Are you worried you won’t be setting a good example for your kids if all they see you do is dive into business stuff?
Here’s the reframe you need to step into your calling, put off the guilt blinders, and lead your kids in a true understanding of what it means to follow your gifts.
So.
Grow into your purpose
Here’s what I believe: Each one of us was put here on earth for a purpose. Got that?
Then here’s the next building block: Each of us should be growing and developing in order to meet that purpose.
And finally, “each one of us” is really a generalized statement; what I actually mean is “everyone in your family.”
That means you, your kids, your husband – everyone in your family is growing according to their purpose.
You may be gifted in copywriting or canning or curriculum writing. One kid, in building crazy complex Lego designs. Another, in creating the most beautiful artwork you’ve ever seen. (Of course, you’re not biased.) And then there’s your husband, in whatever job or side passion he excels at.
You see how unique we are? Even when narrowed down to your own little family? (Or not so little!)
But if this is how it’s meant to be – and I believe it is – then you helping everybody go deeper in their purpose-driven skillset is actually helping them live out their calling in life.
And by the way, that includes you. This business. Whether it’s a niggling idea you’re trying to get off the ground, or a fully flourishing one.
YOUR gifts and talents matter, too.
Grow skills that serve that purpose
Now, if it’s true that we all have a purpose, then I would think everyone in your family should be seeking resources to tailored them so that they can impact in the world through their gifts.
Aka, increased learning in each person’s skill set.
This applies to your kids in their schooling journeys, of course – but did you ever stop to think how much of building your business is really about educating yourself in that particular field?
- The marketing.
- The copywriting.
- The graphic design.
- The website tech stuff.
- How to write courses.
- How to coach.
- How to make small digital products.
- How to ship physical, tangible products.
Everything about it, you had to learn first – and that’s okay!
Your business is the grown-up version of choosing a major.
You weren’t starting from a deficit; you were diving into a huge, new field of learning that excited you. And isn’t that what you want your kids to do in their own lives? Love something so much that you can’t make them *stop* learning about it?
(And of course, make a living for themselves down the road…. But first it’s all about developing that skill set, isn’t it?)
At least for me, I found online business morphed from “never heard of it” to “might be intriguing” to “I’m learning #allthethings” to “this is an area of continuing self-education for me by choice.”
And yes, you should absolutely lean into your particular God-given personality here – I’m a learner, someone who loves to take in new information. So I love diving into new business courses! “Biz ed” days are special treats on my calendar.
And if you’re the same way, then you’re definitely going to love hopping in #Momlife Made Easy, because it’s coaching wrapped around a good, solid course.
Yes, you’re asking questions every week (or day!) that I get to answer for you – but you’re also diving into this really meaty curriculum to teach you everything you need to know to right-size mom life to your particular situation.
Your real life (not college) major
Therefore, the way I see it, your business is like the grown-up version of choosing a major and training yourself in it – it’s just done in real time, with no external curricula, and solely from your own choosing! (Love of learning, check!)
Which is exactly what you want your kids to catch – for their own particular areas of interest, of course.
So if you explain this “why behind the why” to your kids, how could they not see that mom is running a business because she *enjoys* learning to do so, and getting to use her gifts in that way – and that they’re going to find something they love to do, too?
You see, your business doesn’t have to be just a means of providing for the family or a way to do something fun for yourself.
It’s also playing into your calling, your purpose.
It’s not just mommy’s hobby.
No, you have a sacred calling to do something with excellence in this world, and you’re living it. Learning it. Growing into it.
And so can they.
And so today, what would you like to tell your kids about your business? About why you’re doing it? Why you started it?
Write a 1- or 2-sentence mission statement, using kid-level words, and have a conversation with them this week about purpose and calling.
Because guess what – it’ll cement that sense of destiny in your own heart, too.
Are you ready for an outsized impact today?
