I realized just recently that my schedule went to pieces the moment I went back to work after the stroke. Ever since, it has been difficult to get back into a routine. I’ve been exhausted physically, mentally, and emotionally. Most days I just come home and crash.
I suppose those sorts of things happen. It’s been devastating for me because I want to be successful with this, but at the same time, I realize that I need to scale back some instead of filling my plate up entirely. Managing the routine and schedule was easy when I wasn’t working full time and working on my side hustles. Now that I have to add one more item in the mix, I’m going to have to scale back and look at what is my most important priority.
It feels like a setback, but I suppose it is a needed setback. It gives me the opportunity to look at things through a fresh perspective even though I really know what I want the end result to be. I think that by placing all of my focus on one thing at a time, I may be able to get the necessary results that I desire. Or at least that is my hope. Building up my Children’s Boutique has been a pipedream that I have chased for over 2 years. I still believe in it. I still love it. Writing, too, has been my dream. I just want to be able to fulfill both in this lifetime, but until I can have it financially support itself, I can’t hire employees to run the retail so that I can simply write and manage. Until then, I’m still chasing the dream, but I’m taking a short detour for now.
