Emma Warren – A Portfolio Life – Work, Country & Family. - a portfolio life: entrepreneur – businesswoman – mum

My wake up picture!

Rush, rush, busy, busy – the never-ending cycle of being working parents running businesses and children – with barely time to breathe.  We get so caught up in this mad hurry of life that sometimes we forget to enjoy the simple things like family, friends and the scenery around us.

The view that made me stop and stare...

The recent snows forced us to slow up a bit while we were driving home one late afternoon, and we were all alone on this nearby country lane – so we stopped and looked and it was so breathtakingly beautiful that I felt moved to try and capture it – with my amateurish phone photography!  I haven’t done it justice by any means – but it reminded me that we are lucky enough to live in Somerset – a beautiful area of the country and we haven’t looked at it lately, I’ve also captured the picture I wake up to every morning, with it’s ever-changing seasonal vista – how lucky am I??

Amazing Tree

We moved to Somerset over ten years ago and as newbies we walked and drove around marvelling at the views and promised ourselves that we would never forget how much they took our breath away – and most of the time we don’t.  But just recently, it’s been so busy that we hadn’t taken a few minutes here and a few minutes there to stop and enjoy the scenery – it takes so little time but it adds so much colour and depth to your life.  As I was thinking about that, I realised it wasn’t just the view I was rushing past, I haven’t taken the time lately to waste time with my most precious assets - family and friends!  So I’ll share my motto for 2010  – be busy, be successful, be loving but also take a few selfish minutes every now and again to just look around you – you’ll be amazed at what you see!!

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