Author: JustAskMaia

I made it through the day without losing my mind. Kudos to me. I suppose the structure of homeschooling while running three businesses will eventually fall in line. Today was more structured (with less effort) than yesterday. I even managed to get chip and dale involved in their learning for more than 10 minutes, it may have been eleven but trust me it is a mighty feat when dealing with those two littles.
They did amazing in our morning bible study which flowed into their lesson. You know, another thing I really like about homeschooling is I get free refresher courses on the things I have not be practicing since high school. Do you realize most of what we learn in school we never use or now in this day and age we just google what we don’t know. I dont want my RushBunch to turn out like that, thats why I have been searching for encyclopedias. They should not be so reliant upon someone else’s knowledge to increase their own, for all they know it could be wrong as well.
The bigs have to use a dictionary and thesaurus to do their work and as soon as I find encyclopedias, they will hate me even more…. for now.
I remember when I was younger I used to ask my dad how to spell something and his reply was always “look it up in the dictionary”. Of course my smart alec behind would say, “why would I look it up in the dictionary if I can’t even spell it? He probably doesn’t know how to spell it himself.” But what I didn’t know, that I now do, is he was grooming me to be an independent thinker. Do the work. I am grateful for it. My eldest used to hate it as well but now he is so far advanced in his language arts and english he likes that we do it.
I don’t know if I sId this yesterday but I have decided to educate my babies on a level up from where they should be. Today I went for it and to my surprise they not only picked it up but excelled very quickly in ascertaining the knowledge. Shoot, I may have to do two grades up.
All in all today was a superior day and Mr. McRush finished off with home made chocolate chip cookies.

Now a side note.
Someone exposed us to this family named Bush, no not them, these Bushes were black and they have nine children like us and homeschool like us. They are a little more advanced (mostly because their children are older) so now I feel compelled to step our game up. We will not be out done. iRush

-Rush

While continuously managing to stay busy with one project or another..or both, I have come to a thought to ponder in my life for today and that is ; It is possible that I am making up for all the bad decisions I have made in life.

I have made many ‘mistakes’ (I use that word loosely) in my life which sometimes makes me think of where I would be in life if I had not made a ‘pit stop’ to dilly dally with so-and-so. I made  many pit stops in my days so while this journey of overcompensating may seem impossible, it is very doable. But as I process this faux epiphany, I cannot help but remind myself that we all make ‘mistakes’ [and as long as we live we will keep making them], what we must do is grow from what we learned through it.

Let me first start off that, I do not believe in ‘mistakes’ although contrary, I also do not believe that things happen for a reason according to the purpose of God. What I do believe is; Every choice you have made in life has gotten you to the point of where you are now. Like it or lump it, every cause has an effect and every ripple has a wave. Something as simple as picking up something off the ground could change your course in life, that millisecond of a pause could have made you miss an opportunity or could have saved your life, we may never know but what you do know is, you cannot change it, so why dwell on it and curse your own advancement by focusing negative energy on should haves, could haves, or would haves?

You determine the course of your life, not God. your course is set on your level or virtue and self-conviction, or the Holy Spirit. God gave us the freedom of choice. He will not make you do anything, it goes against His word. He will simply be with you and walk with you as you go through life trying to find you ‘purpose’.

I used to think, that contrary to the way I was raised religiously, that I was called to be a minister. No one can call me to be something and you’re are only chosen upon submission to realizing that the world and even you life is greater than you. When you have the desire to do something that is great, it when you actually do it that makes YOU great.

I told a friend today who offered help to someone and later griped about not wanting to do it that If she does not want to do it but does it anyway, there is no blessing in that because her heart was not in it, only her words and good intentions, and you know what they say about good intentions. Not only will there be no blessing in it, but she will not feel good about doing it, only burdened down with another task.

I started my Business, Rush Consulting Firm because I want people to see the greatness in themselves and the ability to live the life you thought you would when you were younger. I do it because I love what I do, if I could do it for free I would still be but I have to take care of my children. I just charge the minimal. Of course, I want to be rich but not at the expense of robbing someone else. I want to be known for my honesty, hard work, and integrity; my fairness, love, and dedication. I cannot sit around sacrificing my prosperity by overthinking my bad decisions. So while the thought that I may be overcompensating for my now due to my then is not only a worthless though but a ridiculous one as well. I have a lot I want to accomplish, I just want to hurry up and accomplish it. Just like anybody else.

-Rush

Though this Thursday has been one of my busiest days to date, I am absolutely grateful for it! I woke up early but guess what, I went back to sleep! Yes, me, went back to sleep. I slept in and Mr. (Mc)Rush took over. He made breakfast and kept the children out of sight and out of mind for me. That is a trick I have yet to master with the RushBunch but I plan on learning very soon.
I picked up two clients today, had an amazing consult, I managed to finish all my research for a client who needed resources and I was able to deliver. I mentally meditated today even while working, which is a lot easier than I thought. I spent quality time with my husband. I made my August focus list. I also periscoped today. I created a few contracts and at the last minute I was able to bless another small business owner!
So the moral of the story is, sleep in and sleep in often. Who knew. Here I am daily running around like a loose chicken wondering how I am going to fit enough day into my life when all the while I should have just slept in. Smh. Well guess what, I sure plan on doing it tomorrow too.
On another note, the children are excited to start homeschooling but not as excited as I am I can assure you. I am giddy with joy to be able to have more say so in what and how they learn, especially their history that is slowly being erased from history books across the country.
We can travel to historical sights with no restrictions of return. Oh my gosh the freedom!
I have two pieces of advice, Run your own business and homeschool your children. If you do not think you have the patience for either you are surely selling yourself short.
-Rush

If ever I have been near my breaking point it has been this week. There is so much going on and I am exhausted. This going to bed at four a m just to turn around and get back up is ridiculous.

I need help. I am such a perfectionist though that I am afraid to ask for help. I believed I would be so consumed with worrying about whether or not the person is doing their job correctly that I wouldn’t get anything done anyhow which would not only defeat the purpose but I will have lost time and money just to stress. Nah, I’d rather keep the stress to a minimal (HA) and just do it myself.

What is wrong with me? I don’t want to yet I continue to pile tasks on my plate as if I were free at any moment in my life. Shoot, I am even working in my dreams. I need a vacation…. who wants to watch the RushBunch?

Sometimes I think  I am the only one rooting for myself. As far as my family, This is the everyday me. I do not know what they were to think of me as some cool calm and relaxed chic who gets her hair and nails done on a weekly basis and went shopping without looking at price tags. That used to be me. Spending $300 on a pair of jeans because I wanted them. Now I see a pair of jeans for $9.99 and I am pitching a fit. Who is this woman I have become, hording every dollar to save and penny pinching to live. I can argue all day with myself about whether or not I should do things the way that I am currently but in the end, I make the decision that it is best and continue on. See, I know that in the end, because I have goals, things will be different. I save and pinch the way I do because in five years, as I stay on track, I will be traveling the world with my babies. so, yeah, money is tight right now, but that is by choice not necessity but I will appreciate it so much more later. I just hope that in the meantime I do not force myself to maintain this habit and then I’m just some old rich lady with millions of dollars in the bank but living in a shack with 76 cats eating out of cans.

Ya’ll pray for me.

-Rush

So it’s another day that I have said that I was going to bed at a decent hour and I have yet again lied to myself. it is currently 2:58 in the morning and I am up waiting for Gabriel to go to sleep. not much happened today I spent the majority of my day doing infinity scarves for the upcoming slips socks and Bows event that I try to keep reminding you guys of.
My personal goal for this event is to walk away $1,500 richer.
This week is becoming a very busy week and it’s just Tuesday. Wednesday is almost something like a rest day but I still have to continue prepping for the event on Saturday so then Thursday I have a very important business Council consult for Rush Consulting Firm then Friday I have to pick up the last ofs for my children’s homeschooling. Saturday is the event Sunday is my monthly heels and hustle meet and greet at Starbucks and Monday my children start school.
Today I was asked, and I am always asked the same question, where do you find the time? The answer to that question is, I just do not know. I have long days longer nights and early mornings. And on the weekends I have the fun and luxury of playing the role of a single parent. Thomas works mostly weekends. He works 12-hour shifts on the weekends. So while he’s at work from 10 p.m. to 10 a.m. he has to sleep when he’s home so he can rest up for the next work day. I think that is probably the only aspect of my life that I really really despise. I don’t like the fact that I can’t just run to him like I normally can on the weekends, everything is so busy but he needs his rest. Another question we often get is do we have a nanny, my answer is always no but oh how I wish I can scream out yes. When we finally get settled into where we truly want to be I am considering hiring a live-in nanny. It’s hard to find someone that will care for your children because you almost can’t trust anyone nowadays sometimes not even relatives. But there are those days where I would truly like to get some rest, just some peace and quiet where I can curl up in the corner of the couch and read a book. Maybe even eat some gelato. Alone. I don’t get to eat anything alone. But who am I to complain because there are so many people who are unable to live out even one of their dreams and here I am running 3 businesses holding monthly meetings and annual conferences. I get to spend all day with my children. I get to watch every new step that they made and progressed in life. I do have a loving husband who adores me to pieces. Life is good and I cannot complain, I will not complain. When we step back and we look at the bigger picture of life we really ought to be very grateful for where we are and how far we have come. Most days it seems like you’re just turning your wheels and not progressing towards anything. Some days you just want to lay around and be lazy and sleep or rest and not do anything, Lord knows I have plenty of those days. But we push on towards the mark of greatness and remind ourselves daily that it is worth it. YOU are worth it.
-Rush

Procrastination has cost me many things in life. The biggest thing that it has cost me is success. We have a tendency to overload our plates thinking that we always have time to get to the next thing, putting it off until tomorrow. For some that tomorrow never comes.

Remembering the old adage “I could sleep when I am dead” rings true for many of us, like me. I’d rather not put off things for tomorrow because procrastination is something that seems to be genetically link to my bloodline. I tend not to procrastinate for fear of failure. There are so many of us that have such great ideas and we keep putting them off, procrastinating, and they never come to fruition. When you look back over your life and think of all the things that you could have done, should have done, or would have done had it not been for procrastination, doesn’t that make you sad? What would you change? The worse part is, it doesn’t matter what you would change because you can’t.

How far would you be if it were not for procrastination?
And yet while the old saying is very true and speaks almost directly to the spirit of procrastination itself, science,  medicine, and life will agree that sleep is very necessary to prosperity in life or if for nothing else, functionality. So how do you make more hours in a day or more yous to spread around? I am still pondering that one and when I know I will be sure to pass on that information. In the meantime I suppose I will continue to juggle a few things and shift a few things until all of my things are complete. 

I still suffer from procrastination here and there but I make sure I rest as I procrastinate not dilly dally…. lol, dilly dally.

-Rush