Bear and I have been spending a lot of time talking about our future lately. We just celebrated 11 years of wedded bliss and we still really love everything about each other... that's no small feat in this day in age. We have talked about the uncertainties with his career.... a career that he has devoted over 14 years and risked his life for and has gotten quite the raw deal on lately... this has made us look into other worst case scenario options and our lifelong dreams. We have talked about what we truly want for our future as a family of 7 and also what bare minimum we could survive with. Obviously, no one wants to just merely survive.
Ideally, we would love to live out our dreams but those dreams come with a pretty hefty price tag. We are willing to WORK for our dreams but we honestly have no idea how to even begin. We know that there are a million and 1 direct sales businesses out there and we would love to really delve into one as a power couple but how....We have a very small support circle as a stepping off point.
Ideally, Bear and I would like to have a business that we could run from wherever we are and one that we could find limitless success. We are not willing to compromise our integrity or sell our souls to a product to do it though. I currently am a Younique Presenter and Freelance Makeup artist and I LOVE it but that is obviously not something that Bear is interested in except in supporting me.
I see all of these "power couples" in direct sales and think... that could be us.... but then when I dig deeper and talk to some of them, all they are interested in is selling us a product instead of forging a relationship and helping build us up as well. I have had some unbelievably successful friends in direct sales and once they began to reach the transitional period of big success, they were no longer capable of having a normal friendship and conversation and everything had to do with the products they were selling and if you were still interested and how the financial commitment was big but so worth it and never a genuine conversation about life and catching up with one another. Don't get me wrong, I am incredibly happy for them and their success and proud of all that they have achieved but I truly miss their friendships.
I get it, I really do. I totally understand that you want to be successful but I also think being a genuine friend while being successful is equally important. Where can we find a business where it is okay to be both successful and still have the ability to be a genuine person outside of peddling the product?
Bear and I have big, lofty dreams... we dream of being debt free first and foremost which seems near impossible these days. We dream of having a home on the Gulf in Florida or very very close to it and a home in Texas which is where our heart truly considers home. We dream of being able to actually relax and enjoy life with our kids while working together doing something we are passionate about! I know that to some, this might sound crazy, but to us.... this is our dream.
I wish that I could find a way to make this happen for us... for him to be able to have peace in life and for us as a family to able to fully relax and enjoy our lives.
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