Paradigm Shift

Hello to anyone who wondered where in the heck I have disappeared to. :) 

(all 3 of you)

I am here. 

I am at home with my wonderful, crazy kids and I am present. 

Let me explain:

One day, a couple of years back, as I was running from an elementary school to ditch my oldest two kids...to a preschool/daycare to ditch my third child...and dragging my infant along as I ventured out to meet a customer for a new business I had started... I was tired and unhappy. I was living life full speed and realizing that it was a crapfest. I was always grouchy. When I was home, which wasn't often...I was working on my other ventures of networking online and building a review blog- that was fun for me, but was also taking away from the only time I did have with my kids. 

 I started asking myself big questions like: 

-How in the world am I going to have seven kids if I can't keep up with the four that I have? 

-Why in the heck am I having all of these sweet children, and sending them away? 

-These sweet kiddos are MINE and I want them with me, but how?

-How can I find the time to say "yes" to the spontaneous fun I always dreamed of? 

-Is this really how I want to live my life?

-How I want my children to live theirs?

I quickly realized that something had to give. 

SO-I pulled the plug on everything but the basics. 

I pulled my third child out of preschool.
I pulled my older two children out of elementary school.

I ditched my new business I was trying to grow. 

I stopped blogging. 

I tried my best to simplify my life. 

I read books upon books about minimalist living and slow living and simplifying. My eyes were opened to the life I wanted to be living. 

Fast forward to now ....

-I homeschool my two oldest children. 

-I now have five kids and am still hoping for my seven. 

-I am happy.

-I live simply.

-I live slowly. 

-I love fiercely.

-I am intentional with my time and energy. 

-I don't care about THINGS. I care about RELATIONSHIPS. 

-I no longer glorify busy. 

-I strive for peace and calm. 

-I jumped out of the fast lane and am thriving in the wild.

-I am free.

So I don't review things that help calm my busy life anymore. I just ditched the busy life all together. So....That's where I've been. 

Playing in the mud with my kids ;)

But if you miss me...

I do have an instagram addiction and you can find me there :)

@tessyfishburn

Also....I'm really hoping to catch up and keep up my personal blog sometime soon. So hopefully I can be found there in a few months ;) 

But as far as BUSY MOMMY LIKES is concerned....

She no longer exists...

 and I love it that way. 

XOXO

-Tess

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