Celebrating 23

You may have noticed that Woman Tribune and all its bloggy-goddess-goodness has been pretty nonexistent these past few days. Usually when I go without updating about whatever is affecting the Woman Wide World around us all, chances are that I am hard at work on some aspect of this site or an expansion to our network. However, this week is an exception to the ever-in-place rule that Woman Tribune is the one-stop-blog for all important news and entertaining tidbits, because this week I have been celebrating.

Celebrating what, you ask? Celebrating me! Yes, I am fully aware of how arrogant that sounds, but I’ve said it before and I will definitely be the first to say it again–it is not arrogant when you realize that you are worth celebrating; that you’re worth what you truly desire in your life and a birthday is definitely the perfect time to celebrate yourself!

I turned 23 yesterday and spent Sunday and Monday with my family who I hardly get to see just for the fun of visiting because I live a considerable small trip away from them. I went shopping with my grandmother and aunt on Sunday and had dinner with them, my father and my boyfriend. Good times indeed. Things have been considerably silent today (besides my frequent Twitter action) because I was enjoying probably one of the last days of beautiful fall foliage and weather we will have here in Pennsylvania before the bad snow storms come rolling in.

Now, the real point of this blog post? I work tirelessly on Woman Tribune and the eventual network of sites that will be nested within it. I consider myself a home-based entrepreneur, regardless of how much or how little money I have coming in every month because I am working toward a bigger picture that I have created for Woman Tribune and for myself. I know many, many women with these same feelings and who live their day-to-day lives getting any time they possibly can to work on their websites and their businesses. Don’t get me wrong, a strong work ethic is not only considered a good thing, it is absolutely imperative when it comes to the hope of running a successful blog or online business, but sometimes, just sometimes, we really do need to take a step back. It’s okay to work your butt off every day, but you will know when you just need to spend some time away from it all and enjoy the life you’re working so hard through. Take a walk around the block, take your breakfast and morning coffee to the porch or patio and take in your surroundings and smell the air. Or take a few days and do something you want to do, even if it’s nothing.

Especially if it’s nothing.