How To Achieve Goals Whilst Still Being A Mum

By Nyree Johnson

GOALS AND DREAMS DON’T NEED TO SIT ON THE SIDELINE DURING MOTHERHOOD. MOTHERHOOD IS, FOR SOME, A TRIGGER THAT IGNITES AN IMAGINATION TO CREATE A LIFE DESIRED TO SUIT AN INDIVIDUAL FAMILY UNIT.

If you’re on a merry-go-round and you want to get off, do it. If your head is messy and you don’t know what you want in life or why you’re here, I urge you to do the work to discover and unpack the answers to your questions. This process is easier than you think.

Discovering this comes in many forms, and for me, it’s through reflection on lived experiences, practising gratitude, journaling and living an intentional imbalance; the art of knowing which juggling balls to keep in the air and which ones to drop while always ensuring the glass ones are well taken care of.

For many years, my husband and I were living a life we didn’t want forever. We had a plan though, we knew it was short-lived, and we knew it was to enable our bigger dreams. The mining lifestyle wasn’t for us, but it provided us with our home while allowing me to work flexibly around young children. It secured our financial stability to enable us to be our own boss, own our own business and be together as a family every night. AKA, the dream.

When we teach ourselves the skills to achieve the goals and dreams we aspire, we can share that with our children.

When we teach ourselves the skills to achieve the goals and dreams we aspire, we can share that with our children. Imagine a world full of children empowered to succeed, who know themselves, have the skills and resources within at their disposal, and understand what it takes to dream big and work towards a goal. What a phenomenal world it would be! And you created that!

Read the full article in Mumpreneur Movement Magazine Taking The Leap To Take The Lead issue.

Nyree Johnson

Nyree Johnson is a Small Business Owner, a Writer and an Ambassador for women in business and small business. Nyree also works as a Workforce Planning Advisor for an electricity distributor and is passionately committed to her family and her community through volunteer activities which include, Scout Leader.

With an intense focus on empowering those around her, supporting her community, and demonstrating the benefits of diversity and equality, Nyree works to instil and inspire confidence, promote resilience and enable success now and into the future.