He suffered from acne in his youth which triggered his interest in skincare and treatments and has also heavily influenced how he treats the skin. Ole Henriksen is a Hollywood (of course) based facialist who has been practising and working for nearly 40 years. Those wins aren’t traditionally measured as a success but my shift in attitude has me thinking that we should celebrate those wins just as much as hitting a career goal.This is my first taster of using anything from skincare range Ole Henrikesen and to be honest I didn’t know much about the range, or the man himself, so I did a bit of swotting up and research…which I will share with you. We have had more family dinners around the dining room table than ever. I laugh and play on the floor with my children every morning. I am able to read my daughter a book every night before bed. Without growth and without that next big step, was I letting my family down?īut I’m not letting my family down. Until I heard Hitha say what she said, I felt like a failure. And that is how I’d like to measure my success this year. I also have cultivated beautiful relationships with friends and neighbors. I’m a better mom, I have more patience with my kids, and I’m able to spend time with them without feeling like my brain is somewhere else. I still bring in the income that my family needs, but instead of firing up the ole’ laptop after the kids go to sleep or waking up at 5:30 in the morning to get up another blog post or pitch a new project, I’ve really accepted the fact that it’s ok to be on a plateau career-wise for a minute. I spend less time in front of a computer now than ever and that’s ok. I have a job that is fun and flexible, I get to put my kids to bed every night, and I actually have a life outside of work! When I heard her talk about her new season of life I realized that in my current season of life, it’s ok to measure success differently. So much of how I’ve measured my success in the past has been based on promotions and raises (when I was in a traditional work environment), and later getting more followers, more engagement, more clients, more collaborations, and hitting higher and higher financial goals. When she mentioned that she is in a different season of her life right now and she feels good about that, it struck a nerve and made me really understand, for the first time in two years, that I actually love this season of life. But it turns out that working towards a goal is a huge part of who I am so I’ve been having a bit of an identity crisis. And failing at everything I do.įor the first time in my life, I haven’t felt the urge to hustle for the next big step. Like I’m treading water at a million miles a minute and not getting anywhere. For the last two years, I’ve felt so stuck. Hearing her say this out loud made me feel… relief. She’s just not taking on an inordinate amount. So this year, she’s pumping the breaks a bit on work to focus on our family. She is an author and spent a lot of last year writing her book on top of a million other projects she’s juggling. She talked a lot about her relationship with work and with her family and how those two parts of her intertwine in different ways. The other day I heard my friend Hitha speak at an event about leadership.
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