Self-Care as an Entrepreneur | PART 1 of ?

An entrepreneur tends to have a knack for a problem to solve. Usually those problems have absolutely nothing to do with themselves. It’s not to say that they aren’t flawed… because we are…very much so.

However, in my personal experience it’s easier for us to aim to find solutions to the problems of others over our own.

Entrepreneurship though, is like a mirror… it reflects and exposes all that we are and all that we aren’t. Sometimes that requires we take a look at areas of our life where we fall short.

Our health.
Do we eat healthy? Do we drink water? Do we NEED that cup of coffee just to make it through the day? When’s the last time we went for a run…just for fun?
how many hours of quality sleep have we gotten?

Relationships. Are you sharing moments with those you truly love and care for that have ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with business (as difficult as it may be to not connect the dots…outloud…all the time).

…to be continued ☀️

Small Comforts

A hot tea first thing in the morning while listening to mellow music 🎶 or the happy chirps as the birds embrace the new day in my opinion is one of the finest ways to begin a morning.

I’ve often struggled with details.
My comfort zone is by far big picture, vision, thought world.

Viewing these things as building blocks, pieces of the puzzle … has taught me to value every aspect of daily life experience.

Every second of everyday counts.

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?

Deciding to live healthier…

Deciding to live healthier…

Consists of several factors.

It can be the food you eat or don’t eat.

The sleep you get or don’t.

The stress you tolerate or don’t. (This one often leads to making tough calls)

and so on…

But ultimately it’s a decision.

In the beginning of any journey it’s difficult to take the first step or even the first 1,000 steps but as you make small action moves towards them the journey that was once feared, avoided, doubted, abandoned, will slowly reveal itself.

We know, we feel, think and are better when we take care of ourselves.

It’s just difficult to stray from the status quo until it’s not.