I thought it was time for me to set up my own blog on being a mom. I now have had the opportunity to stop being an active business partner and become a full time mom. Living in ozzie land where the sun shines most of the year round with pristine beaches, owning an internet company with a US target market and operating it from ozzie land was a challenge. But I am glad we stayed and did not move to the US. We like the slow paced lifestyle and we think it’s a great place to bring up kids.
Deciding to start a family obviously lead me to my discovery of motherhood and the impact on myself as an entrepreneur, being catapulted into this new life phase. I realized, a few months into the exercise that the meaning of life was clear, even through the sleepless nights and endless demands on my leaking body, that what I was doing was such a beautiful and loving thing. To bring my son into the world and being the primary person to welcome him into our now newly formed family, I suppose you can say it was an epiphany.
Being an entrepreneur in the Search Engine Marketing space I was used to piles and piles of information and the complexities of the space, so I naturally assumed that the old age art of rearing children was down pat, well documented and, golden advice past down from generations to generations. Motherhood would be a breeze, just follow the instructions and your home free!!!!! I was a follower of all the great business icons, had read all their books and used what worked for our business, surely I will find successful mothers before me that I would follow? I naturally assumed that I would have the same level and quality of access to tools and methods so readily available in the business arena.

To my shock that it’s just not quite the same. I would have to embarked on actually talking to other moms, listen to very strong views from Clinic Nurses (god bless ‘em) and listening to copious amounts of unsolicited and sometimes old fashioned advice. The real world was the same as the internet world were at a click of a button I could filter the info, be at a computer and talk the talk with my fellow passionate techies. I would have to stop being the net geek and come out so to speak and reconnect.

The last 16 months has been the best character building and self awareness journey I could take. I have kind of figured now 16 months later a kind of stability and peace with my own formula for being the best mom I can be. I hope I can share with you my day’s achievements or just read about what I’ve been up to, as a mom.