{"id":1240,"date":"2019-02-06T10:52:27","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T18:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fcpine.com\/?p=1240"},"modified":"2019-02-06T10:52:40","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T18:52:40","slug":"imposter-syndrome-vs-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fcpine.com\/imposter-syndrome-vs-grace\/","title":{"rendered":"Imposter Syndrome vs Grace"},"content":{"rendered":"

Business owners are hard on themselves. And that\u2019s to be expected – we have high expectations and we always fall short, because there\u2019s always one more thing we could have done.<\/h2>\n

Motherhood is the same.<\/p>\n

We do one wrong thing – yell in frustration, don\u2019t get the dishes done, or even just not shower – and then we feel guilty about it for DAYS.<\/p>\n

Business owners are the same. We do one wrong thing – forget to post on social media, get turned down for a proposal, or even wonder why we can\u2019t seem to figure out the right way to respond to angry customers – and we feel inadequate and like an imposter for days.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m both a mom and a business owner, and I screw up all.the.time. And it\u2019s not for lack of trying, either.<\/h2>\n

I have amazing mentors.<\/p>\n

I have brilliant examples of success.<\/p>\n

I even have GOOGLE for everything I don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n

And yet I still screw up. I listen to advice from people smarter than me and I blow it. I don\u2019t listen to advice and wonder what would have happened if I HAD. I succeed and wonder what\u2019s actually going on. I don\u2019t respond to emails as quickly as I should. I don\u2019t know what I\u2019m going to make for dinner. I question my Instagram aesthetic. I forget to do the laundry and wear the same shirt two days in a row. I don\u2019t consistently bill out. I get frustrated when my kids don\u2019t move as quickly as I think they should.<\/p>\n

And I feel guilty. I feel inadequate. I feel like an imposter. Both as a mother and as a business owner.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s really not a great feeling. It\u2019s heavy and suffocating and discouraging.<\/p>\n

And I\u2019m sick of it.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m ready to embrace the good.<\/h2>\n

Because I do a lot of good things – both as a mother and as a business owner.<\/p>\n

I do good work. I make my kids breakfast. I\u2019m an awesome designer with a keenly trained eye. I tickle my kids until we\u2019re all laughing with tears in our eyes. I\u2019m a great teacher.<\/p>\n

I need to give myself grace. I need to do today\u2019s best – not my very best, just today\u2019s best. And sometimes today\u2019s best is sweats and snuggles. Other days I feel like an unstoppable warrior goddess who gets crap done. Those days can\u2019t compare. My best is not the same each day.<\/p>\n

And neither is yours.<\/p>\n

So give yourself grace. You don\u2019t have to do your best every day. You just have to do TODAY\u2019s best.<\/h1>\n

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And yes, there will ALWAYS be room for improvement. It\u2019s called a journey, remember?<\/p>\n

But I promise to try harder to not beat myself up for the inevitable daily struggle and stumble. Will you join me?<\/p>\n

Join me in grace.<\/p>\n

Join me in kindness.<\/p>\n

Join me in laughter.<\/p>\n

And join me in patience.<\/p>\n

Because whether you\u2019re a mom, a business owner, both, or somewhere in-between, we could all use a little more patience. And a whole lot more grace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Business owners are hard on themselves. And that\u2019s to be expected – we have high expectations and we always fall short, because there\u2019s always one more thing we could have done. Motherhood is the same. We do one wrong thing – yell in frustration, don\u2019t get the dishes done, or even just not shower – […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,74],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fcpine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1240"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fcpine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fcpine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fcpine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fcpine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1240"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fcpine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1244,"href":"https:\/\/fcpine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1240\/revisions\/1244"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fcpine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fcpine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fcpine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fcpine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}