Have you ever felt so overwhelmed with something that you just wanted to shut out the world, hide under your covers and just completely disappear for awhile?
That was me yesterday.
As much as I DO love chaos –
I love uncertainty –
I love the game of figuring shit out –
There are some things I definitely want to have under control. And I’ve been putting a bunch of them off, which has been adding a thick layer of stress to my life lately. I’ve even been having heart issues again, which is scary (I’ve had issues with heart palpatations for a lot of my life, but lately it’s been pains in my chest as well) and something I refuse to let continue.
So yesterday I shut out the world.
I crawled into bed after a full day of client calls, passed out by 5pm and just let myself ESCAPE. Because sometimes that’s necessary. I woke up 12 hours later feeling so much better, physically, but also, emotionally.
I knew that I needed to get SERIOUS on the stuff that was making me feel so stressed before I have a fucking heart attack.
It’s so easy to get consumed in the day-to-day
It’s so easy to avoid the things that feel tedious, hard or scary
It’s so easy to give in to the “eh, I’ll do it later” temptation
And for a lot of things –
For MOST things, actually –
That’s okay. That works. You can do that. Because a lot of the stuff you do every day is probably not worth your time at all. But some stuff is INCREDIBLY important and you absolutely MUST pay attention to it if you don’t want to stress yourself out (and possibly screw yourself over).
You see, I’m REALLY good at doing the stuff I want do to (aren’t we all?). I’m extremely disciplined with getting done the stuff that really needs to get done in my life and business. But sometimes, I do the bare minimum. And sometimes, the bare minimum isn’t enough.
So I’ve been slacking –
And I’ve been feeling it –
Physically, in my chest –
And I’ve been scared.
Scared that I’m just gonna collapse from the stress
Scared that I’m gonna have a heart attack in front of my kids and scar them for life
Scared that I’m gonna fuck it all up which will cause me even MORE stress
I’m good at a lot of things. I’m not good with death. I’m not good with the idea of leaving my kids without a mother, my husband without a wife, my parents without their favourite child (duh). I’m scared of leaving my community. Scared of leaving my clients and friends.
Scared of being so fucking scared, really.
And I know –
Fear is an indicator you should take action. This is something I tell you all the time. I think I should probably start taking my own advice. 😉
So I’ve got my plan in place and I’m in the process of –
Officially changing my corporation name.
Setting up my trademark.
Diversifying my income much more.
Getting our personal finances more tax shielding.
Get my tax paperwork in order (my last accountant was fucking up for years, so we have to fix that all now).
Hiring someone to help with my content. (Done!)
Hiring a financial advisor that isn’t a sleazebag to add to my team.
Investing. A LOT.
Getting my contracts and agreements re-done.
Growing my community at 10x the speed I was in previous months. (I more than 7x my ad budget for March and moving forward.)
Streamlining and improving my funnels.
This is the bulk of it. I’m sure there are some things I’ve forgotten. But this stuff?
Is mostly stuff I should have been doing YEARS ago.
And the more my business and income grows, the more I will need to do this stuff. The more people I will need to add to my team to make things just FLOW so much easier. To know that I have people in my corner to support me and make sure I make the best financial decisions.
And let me tell you –
It feels SO fucking good to know that these things are in motion.
I know that it’s going to help me calm down (in terms of my stress!), make me more money, and have myself and my business completely protected.
Earlier this week I had a conversation with my accountant.
I set myself up as an employee in my business instead of a contractor.
I have money auto-withdrawn from my business account into my personal account on the same day every month (always pay yourself first).
My taxes are paid monthly instead of a huge payment once a year.
All past-due taxes (thanks to the incompetant last accountant I had) are paid.
And we’re gonna have another meeting soon to talk about company shareholders, investing, tax shielding, and holding companies.
IT FEELS SO DAMN GOOD.
This morning I went to see my lawyer.
I signed the papers for the new business name.
Our new contracts are being re-done now.
He is looking over everything on my websites & social media accounts to make sure I’m being “legal” (ha!).
And we’ll be getting together again shortly to get the trademark taken care of.
IT FEELS SO DAMN GOOD.
All of this stuff that I’ve been putting off for months (and YEARS in some cases) took me just a few days to get taken care of. And I feel so much better already knowing that I have other people looking out for me (and making sure I do what I need to do to grow my company and stay protected at the same time).
What are you putting off?
What is something that you know you NEED to do, something extremely important, but you’ve been slacking on getting it done?
This is your wake-up call.
This is your big sign.
This is me screaming at you to DO IT NOW. Don’t wait until you have a heart attack or pass out from exhaustion, doing all of the STUFF you think you need to do, but don’t really.
This is me begging you to help yourself.
You deserve the feeling of calm. We all do. And I’m here to hopefully inspire you to take care of YOU first. Always.
It’s time.
Don’t forget –
You really can be, do and have EVERYTHING you want. Take action now!