I’m 40-years-old and a chronic procrastinator.  I can find a million-and-one reasons to put something off for another day.  Granted being four weeks away from delivering a beautiful bouncing baby boy is a pretty good reason to put some things on the back burner – beginning with my business.  Ironically, it’s a business I started after having my daughter 11 years ago.  I was determined to stay home with her and being a single mom made that very challenging but I found a way.

Fast forward to 2008 when I moved from Chattanooga, TN to Urbana, OH to become a wife and stepmother to two beautiful girls and that also seemed like a pretty good reason to entertain that “I’ll return to work as soon as x, y, and z happen” excuse.  That brings us to three years my business has done nothing more than merely hold its place on the world wide web.

Today I decided enough is enough.  I closed up shop.  In my heart I feel it is only temporary.  I am determined to stay home with my son after he’s born.  I cannot do that if I do not make an income.  We’ll be a family of six and while we learn every day how to budget and cut corners, we have to be realistic – Ramen Noodles does not a healthy, nutritious meal make.

I am unsure what to do with myself at this point.  It’s quite liberating to actually make a decision and follow through. I think I’ll just relax and let the ideas flow.  I’ve got some time.  Already I feel more at ease without that reminder looming overhead that I have things out there left unresolved.  Imagine that.