12November 4, 2010How Do You Do It All? Thirteen Things About Me That Make That Not True

I got this email from a follower of this blog and I thought I would share it with all you.  It actually made me feel  like a real superwoman so it was really appreciated.

Wow Lana. I can’t believe all the things you do. You are a mother with a busy career, you do advocacy work, live with two chronic conditions and you manage to keep it all together.  How do you do it? I would love to know your secret!

While I appreciate that many people view me as this calm, cool, and an all together superwoman type who can juggle the world on her shoulders, seeing someone else say it felt kind of overwhelming.  I didn’t realize that is how people see me so I asked a couple friends and even co-worker and they agreed that they saw me as such.   I thought it would make sense to clear the air and any misconceptions that I seem to present here.

While you may see me as this supermom type,

This is really who I am.

What’s more:

Now, that I have cleared the air, the reason I appear to be able to do it all is because of all the things mentioned above.   In other words, I am pretty good at faking it.

If you look at look at numbers 12 and 13, you notice that I do a lot planning and shopping online.  In fact, one of my favorite websites is CSN stores.  These guys have over 200 online stores and literally billions of products.  If you are searching for  briefcases , barstools, coffee tables, holiday décor, toys,  or anything you can think of, you have to check these guys out!  With the holidays approaching, and the fact that I hate shopping and that I have to plan every aspect of my life, I need a website like CSN stores to appear calm and collected.

Just so everyone knows, I responded to the person who sent this email and told her about this post.  She thought it was funny that I didn’t see myself as everyone else did. Did you really think that I was as she described?  How about now?