Are You Trying to Control Too Much? Why Waiting is a Perfectionism Thing.

 We often wait for ideal timing before ever doing anything. Whether that's putting down roots, starting new grounding rhythms, working on our emotional regulation. We wait for when things just slow down or when things are just a little less crazy. I'll start this new thing. I'm Aurie Riley, an aerospace engineer who grew up into an artist mindset tool creator, a now burnout coach.  I help overwhelmed moms step out of survival mode and into a life that finally feels peaceful, grounded, and doable again. 3 secrets to a yell-free morning Coffee Chat LIVE📅 May 22nd⏰ 11:00 AM CST💻 Live Online Save Your Spot 🌿Spots are free, but registration is required.⁠[ Reserve Your Spot ]⁠Tired but wired? grab ⁠the free download ⁠and stop the night time brain spin. I'll start this new growth. I'll start working on my health. I'll start working on my routines. I'll finally get this house cleaned up.  📍 If you are exhausted from self-improvement, this is for you. If you're tired of trying to overhaul your whole life, every time you fall off the bandwagon, the morning rhythm reset is your first step out of that cycle. With one simple change, you can have the energy and patience you want for your kids, your job, and your home without running on fumes before the day even begins.It's small, it's simple and it works. Grab it HERE Here's the kicker, moms. The perfect timing is never coming. We think when things settle down or when the kids start back to school, we'll get on whatever it is that we are wanting to do to improve. Ladies, it's been seven years since I had my little girl and I'm still waiting for things to slow down. Here's the kicker, moms. The perfect timing is never coming. We think when things settle down or when the kids start back to school, we'll get on whatever it is that we are wanting to do to improve. Ladies, it's been seven years since I had my little girl and I'm still waiting for things to slow down. take the risk. Start taking action, real action, and then adjust as necessary along the way. If it's a crazy season and you start a new, I don't know, nutrition plan, and all of a sudden it has to go out the window because days are long, schedules are crazy, work is busy, and you end up having to order takeout or delivery for a few nights in a row, like, okay, maybe you got bit back a little bit.Readjust. But don't let it stop you from growing at all, and don't let it kill you down to the ground.The challenges and the storms of life, they never stop. They just iterate. They evolve. They change. But the way that I ride out the storms now, much different. I feel like I have a little bit of Johnny Depp's swagger because I'm not panicking like the disciples did when they got caught in the storm crossing the Sea of Galilee.I'm just riding it out, and I know that I'm gonna make it to the other side. And it might be by the skin of my teeth, but we're gonna make it. I'm still waiting for my body to bounce back. I'm still waiting for her to be old enough to be independently doing things. I'm still waiting for the day when she's in school. We're homeschooling, in case you didn't know. Um, but even when she was in school last year, the slowdown didn't come. There was more things.It's been seven years and what I've realized is, is that in the seven years that I've been waiting, life has handed me plot twist after plot twist.  That time is never coming. And I've been waiting for this slowdown, but here's the thing I haven't stopped moving. I've made the decision that while, yes, a slowdown, a perfect season, a lull, a rest period, something would be nice, I can't waste time waiting for it to show up.