Choice over Sacrifice

Send us Fan MailHello apartment friends it’s me Leslie Mathis with the Multifamily Streamlined Podcast. Last week was a whirlwind. In an effort to be home with my family for more of the week I crammed 3 or 4 days of travel into 2 days and basically utilized the full 48 hours. At no point was I bragging but it honestly just came up in conversation. I flew to Atlanta and my driver which sounds fancy took me to Cherokee North Carolina to speak at a leadership event. We then drove back to Atlanta. Carlo has been driving me around Atlanta for four years so honestly it was a great day. We truly enjoy each others company - he kind of just feels like family at this point. Being on stage filled my cup - something about seeing the faces in person vs. across your screen - it’s just awesome. The next morning I had a meeting in Atlanta and then flew to West Palm Beach for an afternoon meeting. Took those amazing people to dinner for accommodating my crazy schedule and then flew home. Honestly because Carlo was doing the driving on Wednesday and I was flying around on Thursday I kept up with emails and my day to day but still had a few pending projects to get done Friday. Hang in there with me because I promise I have a point that I believe several of you need to hear. My youngest had a presentation at school Friday and for once I knew about it ahead of time and we could all coordinate schedules. It was amazing and I was so proud of the person she wanted to represent in her project. The weekend hit and we had so much to do and when I sat down at my computer on Monday morning because I was too exhausted to work on Sunday a thought hit me - On Friday I chose to be a mom but in the process I let a lot of other people down and missed several deadlines that I had committed too. But the funny thing was - I didn’t feel bad about it. You know why - because for once the person I didn’t let down mattered a WHOLE lot more than all those others. For once as a mom I got something right - see lately it’s been all work and no play for a lot of different reasons. And while this past week might have been one of the craziest - it was honestly one of the most fulfilling.