PLAYING CATCHUP AS A BUSINESS OWNER CAN BE INCREDIBLY STRESSFUL ...

I was sick the ENTIRE month of January … like: couldn’t get out of bed sick … it was AWFUL … and aside from feeling sh*tty physically, the worst part for me was:

THE DEPRESSION

I don’t like being forced to lay in bed … I thrive on getting stuff done and being creative and living life! We are already in a bad place ‘as a world’ right now with the virus and lockdowns … and so busting butt, kicking ass, and adapting to this current situation means working even harder … when I was in bed, sick for an entire month, all I could think of was:

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO MY BUSINESS!?

Thank goodness most of my clients were understanding … and I didn’t lose too much traction in terms of people learning about my services and inquiring with me … but now I’m playing catchup … and as a business owner with ZERO employees (it’s just me … hahaha) this is very stressful.

I HAD TO TELL MYSELF: DON’T FOCUS ON HOW FAR BEHIND YOU ARE … JUST PUT YOUR HEAD DOWN AND FINISH ONE THING AT A TIME.

I think all too often we, as people and business owners, can get caught up in all the things we have to do … and the focus of ‘the list’ of things can freak us the f*ck out … which is completely understandable! Emails don’t stop coming as you are digging yourself out of the pile that accumulated while you were out sick and it can feel like a never-ending and impossible task to get caught up on it all.

In times like this, we have to give ourselves a break and just focus on ONE THING AT A TIME … for me, that’s just finishing websites for clients and checking them off my list … apologizing A LOT … taking things off my list that aren’t working out … for instance, I fired a client this week … YEP. They were so unreasonable and it was sucking time from my clients who I enjoyed focusing on … I had taken ENOUGH from this client and refunding them all their money (even though I had done work to keep it …) was worth it to me to remove toxicity from my life. I wrote a blog post about how to handle abusive clients << at that link if you are curious my take on the subject … lol

If you are reading this and are in my shoes … I feel for you on every level … if you are reading this because you are wondering where I am because I owe you a website, I hope this helps you understand that I’m doing my best to catch up and I can’t wait to finish your project …

IT WILL ALL WORK OUT …

Things work out the way they are supposed to … I truly believe that … and if intentions are good and you focus on the positive, it will all come out right in the end.

XO~ Heather