Keep It Classy

When confronted with business realities and LIFE. It may at times be challenging to keep our composure. Let alone if on the one end we’re being told as women not to be to demanding or overbearing or ultimately b*tchy.

As women it’s a truth that must be faced however, we decide how we want to be perceived. It’s our lack of self control or self awareness (which we are responsible for) that little by little leaves a breadcrumb of who we are becoming.

Opting to have a creative venture is one of the ways we can truly discover what makes us, us.

Deciphering our true motives and intentions behind our pursuits is key. Our we doing it for ourselves? Our people? Our community? Our family? To what end?

Might our emotions be justifiable in a moment of discontent and discomfort? Absolutely.

However, there is a time and a place. And learning to understand the nuances of life is one of the many gifts we’ve all been granted.

When you’re cranky, sleep deprived, hangry, overwhelmed, tired, annoyed, aggravated…

Keep In Mind:

Keep It Classy ✨

withallmysweetness,

Marii [:),<3.]

Accountability as an Entrepreneur

Who/What are you accountable to?

Your family?

…friends?

… clients?

… employer? …soon to be ex boss?

…employees?

…audience?

… others?

… Yourself?

…Your Vision?

…Your Dreams?

…Your Mission?

When dealing with change we often get caught up in the emotion of the process. We do what is comfortable, we avoid making a wave to perhaps “keep the peace”. This emotion stops all progress, it causes procrastination. Finding the root of the problem is only one small step towards resolving an issue but it is a step towards creating momentum.

If you choose to pursue an entrepreneurial path, know that it will be challenging. I don’t intend to ever sugar coat the reality that is this particular lifestyle. From experience and from listening to others’ stories, no path is easy. One thing I like to remind myself is it all depends on the type of stress you want to deal with. This is why building resilience is in my opinion one of the best things you can do. As you establish the habit of getting back up after things have gone wrong it becomes second nature to pick yourself up.

Without accountability, our reasons to keep going have no foundation. Our WHY, has to be rock solid.

If figuring out your why has been challenging, pay careful attention to what makes you take action toward accomplishing the most daunting of tasks on your to do lists.

A few Qs to ask ourselves include:

What have you been procrastinating on? & Why?

How would you go about making sure someone else had completed the tasks if you had delegated it but the responsibility still fell on you?

Connecting the dots…

[3AM]

As a multi-passionate entrepreneur it’s easy to get caught up in all the things.

Throughout my childhood I struggled with the idea that I had to narrow down my interests. If there’s one thing I could tell my younger self it would be “It’s okay. You enjoy connecting dots between topics that seemingly have nothing to do with one another. As time and research will show however, it’s those new connections made that yield creations. Keep learning, keep connecting the dots…“

Create on the Daily | The Essentials365

Happy Monday 🌞!!!

Or any day depending on when you read this 😅

Today I wanted to discuss one of #thedailes aka something we should be doing every day.

You might of heard of the saying “ learn something new everyday”. Which I agree with. But, let's add create something new everyday to our list things to keep in mind.

I’ve met a couple people in my lifetime with a great deal of talent. Unfortunately, their talents continue to go to waste as their shine has been dimmed by one if not many negative comments. I saw it beginning to happen to me. At that point I began asking why am I allowing someone's negativity get to me? I had to put a stop to it. But how? One step at a time.

Since I can remember my go-to method of coping with negativity has been to create. All with the intention to grow as a human being. However, I’ve had to truly understand the following: This, is my journey and due to the way life is set it up…it will be imperfect. I’ve had to face many of my self-doubts & build my mindset to be able to get to the point where I can allow myself to be vulnerable. The only way I've been able to learn this is through the study of many great people and their lives. I’m finally able to will myself to create in the public eye, at least with more frequency. Am I taking a giant risk? Yes. Will people disagree with me? Yes. Am I exposing myself to ridicule? Yes.

But here's the thing (it’s something I remind myself on the daily):

“be the voice for those that merely whisper.”

As a young girl there was a story I longed to read, I longed to hear, and through my years of listening I've realized I'm not alone in this. Being as timid as I was, I consider my younger self and those that relate, the whisper. Now my older self that has gone and will continue to go on this lifelong path of self development, the voice.

Am I perfect ? No. Am I all knowing? No.

Will I make mistakes? Yes.

What did it take for me to get from Point A to Point B? Creating something new everyday. Sometimes a craft project, or editing video, or composing a song, or a new word,perhaps sing, it could be something as small as doodling. What has creating something on the daily taught me? Although there are many ways of accomplishing a task, I am capable. Also, that there is always room for improvement.

withallmysweetness,

Marii [:),<3.]