Making the leap to full time self employment
Do something that both scares and excites you. This is day 27 of my 30 day Scare The Crap Out Of Myself Video Challenge.
A few weeks ago, I quit my job. The job that brought in the consistent side of my income. Since then, I’ve been on holiday. Today is the day, day one of week one of having 5 days to fill with important work. Of being accountable to me and my customers (including The You Can Hub!). How does it feel? Well…watch this short video to see. Then, tell me your stories. Have you left your job? Are you doing good in the world and making an income? It’s so much easier to do this if you know that others are too. So, let us know in the comments below!
For 3 more days I will post one video which will describe doing something that both scares and excites me, one learning point, and a take away. Join me through my ‘Hell yeah!’ moments and my ‘Oh Sh*t’ moments for the next 30 days and please do cheer me on!
Why on earth would you do this, Mel?
For Me: To bring some structure back in my life. To prove to myself that I can follow through. To document my journey at this scary time. To feel alive.
For You: Perhaps you are on a similar journey, thinking of making a change or needing to give yourself a kick in the bum to get going. I hope that following my journey will help you feel that you are not alone and inspire you to go out and do things that scare you too. Because in the end, it is by finding and doing something that makes you come alive that we truly start to make a dent in the world. Want to scare the crap out of yourself on film? Start your own challenge and let us know that you do! Share it on twitter with #stcoom (short for scarethecrapoutofmyself!)
Oh my gosh. I am pretty much in the same boat as you! I am working on creating my own business as well, and figuring out how to support myself. I have a certain number I want to work towards as far as money and I want to help people achieve optimal health, boundless energy, and if any healing needs to take place I want to help with that as well as helping them creating and living their dream life.
I’m having difficulty with balance at the moment, which I NEED to master so I can help others. I can get all the necessary things out of the way, I call them best practices ( i.e. exercising, meditating, cleaning, getting some sunshine…). But after that, I can spend the rest of the day on personal development, or just working on my website, or just creating a product. Also, balancing me time, work time, and boyfriend time is very challenging. ANDDDD I have an extremely difficult time getting to bed on time too. I’m definitely guilty of being a night owl. x) I also struggle with, “What if I’m not educated or accreted enough?” ” Can I truly make a huge difference and add value to people’s lives with what I know?”
I need accountability! 🙂 I’m so happy that I found you! 🙂 I wish you all the success in the world! You can do it!
Tianah 🙂
Hi Tianah,
Wow thanks for the message and I’m super excited for your journey as well! It sounds like you have some incredible goals and a clear idea of how you want to work. I love your examples of good practice…sunshine especially is a big one for me! (which becomes difficult when you live in the UK…). In terms of accountability, I hear you on that one. I’m currently exploring ways that the ‘agile’ or ‘lean’ framework that techies use can help me plan and do more efficiently. Check it out if you don’t know it 🙂
Thanks for getting in touch and keep us up to date with your progress!
– Mel
You’re welcome Mel! 🙂
If you feel deficient in vitamin D, you can purchase vitamin D3 in liquid form and put it in your smoothies. 🙂 That’s what I do. And it tastes like citrus! 🙂
And ooo cool. I’ll check that out! 🙂
The book Push by Chalene Johnson really helped me with goal setting and my to do lists. Feel free to check out that book if you want. 🙂
And okay! 🙂 Will do! I look forward to reading more of your blog posts! 🙂
Ha! Sunshine in smoothie format..love it! Will check out the book too.
– Mel
Oh, I never thought of it that way before! 🙂
Yay! 🙂