Yesterday, I shared with you that I didn’t try to get enough quality sleep because I put my side hustle first, which left me exhausted and stressed.
But the fifth biggest mistake I made on the way to side hustle success is SPENDING TOO LITTLE TIME WITH MY FAMILY.
I might have been in the same room or car with my husband, but I was certainly paying zero attention to what he was saying when my nose is in my Macbook or glued to my iPhone.
Countless times he’s been talking to me and I listen to the first 5 words, then start typing again, then realize he’s waiting for a response and then say “Wait, what was that again?”
I try to feign misunderstanding, but he knows the truth – I just stopped listening.
Or I’d ask him a question, immediately stop paying attention for his answer, forget that I even asked him, and then ask him again 5 minutes later, and he’d look at me like, “Are you serious right now? You just asked me that 5 minutes ago and I answered you.”
I’d tell him I couldn’t go out to dinner because I had this client project, or we couldn't’ go camping this weekend because I need internet for this other thing.
And while he was supportive of my side hustle, he was rightly annoyed at being number two to my business. I had to set boundaries, make changes and put my family first. It was hard because I was afraid of not making enough money, but nothing is more important than family, especially my husband, but my actions certainly didn’t show it. #workingonit
And then I’d be so exhausted from working constantly all week that when my mom would want to get together on a Sunday, I’d say no because all I wanted to do was veg out on the couch and escape into Netflix.
Or when we’d travel to visit family, I’d spend all morning on my laptop, half paying attention to my nephews – but, hey, I’m in the same room as everyone else, so it counts, right?
Um, nope.
No job should ever take precedence over quality time with your family. I wish I would have set clear boundaries from the beginning because it’s hard to reset once you’ve crossed over them a million times.
So tomorrow, I’m going to share with you mistake number six on my way to side hustle success, focusing on the wrong thing!
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