I got lazy last week, and donāt feel guilty about it
I am a lazy person. I loooove sleeping in past 10am, and believe one of the reasons I am my own boss is because of the fact that I just cannot wake up earlyš.
But as a daughter of a single immigrant parent who literally escaped communism and poverty who engrained in me that hard work and money was my ticket to freedom, I was told at a VERY early age that my value as a human was tied to how much money I made.
Oooph, that hits hardāperhaps you can relate?
This hustle mentality is a complex, generational narrative that many of us inherited from our parents, who literally crawled their way out of war, famine, and violence, so on one hand, I totally get why my mom engrained that in meāshe didnāt even have a bathroom in her house while growing up!
But now, as an adult that has survived physical and mental burnout, in an online industry where āMORE IS BETTERā is the norm, I am actively and unapologetically in my āLAZY GIRL ERAā.
Thatās why last week, I didnāt write my weekly newsletter.
Nope, not even a short email or an urge to open my laptop to type a few words so I can stay ātop of mindā.
š©Because, in this market, who the HELL wants to do business like that anymore?
Definitely not me lately.
So, although I hear all the time from my peers who proudly proclaim that theyāve ānever missed publishing a single podcast episodeā or ānever missed a day of postingā......
I was literally on the couch ā¬ļøwatching Tropic Thunder with my favorite blanket and white cheddar popcorn, while my team was sending me messages to write my weekly newsletter before I turned off notifications on Slack.
And guess what?
āNOTHING HAPPENED.
āNO ONE GAVE A SH*T.
āNO BUSINESS WAS LOST.
(And I actually had 2 more amazing humans join our PR program yesterday.)
AND, best of all? YOU are still here, reading this email (thank you, ā¤ļøI love you!).
So, may this serve as a permission slip to build your business any f*cking way that feels aligned for you, and not living a life of āshouldsā, while feeling guilty all the time.
Because I feel that we ALL have accumulated MULTIPLE lifetimes of āguiltā already.
Before I sign off and resume my Netflix show, I want to know:
ā What are YOU no longer willing to feel guilty about this summer?
join our PR program to meet me and tell me on our small group call!
šCheering for your most unapologetic self,
Gloria
PS: While I am unapologetically lazy and doing what feels aligned for ME in business this season, I am still staying true to my 2024 word: DISCIPLINE. This means letting GO of business guilt but staying consistent on the promises I made to myself that makes me feel good, like lifting weights 5x times a week so I feel strong. These two things (laziness and discipline) are not contradictory for me.