Hey guys, it's Jamie Scrimter here, second wife, stepmom of three and mum of one.

And you're listening to my podcast, where we talk about all things motherhood, stepmotherhood,

and living a kick-ass life. If you're ready for raw and real conversations and are striving

to live your very best life, then you are in the right place. Every week, I'll

provide you with tips and strategies and mindset shifts to inspire you to live your own version

of a kick-ass life. We'll bring you along as I create my own. Well, hello, hello, happy new year, guys. And I know it's January, well, by the time you guys listen to this, it's going to be almost the end of January. But I'm recording this in the third week of January because I don't even know if you notice this or not, but I took the first two weeks off this year. So I didn't blog, I didn't create any content.

I didn't really do anything that had to do with work. You know, I really just wanted to

take some time to get my shit together, if I'm being completely honest. I wanted to do some

planning and some organizing and some reflecting.

And just really, I was really committed to going into 2019 just feeling good and organized.

And I will say I accomplished that mission-ish.

Like I almost accomplished everything that I wanted to do and I say that because I'm sitting

here on the floor in my basement recording this podcast and I feel like I need to be completely

honest with you it is January 16th and you know what I'm sitting beside my Christmas tree. Yep, it is still up. And I keep forgetting

that it's here and I forgot that it was here until I came down here to record this podcast.

And, you know, I had to kind of revamp what I was going to say at the beginning of this podcast

because I was going to talk about getting a shit together. And then, you know, I saw the tree sitting there and I realized maybe I don't have my shit together as much as I thought. But I think that there is a really good lesson in that. And I feel like I need to bring it into your attention. So there are a lot of you who feel like I have it together all the time. And I'm not saying that to be arrogant. I'm saying that because I get

emails and comments and messages from you all the time asking how I'm so organized and on top of

things. And I, you know, it kind of shocks me when I get those messages because I don't feel like I

have it all together all the time. And you know, yes, there are definitely areas of my life where I do

have it together. And there's, you know, areas, there are definitely areas of my life where I do have it together.

And there's, you know, areas where I am super organized on top of things. But, you know, on the same

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