Don’t get me wrong for even one second. I LOVE LOVE LOVE what I do. In fact, I wrote a whole post about it recently on our Leaders Blog. I sincerely believe I have the best/coolest/most rewarding job on the face of the planet. And really, who could argue with this cuteness? But that’s where the conversation usually ends with most people who also think they have the “best/coolest/most rewarding job”. Most business owners I know won’t openly divulge the icky, not-so-fun parts of what they do, which is terribly unfair. Business ownership is often put on a tall, shiny pedestal without so much as a mention of how that pedestal was built, how it stays standing and polished, and what it takes to stay there living the perceived awesome entrepreneurial life. Want the honest to goodness truth?? It takes a lot of hard work and grit. We are talking serious determination. Long hours. Unpaid work. Tons of trial AND error. Revisions like you wouldn’t believe. And so on and so on… There are things I have dealt with as a business owner that I never Read More
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2016: Simplify, Streamline, Self-Care (part 3)
STOP!!!! Stop what you are doing right now! Take a deep breath. How did that feel? Pretty great, right? Take another one. A slow, deep breath. Remind yourself to simply breathe and take a second to step away from everything. Close your eyes and take another deep breath. You’ve got this. When I feel myself starting to tense up and my shoulders slowly creeping toward my ears, I remind myself to stop, take a moment. Breathe. Remember, to breathe. Previously, I’ve talked A LOT about self care in a series called “Love Yourself”. However, it’s soooo important that I’m going to rehash it now. Take at least a little time out of every single day to…you guessed it… Do something (literally ANYTHING) for yourself. We get so consumed in the tasks we “have” to do every day that we simply forget to take care of ourselves. We forget that in order to care for our families, help other people, or be successful at work, that we first have to take care of our selves. We have to make sure our proverbially batteries Read More
2016: Simplify, Streamline, Selfcare
After a very long and productive meeting on Tuesday, Rachel and I established three key words for the new year. Simplify, Streamline, Self-care I have been in an constant state to growth, movement, and just trying to keep up over the past several months and needed to take a moment to assess where I’m at and what the next steps are. Personally, I think the business will continue to grow and develop without much extra work, which is good because I’ve run out of hours in the day to add new tasks. That’s not to say that I won’t be working, but that I’m attempting to not take on anything EXTRA that will distract from the awesome growth that is happening and instead use any additional time I have (outside my normal work load) to focus on enhancing what is working and eliminating or adjusting what is not. In 2016, I believe we can ALL benefit from is implementing the words above. I have decided to adopt these words as not only a work motto but as a personal theme Read More
Love Yourself: How Do You Self Care? pt. 3
Continuing our series on loving yourself, I’m sharing a few more ways I cope and carve out some time for me! How do you self care? Comment below or share a pic on my facebook or twitter. http://www.facebook.com/onagoodnote Tweets by OnaGoodNoteMT Read More
Love Yourself: Self Care pt. 2
I’m going to be very honest: Last week was not great. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday had a lot of negative, saddening, and anxiety-filled happenings. When that series of events was stacked on top of everything I already have going and all that I am working on (all positive, but lots of big changes and events coming up), I couldn’t handle it. I was struggling to keep myself for crying all day Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. I felt panicky. I felt down. I was not myself. For those of you who know me even in the slightest, that’s not who I am AT ALL! My mother-in-law even describes me as full of life and excited about everything. I smile almost constantly. I knew I was in real trouble when I sat down for a meal with my husband on Wednesday and he said, “I’m worried about you. You aren’t yourself”. He suggested I take a few days off to re-center, deal with the events earlier in the week, and get back to myself. I listened. I took a few days Read More