Light the Fire Within

As promised in my last post, I'm going to blog more, and I'm starting with some of the Convention speeches.  However, before I start on that I have to give a couple of shout-outs from July that I forgot to recognize last time:  Lesya posted over 170 PRV and Stephanie had over 200 PRV last month.  I want to give myself a bit of a pat on the back as well for having almost 300 PRV in July.  Way to go team!  :)

Heidi is our Scentsy President and is notorious for making everyone cry, including herself, with her heartfelt words.  Well, this year's convention speech was no excpetion.  She wrote a letter to her oldest daughter, Sarah, who is starting college this fall and shared the message with all of us.  These are the words of wisdom that Heidi hopes Sarah takes with her as she begins this new chapter in her life:

• Love yourself for who you are
• Laugh often, cry when needed, and love deeply
• Do things that stretch you, even if you are afraid
• Everyone needs a few good friends
• Learn to let go
• Always lend a helping hand
• Dream big
• Read, read, read!
• Keep a journal
• Spread your wings and fly.

How does this apply to your Scentsy business?  Well, it's just good life advice.  Most of us joined Scentsy looking for a way to make a better life for ourselves and/or our families.  Part of that is learning how to juggle all the things we have going in our busy lives.  Sometimes we need to remind ourselves to take care of us, so we can take care of all of our other responsibilities.  Heidi's speech is a nice road map for taking care of ourselves and reminds us to be who we are while striving to be even better. 

I'm still struggling with this aspect of my home business, especially while maintaining my "regular" job for 40-ish hours per week.  Now, my whole schedule has changed with my son starting Kindergarten, and my whole life will change again when we welcome our daughter on October 24.  Life is ever changing, and we have to adapt.  That is just the way it is.  If you can establish good work/life routines and habits, you can continue your business even with major life changes.  Yes, you may have to adapt the specifics, but you know what works and can fit that in to the new circumstances.  I had a busy and exhausting July, so I kind of crashed in August.  My PRV shows it (can you say goose egg?)!  However, I'm laying some foundations this week to pull it all back together for next month.  I'm OK with that.  I needed the time off to recuperate and suspected that my business would suffer.  Now, I'm ready for the big push through the Fall/Winter season and have no plans to take off a lot of time after the baby arrives.  Joseph and Aiden may have to help a lot more, but I can still work my laptop, my smartphone, and care for an infant while recovering from surgery.  Ha!  Reality may prove otherwise, but right now, I plan to work my business a LOT while I'm on maternity leave and don't have the distraction of that other job.  Wish me luck!

Scentsationally,
Heather