De-cluttering. It's like my favorite word. The more I can de-clutter things the better things run.Can I de-clutter some of the negative thoughts in my head? Yep, and it runs more smoothly, allowing me to make decisions and take actions more quickly.Can I delete a few thousand photos from my phone? Yep and my phone runs faster and irritates me less.Can I remove half my kids toys from our house? I sure did and my kids enjoy what they have and engage in more creative play, yes even after I tossed more than half their craft supplies.Did I throw away or donate more than half my kitchen utensils and bake ware? You better believe it and I enjoy my time...
Change is hard.Our brains are wired to keep us safe. Not to help us grow. For thousands of years, our brains primary focus has been survival and for very necessary reasons. The world was a very dangerous place.The world we live in today provides us so much opportunity, but if we aren't careful our brains will lovingly keep us in a fear spiral, because they think that is how to keep us safe.Anytime we try to make big changes in our lives, the warnings will start flashing.It will be HARD. It is SCARY. I can't do X because I have to do Y. But is any of that true? Hear me out: Goal: I want to be a runner. Thoughts...
There are a few of those obstacles that seem like a catalyst. Like if only I could overcome this one obstacle, everything else would be easier. "How do I get customers to my website?" seems like one of those, no? I don't know a single boutique owner that doesn't love waking up to sales that happened on their websites while they were sleeping. However, after 5 years in the online boutique industry, I know that driving customers to a website can be WAY harder than it sounds. This can be especially frustrating if you have a loyal customer base that you are trying to move away from invoicing to automate your business a bit, or if you are trying to implement...
Let me set the stage for you.It was 5:00 pm on a Saturday evening, during a long weekend. We had a full Sunday planned with a birthday party we were hosting on Monday. My 6 year old was tired from a long week of good things without enough sleep.Our basement, which serves as a play area, was a DISASTER. Like, destroyed in the way that only young kids and drunk frat boys can accomplish. Couch cushions and toys everywhere. Snack wrappers, broken toys, the whole 9 yards.I turned on a TV show and asked her to please pick up while I did a little work and made dinner. We just couldn't leave all the projects for the following two days. ...
Do you ever feel stuck in the same cycle in your business (or life)?You set a goal, you fall short. You set the same goal, and you fall short again. Maybe you aren't even making any headway? It's frustrating. It's defeating. Many of us have been there.But friend, here is the thing.If you want new results, you aren't going to get them by doing things the same way.If what you are doing now is allowing you make progress, doing MORE of that won't work either.It's tempting to look at our businesses and think, if I just post more, then the sales will come. But if you aren't posting the right things? There will be no more sales and there will...
