by Cassie Howard | Dec 17, 2016 | Work At Home Mom |
Sometimes I wonder if getting up early is necessary, especially on weekends. My brain fights me, telling me, “it’s the weekend, it’s okay to sleep in a little!”, and my gut tries to scream louder that “you will regret it if you sleep in even 5 minutes later than normal!”. And every day, it’s a constant struggle of back and forth. Who’s gonna win? I’m always weighing the pros and cons of each, even though I just KNOW the right answer for me. I know that waking up early is ALWAYS the best idea, is always what I SHOULD do, is always what will make me happiest in the end. But every day, I still weigh the pros and cons. Every day I still have someone or something telling me it’s OKAY to go the other way. Every morning I sleep in even 5 minutes later than normal, I regret it. Every time. Every morning that I let my head win over my gut, I regret it. Every morning when I turn my alarm off and roll over for “5 more minues” (that turn into 60 or more), I regret it. Because I know that, for me, I NEED to be awake early. I NEED that silent, private time in the morning, whether it’s the weekend or a weekday, it doesn’t matter. I know that when I wake up early, I accomplish more, I have lots of time with my journal (which shapes the way my day ends up), I have more time with my money work (which allows me to bring in more), I have more time with my...
by Cassie Howard | Dec 16, 2016 | Business Basics |
There are going to be times in your life when you know you need to make a change. Maybe many changes all at once, or just one change here and there. But change? It’s inevitable. And it’s not necessarily a bad thing. There is a change I’ve needed to make for almost a year now. Something that deep down, I know I need to make, but I’ve been scared. Scared of the unknown. Scared about whether or not it will end up costing me a fuckton of money. Scared about how much work it will require to change. Scared about the fact that I just don’t KNOW if it will be worth it to do. Well, that’s not true, I suppose, because in my gut, I know I HAVE to do this. But it still feels scary. And kind of like I failed. So it’s embarrassing to even admit, which is probably why I haven’t made this change earlier. I’ve been saying to myself since January of last year that I really despise the name of my group, Babes in Business. I’m just not a “babe” type of girl. That has never really been my thing. I don’t know why I even went with the name BABE when I first started the group. And now I have an amazing membership site that I love, but with the name “babe” in it. And I have an apparel and accessory company with the name “babe” in it. And they just make me feel gross. The name is just SO not me at all and it makes me cringe. So today, I decided...
by Cassie Howard | Dec 15, 2016 | Blogging |
Last night I was having a conversation with my husband about a really popular hedge fund guy who works like a fucking mad man and hustles HARD all the time during “work time” and then “shuts it off” when he’s “done” and work hours are over, and is able to completely relax and do nothing. And the whole time he was telling me this story, my mouth was on the ground, like “how can you shut it off?”. I legitimately just did NOT understand. I was not born to shut it off. I was not created and put on this earth to work really hard and then relax. Nor do I want that. It sounds like incredible TORTURE to me. Relaxing is boring as hell. I get antsy and irritable when someone tries to get me to take a break and relax. And I realize that not many people think like this. But those who do, are often the ones who are making more magic happen in their lives, and definetely faster than those who love to work hard, then take a BREAK. I DO believe self-care is important. I DO believe you need to sleep (but we don’t ALL need 8+ hours!). I DO believe you need to take time for YOU. But in no way do I believe that you need to completely “shut things off” and take hours or even days off. AHHHH, that makes me feel gross just thinking about it. And this feeling is coming up a lot more now that it’s the holiday season and people are booking “vacations” and batching content for their businesses so...
by Cassie Howard | Dec 14, 2016 | Work At Home Mom |
I’m married to someone who has always believed you need to be “realistic”. That you have to plan for the worst case scenario. That you need to know the details of everything in advance. That you must save, save, save, and THEN you get to play. I always thought that this was a great thing, because he could help to “balance out” my wild nature. My “let’s just do it, who gives a fuck what happens next” personality. But in the last year, I’ve realized that just flat out CLASHES. It’s not helpful. It’s not a great thing. And I’m really honest about my feelings around this – I believe I don’t have to wait to have what I want I believe I am powerful and can create anything I want and need I believe there is no such thing as work/life balance I believe you are creating everything in your life every day, maybe without even realizing it I believe you get what you ask for I believe you get what you focus on So many conversations have been had around this. So many times I’ve had to “prove myself’ and prove that “this stuff works”. And happily, things are much different now. 😉 Sometimes, hard conversations are necessary. And sometimes, things turn out better than you expect! I know it’s possible to have everything you’ve ever wanted. I’ve done this many times over, especially when someone tells me I CAN’T. Are you fucking kidding me? I CAN’T? You don’t think I can? I’LL SHOW YOU. And it works. Sometimes I just need to be a show off....
by Cassie Howard | Dec 13, 2016 | Blogging |
This is a note to the rule-breakers. This is for YOU. This is for US. A reminder that we don’t have to play by the rules. In fact, the RULES go AGAINST everything we stand for! We don’t want someone telling us what to do. So “rules” just simply don’t WORK for us. This is your reminder that it’s OKAY to say “fuck the rules”! And really, by NOT doing so, you are agreeing to live someone else’s life! NO. THANK. YOU. This is a message to those of you that are kicking ass every day, doing things YOUR way. Showing up Speaking your mind Giving ZERO fucks about what others think Saying what needs to be said And truly IGNORING what the “rules” are Who made up these ridiculous rules anyway?? Who decided that the only way to be successful was to host a fuck-ton of boring webinars? Who decided that you have to speak certain away and avoid swearing because then you aren’t “professional”? Who decided that you need to be professional to make money??? Who decided that you need to give, give, give, give, giiiiiiiive your soul away, before you can ever ask for anything in return? Who decided this stuff and why the hell did we decide to listen to them? This is YOUR life. Did you forget? There ARE no rules, except the rules you set for yourself. As long as you aren’t breaking the law, you can pretty much do WHATEVER THE FUCKING HELL YOU WANT! Yep, you will get people who disagree with you. And more often than not, it will be...
