My entire life has taken a shift, and this is only the beginning of yet another new chapter. It’s not the first time I start something new, but this is vastly different from what I’ve done in the past: Pure entrepreneurship. In some moments I feel lonely, nervous, and anxious about it, and in others I’m reminded how accompanied I am by others going through or who have gone through something just like me. And obviously, I’m surrounding myself with role models who I see executing it the right way.
I think it’s important to acknowledge how far one has come, but also to push past one’s comfort zones in order to grow more. I reached a point ‘professionally’ where I felt like my growth was stagnant and my best qualities weren’t being utilized. After making effort to increase my income and quality of work, or find another position that better suits my needs, I realized I was potentially missing out on a golden opportunity to put myself first for once; to bottle up everything I’ve learned and apply it to something I’ve always wanted, but didn’t quite understand yet.
In order to fully take on this quest, it would require many lifestyle changes to shift from a professional setting into a solo entrepreneur/work-from-home type of setting. It would require a ton of focus, dedication, organization, time, patience, effort; all the synonymous hard-working qualities you can think of. But then again – we do these things for other people to realize their dreams. Why not do the work to realize my own?
I’ve quickly realized there are a lot of things about simply ‘getting ready’ to go to work that prepare us mentally and physically for the work day. Waking up at home, surrounded by family and in the comfort of your own space – it becomes more difficult to draw that line, but not impossible. That’s where the boundaries are drawn: what I need or don’t need to focus on getting work done. Whether that be time, privacy, space, routine, or pure intentions. All of it has to be present for the sake of achieving the common goal – to create an grow a company that can produce value for the world and in return provide a comfortable way of life.
I think I’ll expand more on the topic of creating healthy habits for creators and entrepreneurs once I honestly get better at drilling them into myself and have some feedback. Right now this is more of a reflection on the change of priority, environment and pace. I’m reminding myself every day what I made this change for, and what it requires of me. Back to work!