Opening up: From my heart to yours

Opening up: From my heart to yours

I slept in today.

And then I woke up, made coffee, did some journaling, and proceeded to drop a grand on Black Friday deals.

At first I felt guilty. 

I should be writing! I should be creating! I should be connecting!

But I knew I needed to do something for ME. It had to be what I wanted. I haven’t slept later than 5am in months. I haven’t gone on a shopping spree in awhile either, and I just needed to ENJOY MYSELF. 

Not that I don’t enjoy myself normally, because I do. But I sometimes forget about ME in the process of the DO, DO, DO and GO, GO, GO. 

Maybe you’re the same.

And if that’s the case, then today I encourage you to do something for YOU. Something that you haven’t allowed yourself to do in awhile. 

The whole point of this lifestyle we’re creating is to enjoy life more. To be, do and have everything we want. And the hustle, the grind? Yeah, we want that. But we also want space, freedom, comfort, convenience, and to feel like the VIP we know we are.

Today while I journaled, I asked myself what I would need to do today if I could go to bed completely happy. What would today need to look like for that to happen? 

Here’s what came up for me – 

I received at least 10 orders on BBA
I wrote an amazing messaging post that felt like a huge release
The house was fully cleaned, from top to bottom
We ate a delicious lunch and dinner
I got all of my sales activities done and more!
We decided on a Banff date and everyone is happy
I bought a bunch of Christmas gifts with Black Friday discounts (done!)
I felt confident and strong all day long
There were no fights or arguments!

What about you? If you could go to bed happy and proud of yourself, what would need to happen today

Really – 

Success comes from doing things you love. 
Success comes from living life on your terms.

And success also comes from doing the work.

The sometimes hard work
The sometimes annoying work
The sometimes “pain in my ass” work, if I’m being honest

Get up
Hustle
Grind
ENJOY
Repeat!

The life of an entrepreneur! And I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Right now my kids are upstairs watching Titanic (my 7 year-old’s latest obsession) and I told them I was letting the dog out, but really I’m just hiding in the office and writing because that movie depresses the hell out of me and I can’t watch.

Am I the only one?

I avoid shit like that. I don’t need anything fucking up this HIGH that I’m on. 

But that’s just it, that’s part of the day to day. That’s part of being an entrepreneur through and through. You have to roll with the punches. You have to do shit you don’t want to do sometimes. And other times you hide in the basement away from your kids. 

That being said – 

To me, this doesn’t feel like I’m settling, suffering, struggling. It feels like LIFE. Because it is life. And I built my life and business as ONE, instead of separating the two like most will try and tell you to do. 

Strict work hours
No computers from dinner onwards
Family time only on the weekend

FUCK

THAT

SHIT

is what I say. 

And really, how CAN you just turn it off like that? I DON’T GET IT! If you’ve built a business that is an extension of you, you CAN’T stop, because that would mean to stop LIVING, essentially… 

Those that try to separate business from life, instead of EMBRACING the two of them as one, confuse the hell out of me. And also? Make me sad that they think that’s the only way. That “balance” is what they need to be successful and feel good.

To me, to us, to EVERYONE in my community, the thought of NOT being in business mode is a scary thought. Because to us, business mode is LIFE mode. How the fuck do you shut that off?

Answer: You can’t!

It’s like dieting. You don’t do really well with your healthy eating M-F from 9-5 and then in the evenings and on weekends, you eat like a starved teenage boy. It’s a LIFESTYLE. You are ALWAYS doing it. It’s on your mind ALL. DAY. LONG.

The same is true with business, but only if you’ve built a business that truly is just an extension of you instead of something separate from you.