Doing What I Love and Loving What I Do

I've officially been doing this whole business thang for exactly two years. The experience has been all over the place. I've gone from thinking that it's the most awesome experience ever to being moments away from throwing up my hands and throwing in the towel.

At the end of the day, I still love it. I love it a lot. 

This past month me and the biz had some couple's time. We took time away from the public and we worked on our relationship. We had some stuff we needed to figure out together.

Love will keep us together.

Having a business is a lot like being married to a demanding a-hole. It takes a lot of time and energy and sometimes the benefits don't seem worth it. You feel under-appreciated some days and over-worked others and then there are the days that you feel completely head-over-heels in love. It feels right. We're talking soul-mate stuff but relationships are difficult and it takes communication.

Become a business whisperer.

You've got to be able to communicate with your business. Know what it needs when it needs it as well as what YOU need when you need it. Then you find a balance between the two. Give and take. Compromise. Ignoring your business because it's too much work will not a happy business make. Going all in and working yourself to complete exhaustion will not bring you the love. Listening to everyone tell you what you should do to make your business work doesn't work. Each business is different, each you is different, and to make it work together you need to do your own thing.

Date your business.

Well, not really, because that would be weird, but go on business dates. I'm talking creative business planning and play dates. Take a notebook and fill it up with plans. Get to know what your business wants you to create. You might think that you know where you want to go with it, but sometimes it has other plans. Take the time to have fun with it. Spend the day doing the business stuff that you love doing.

Be flexible with your definition of success. 

In the big scheme of things my business is not what you would call mainstream successful. Most months I don't make enough to even cover the rent. That's where the pays-the-bills job comes in. Blessing Manifesting is the make-a-difference job, the make-the-soul happy job, and it does that in spades. It's successful at that, it's successful at helping other people, and that makes me incredibly happy and in love with what I do. Money isn't always the bottom line, don't lose sight of that.

What makes your business different is that it fills up something inside of you in an extraordinary way. 

Last month I released a completely free ebook called 5 Secrets To Success for online heart-centered businesses. I'd love for you to check it out and tell me what you think.