BONUS - My Reflections on This Year

This year has been a big year of reflection for me after all the excitement of launching my business online. 

I have stepped back and thought a lot about what I want and how to make an online business happen alongside my existing commitments – part-time work, kids, family, health and fitness. 

How can I best help mums get into online business? 

What content do I want to share? 

How am I going to make it all happen? 

Some of my thoughts and realisations over the year have included: 

- Getting started in an online biz takes work. Getting out of your own way and getting into it is the biggest obstacle. 

- Putting yourself out there is hard. I have had to work hard at being brave and being comfortable with being more public with my ideas and content. 

- I have felt overwhelmed by starting something, e.g. publishing on social media, and then having to keep that going. 

- The juggle is real. It has been a busy year for us, with my son starting school and my daughter starting preschool. 

- Not having dedicated, uninterrupted time each week makes it very tricky. Without business time, it becomes another thing that you add to your to-do list each week and then try to squeeze it in everywhere. This squeeze is unsustainable as it eats into my rest and ‘me’ time. 

So where have I got to? 

I have yet to achieve as much as I had hoped, but I still want to make a lot happen for myself. I can’t stop thinking about it. I have a lot to give and can make a big difference in the lives of mums who want to start a business online. 

I need to keep developing my systems. I need to make it very easy when I sit down to work. I need to have a clear plan. 

I may need to bide my time more until my children are at school. But that is only one year away. I don’t want to wish this time away with my daughter, but I can see that when they are both at school, I may have more opportunities to develop this project further. 

I need to keep being patient and kind to myself. I must be content with my achievements and continue with this springboard I have created. 

I need to get out of my way. I need to help mums with great content and amazing offers. I need to finish my course, publish more on social media and keep developing helpful content such as newsletters and webinars. 

I have lots of good plans. It is time to start making them happen!