“Women Can Have it All”…. I often pondered this statement while setting my personal and business goals for 2009.  I remember growing up in the 80’s with the power woman mentality.  We were told as women we can raise children, have a successful career, big house, nice cars, luxurious vacations, with time to shop and get massages in between.  No one ever gets sick, laid off, turned down for business opportunities and we all get plenty of sleep.  When I was younger I thought this was true, and now… I still think it is true; however, my mind-set of what “it all” is has changed.  The truth of the matter is, no matter how talented, skilled or smart we may be, we are human and all have only 24 hours in a day.  We have to decide our personal priorities, limitations, define success for ourselves, and realize there is nothing perfect – where we are right now is life.  That’s it… that simple, accepting where you are and defining what “it all” realistically equates to for you.  This is where peace is found, not what “it all” is in the magazine, for your neighbor or the latest family reality TV show.   Focus your energy to learn what is important to you…. What is your having “it all”?  Life vacillates, a series of pulling back and forth, moving forward and back to keep ourselves on point… this reality is called “normal”, and “normal” for each individual is relative.  So pull yourself up and discover your personal “it all”!