Responding to dillemmas I journaled about when I quit all my part time work & solely relied on my online business to support my autoimmune diseases.
In the last post, I showed you three journals from when I had earned my first $10k working solely from my online business. Now, I’ll show you some journals that I found when I had earned my next $10k.
Read: Things I Learned While Earning My 1st $10k As A Full Time Chronically Ill Entrepreneur
It can be pleasantly surprising to record the moments in one’s journey that seem hard/big/challenging/monumental and then look back a year or two and just go,
“Wow. I would have never thought about this solution back then or have the strength to do it the way I do now.”
But then this idea turned into a deep and detailed article about how I actually overcame certain blocks in my life, shifted my thinking and saw instant results, and solved issues faced by chronically ill people in business.
If you’re interested, I’d love to share these vulnerable moments with you now & reflect on them as a new person in the present day.
Journal Reflection 4
“Clients ask how/what they should do when they are having (really) bad days. I tell them – I refuse to work on my bad days.”
Things that I know to be true:
- I quit my job because my bosses didn’t respect my much needed time off/breaks.
- I choose to work from home because I have greater control of my schedule, access to relieving things, and solutions to my problems.
- I set up my contracts AND my calendar so that there is room for me to have days off BEFORE I have a bad day.
There is no reason to work or force yourself to show up on your bad days if you set up your online business foundation correctly. It is important to separate fear/anxiety/depression days from lazy/procrastinating days and from flare up/preventative self care days.
Journal Reflection 5
“People are not responding to my Digital Sidewalk. I must be doing something wrong.”
Marketing is an interesting game. You have to do it whether or not you own an online business. But because we have an online business, we put more pressure on social proof, vanity metrics, and conversion rates.
Reflection here? Go back to the message. Make the message STRONGER.
Journal Reflection 6
“Creating once and repurposing it for content/freebies or new offers supports my chronic symptoms the most AND serves my clients/followers the most.”
Forever and always, I will preach the importance of creating once and selling it again and again.
This isn’t a new concept… but for some reasons we keep forgeting about it!
Almost all products that we buy in stores were made once in a mold or factory plan or assembly line organization. The companies made the means once and now produce identical products or easy method of customization over and over again without thought, setbacks, or additional overhead.
Online business is not that different.
Create succesful Sales Page once – edit it again and again for each new offer.
Write an email sequence once – edit it again and again for each new funnel.
Create a Standard Operating Procedure once – have team members execute again and again.
Create digital product once – sell it again and again.
Create a Client Process Checklist – complete it again and again.
There’s no reason to reinvent the wheel – EVER.
Remember that we are building online businesses that support the way we need to live our lives with chronic symptoms.
That doesn’t mean never working… it means working smartly and comfortably (not the same as getting outside your comfort zone!).
If our online business is not bringing in cash, is moving too quickly to actually keep up with, or forcing us to work on things that bring us a lot of stress… it’s time to finish whatever you are obligated to do right that moment (like client work) and then take a step back and rebuild the online business.
Business is not impossible. Business is not grinding 24/7.
Business is manageable. Business is asset building.
Best,
Valeriya Zaytseva
CEO | @ChronicEntrepreneurClub
