I need some assistance right now, so if anyone is good with css, and is interested in some extra work (not a full time job), please email me at info@shaziamistry.com and we can discuss it further.

On too little sleep and too many kids

All during the summer, I had heard the rumors about Fall being extremely busy for entrepreneurs, and boy were they right! It’s a really good think that we had that 10 days of adventure at the end of summer!

I never expected to be as busy as I am right now; at this point I am practically attached to my computer; I think I am averaging about 4 hours of sleep per night, and last night I slept from 4am until 6am.

So… it’s extremely challenging to be me at this particular moment! I am generally the type to embrace a challenge, and I am at my best when I have work that I enjoy, but I think that I am on the verge (I am not sure that verge is the right word) of “too much”. It’s completely my own fault though, lack of efficient time management skills maybe? Or just inexperience when it comes to momtrepreneurship?

I have to be very careful that this does not turn into a rant, so let me just say this… I am swearing a lot more these past few weeks, and a teeny, tiny bit worse than my usual choices...

slowly losing my mind,
Shaz

Did I mention that it was cold?