Last week I read Good Enough Is the New Perfect: Finding Happiness and Success in Modern Motherhood. I laughed out loud at the quote within the introduction: "Hollee's friend suggested we title the book 'Sucky is the New Awesome'. Ha! But the mindset of that friend stuck with me as I read through the rest. Is that really what 'good enough' is? Being 'sucky'?
I felt a little out of place reading this book because I felt like it leaned heavily on corporate ladies, which I am not and will never be. I love the idea of being one - I get an honest-to-goodness thrill when I traipse through the skyways downtown during the lunch hour - but I am not equipped to be a corporate business woman. I took a class on social media the other week, and there was a very business-clad professional woman there. She asked questions about 'processes' and 'compliance' and other corporate-y words, and wore lots of makeup and a suit... I felt like I couldn't have been more her opposite.
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But I understand her drive to succeed. See, I have wanted to be a mom for soooo long. You all know that. And now, I will be. {"insert happy dance here!"} And I also want to work a little bit. My career story is kind of funny. Since declaring a Youth & Family Ministry major, I've run into people who don't understand why that's the path I chose. And since starting at Vibrant Faith, I've even gotten some feedback from people who think I should work full-time, and can't understand why I "want" to be part-time.
But that's my choice.
Maybe I'll change my mind once the baby is here, but this job allows me to even work from bed if need be! I want my child to see a woman living her values, which include fully living the gifts God gives us. And my job allows me to do that. So my hope is that he or she does grow up believing that though they are able to do anything, to be anything, to dream big and shoot for those dreams... but also knowing that good enough really is just that - "GOOD ENOUGH".
-anna
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*"I received a copy of the book from the Left to Write book club (in which I am a member) for review purposes, and was not compensated for my post. Thoughts are my very own. To read more posts inspired by this book, visit here."anna
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