You can do anything, but not everything

That isn’t armor you’ve wrapped yourself in. That’s a cage.

- L.E. Bowman

We still talk endlessly about balance or our lack there of.

We struggle with the juggle.

We are exhausted.

In many cases we have thrown our hands up in the air, dropped our heads in despair, and figured that we would just have to settle for this life, unsatisfactory as it feels, because this is just the way it is.

But one simple realization can lift you out of that feeling:

You can do anything, but you can’t do everything.

You can do anything, but not everything.

You are wildly capable and you have the world available to you.

But you are still going to have to choose.

What the priorities are.

What is on your yes list, your not now list, and your no list.

What is for today, what will have to wait.

Which direction you go in.

What roles you take.

The clients you choose.

Which business you start.

When the right time is to push forward with your career and when it’s time to take your foot off the peddle.

Sit in the liberation of knowing that you get to choose what’s in, what’s out, what it all looks like as it comes together.

And yes, how you balance the choices that you make.

You are a liberated woman.

How empowered you are is up to you.

You can do anything, but not everything

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You can do anything, but not everything

You can do anything, but you can’t do everything.

You are a liberated woman.

How empowered you are is up to you.

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You can do anything, but not everything

Empowerment: The Complete Collection

Go to the island, burn the boats

Learning to stay

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You’ll do it when you’re ready

What would it look like if it were easy?

The spaces between

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