Late Night Working = Bad Habit
When I left my corporate job, I took a major pay decrease… major… and all of my {ridiculously comfortable} job security, to give entrepreneurship a shot.
Why? Because I wanted to.
I was ready to take a jump. I needed a change.
{My mother surely thought I was crazy.}
I entered into the land of solopreneurship completely unprepared. Totally my fault by the way. I knew I wasn’t ‘corporate’ but I had no idea if entrepreneurship and small business was for me.
I started a notebook called ‘how to be a business’ … Every time someone gave me advice, I wrote it down. Every time I found some sort of magical piece of information online, I wrote it down.
I have definitely learned that it’s way easier to ask people {who have been around the block} for help, rather than search for an answer for 6000 hours.
I have become very aware of what I spend time doing and how long I spend time on tasks. {Perfectionism can be the devil.} I have begun to learn what I enjoy doing and what I should be outsourcing.
I went from working every day, all day long {with absolutely no boundaries} to a reasonable amount of hours in 6 days a week.
I am more organized {but not in a ready for tax season kind of day} and this week I achieved Inbox Zero in all email accounts. The very first time in over a year. Hooray!
I learned how to invoice {both correctly and incorrectly}, manage a budget {most of the time} and keep my clients happy.
I still have a long way to go and a lot to sort out, but I am moving forward. And finally it all feels real.
Guess what? I left corporate. And didn’t die.
It’s been 10 months and it took me until today to feel like a business.
Today I figured out what I am worth.
A few online peeps I have learned from:
- Jenny Blake – 20 Lessons from 2 Months of Solopreneurship Part 1 and Part 2
- Chris Guillebeau – The Flip Side of Self-Employment and Freedom
- Danielle La Porte – Biz Knocks and Being Human
- Amber Rae – ‘Hell Yes’ Decision Making Model
Thank you to Judy, Val, Pete, Jill, Scott, Tod and Glenn for the love — and of course, the hand holding.
