Am I Normal?

Am I Normal?

It's 3:00AM and instead of sleeping, I'm trying to

figure out how to get listed near the top of the search

engines. Am I normal?

Am I normal? I pondered that question this morning

while I quickly checked email one last time before

shuffling the kids in the car and off to school.

Am I normal? It crossed my mind again while racing back

toward my home office as I watched a group of moms

head to the bagel shop for coffee and a chat.

Am I normal? This afternoon, as my neighbors talked

intensely about the latest episode of ER, my mind kept

wandering back to my web site, and I wondered if that

was normal.

My mother tells me I should quit thinking about business

so much and just enjoy my children, which I do, but I

still wonder, am I normal?

Am I normal? My friends look at me as if they've seen

an alien when I tell them that I'm never going back to

my corporate marketing career. I'm building an Internet

empire from my home, would they like one too?

Now, don't get me wrong. I love life and live it to the

fullest, with lots of playtime. But, ambition and the

challenge of "building the perfect beast" push me

relentlessly sometimes. I figure you can relate if you

are reading this article. You are looking to create

something bigger than yourself, too!

But, it's a crazy world we live in. A world where

people have learned to stifle their dreams, their

desires, their creativity. We are taught to "settle"

for what we are dealt in life. All too often, when we

try to move beyond that, those closest to us try to

hold us back, save us from ourselves.

"Consider yourself lucky for what you have."

"It's a good job and the benefits are great."

"The average American family has thousands of dollars

in credit card debt."

"It's too risky."

I don't know how you feel, but I want to LIVE my dreams,

have my heart's desires and allow my creativity to

blossom. I want to be my own boss, work in my pj's if

I choose, take a four hour lunch to go shopping and

fire myself when I'm not measuring up. (Of course, I'm

eligible for rehire tomorrow!)

Normal SHOULD be waking up when your body is rested,

not when the alarm clock rings. Normal SHOULD be

taking a vacation when it fits your family's schedule,

not when your seniority allows. It SHOULD be having a

parent at home when a child comes home from school.

To me, normal ISN'T sitting in rush hour traffic twice

a day. It ISN'T working fifty weeks in exchange for

two weeks off a year, or five days on for two days off

a week. It ISN'T wearing my name and picture attached

to my clothing.

Everyone must determine their own definition of what

"normal" is and isn't. For those of us who have

decided to step outside the box, take control of our

lives and build our own business, normal is anything

BUT normal!

Life is full of risks, it's true. But, everything

great that has EVER happened has done so with some

degree of risk. I don't want to get to the end and

WISH I had taken just a few risks.

I'm urging you to take some risks with me! Step up to

the plate! Decide what it is you want out of your life

and your business and GO FOR IT! FORGET ABOUT NORMAL!

Create your own "normal!"

We are at the very beginning of the new millennium!

The Internet is overflowing with possibilities, as it

breaks all growth records ever set by anything, and it

is just not NORMAL!

As I lay in bed, building my empire (business) on my

laptop, I realize just how much I love my

other-than-normal life. I wouldn't trade it for

anything! 

The clock says 10:07 PM. 

Ahhh, lunch break!

Jackie Ulmer has worked from home for over fifteen years, coaching and training thousands on the secrets to success in a home business. Contact her through her website at http://www.streetsmartwealth.com 

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