Crystal Rister

Married, Momma to 8, Walmart Apparel Team Lead, Self-Published Author

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Working retail teaches you more about human nature than most people realize.

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Being a writer with a full-time job means your lunch break is sometimes a plotting session.
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Leadership isn't being above people.
It's being willing to stand beside them.

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Some days I’m a writer.
Some days I’m a Walmart team lead trying to hold an entire shift together on caffeine and determination.
Most days I’m both at the same time.

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I published a book while recovering from surgery.
Started another one while emotionally exhausted.
And somehow still managed to wash dishes and argue with teenagers about cups left in bedrooms.
We really do live entire lifetimes in one day.

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Losing 4 inches from this mane and returning to work.

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I don’t want to go back to rushing through my life.

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@naumeguveya A fact about reality that comes to light often too late.

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What being forced to slow down taught me 🧵
Points:
•I was more exhausted than I admitted
•I tied my worth to productivity
•Rest felt uncomfortable at first
•My mind never stops moving
But slowing down changed something in me.

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Started writing something new while still recovering. I don’t know how to be still for long.

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Trying to declutter my home and realizing I need to declutter my mind just as much.

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I didn’t realize how much I was running on empty until I had no choice but to stop.

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Even if I don't say it enough...
I'm proud of myself.

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Recovery, writing, motherhood, life. None of it pauses just because I needed to.

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Life forced me to slow down momentarily, but I still published a book in the middle of it.

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Life forced me to slow down for a minute. And honestly… I think I needed it. #hysterectomy #surgery #recovery

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Night views…

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Tell me every terrible thing you ever did, and let me love you anyway. ~Edgar Allen Poe

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A Tracie and Cheryl kind of love… 🙏

[Crystal Rister @CrystalGRister]

Let’s turn each mistake in to stepping stones.