As many of you know -- or don't -- I am a Thirty One Director. I love Thirty One and I love it even more as this amazing business that allowed me to leave that full time mind sucking job I used to have in order to do fun home parties instead. Who doesn't love a party right?? But with this lifestyle comes some challenges.
Mind you this is in NO WAY a complaint. Challenges for me are simply little hiccups that I'm trying to work out. For example, in my previous job, time management was never a challenge. There was an in box and out box. Work came in and I did it and put it in the out box and my assistant took it and she did what she needed to and then it got mailed or filed accordingly. It was seamless and the work steady and there was always busy work to do when the inbox emptied. For 27 years my life was run by that schedule. I didn't much have to think about it. It just was.
Now however, my day starts when I decide to start it. I don't have an inbox so I do what I feel like doing when I want to do it and OH MY GOODNESS - I think I may have ADD. Seriously, I am totally struggling with FOCUS. My inbox in my head is full of 27,000 things to do and never ever are they getting accomplished. I'm going along working on e-mails and my phone buzzes I check my messages, something opens in chat on FB, I check my feed, the phone rings, I chat and then it's lunch time and I sit and eat watch and episode of Law and Order, OH NO my daughter is walking in the door it's almost 3 p.m. YIKES, I wash up the dishes while she starts her homework, it's time to run to dance class, I get home and start dinner or go back in the office to try to salvage some of my day, I'm back at the computer on my e-mail deleting, sorting, need to go on my business site, check my toolbox and downline reports, need to get together a hostess packet, my husband and daughter are home from dance. HOLY CRIPES it's 7:00 p.m. No dinner is made, my hubby fixes it and I decide to make a few calls, I get 20 answering machines and it's 9 p.m. and I still didn't eat dinner. And I'm exhausted but not sure from what exactly. I feel I didn't get anything done. UGH.
That is no exaggeration either, my days are like that really. My friends and I joke that when we work the squirrel wearing a sequin suit dancing disco is such a distraction. You know what I mean, you are working and....ooooh shiny -- there goes that squirrel again. You are distracted.
So in an effort to ward of the squirrels, I've made some strides. Still we are in BETA but at least there is a program started. LOL. So I made a very structured schedule. From wake up to bedtime I have a plan. Now, do I stick to the plan daily. Heck no. But, it's a structure a place to start and in box. And I am working this week to develop the inbox and reorganize the work space. I share my office with my sewing machine, Girl Scouts, and scrapbooking/crafting. And although all this means the world to me, my office needs to be an office, so over the next month we will be redistributing stuff throughout my house. Sewing machine will head to the guest bedroom. Crafting items are well stored in an awesome IKEA wall unit but the scrapbooking stuff is packed into 31 Large Utility Totes and they will go into the garage. My husband will sigh but it must happen. And all the office will be office and I can finally get things moving in a more professional less hobbyist manner.
One hurdle overcome.
What I love about home party business besides I get to party for a living. I work when I want to so my family can come first. I love the products. So adorable and affordable what's not to love. I can create my own income based on my drive, determination and desire. The other job had a glass ceiling. Hated that! But best of all, my daughter adores what I do and participates actively in it. She loves helping at parties setting up my tables, working vendor fairs with me. We have truly bonded over 31 and we are so much closer for it. It's been a huge blessing to my family and me. I recommend it to everyone. Living your dreams is far more fun than Dreaming you Life!
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