Monday 16 October 2023

A note from my journal

 Life got in the way, so I have not touched my blog for ages. For almost 6 months to be exact.

Since 2015 I have been working very hard to get hold of my finances, pay debts and move forward. While I was not immune (like everyone else) to Covid, family problems and health issues, I managed to carry on through all the hurdles. I set up my little goals and persevered.

It cost me lots of strong will, frustration, and determination to get where I am now. Was it easy?

No, it was tough, really tough. So many times I just wanted to give up, to lie down and just sleep.

What helped me? My diary and written goals which made me accountable. And discipline. Discipline to review my goals every two weeks to make sure I was on the right path.

I also took another action which saved me lots of money, time and headache. I stopped attending all the courses where every five minutes I was told I would be able to make tons of money if only I took this and that course (!).

I admit, there are good courses worth attending, but you do not have to go for absolutely everything. Most of the time you can learn most of the time by researching the internet and by basically doing the things that you were going to do. Make mistakes, learn from them and move forward. 

In business, if you don't pay your staff or your bills, your business will fail. It's just common sense.

If you can't manage a few quid, you will not be able to manage any bigger amount of money.

If you can't delay gratification and you spend money that should be used to pay your suppliers, you will not be afloat for long. Running business requires discipline, planning and strategic thinking. Plus it needs people. No people equals no business.


Sunday 23 April 2023

Today I hit a milestone. I paid my credit card debt off. It has been a long journey, full of tears, hard work and personal choices. 

I went through stages of  being over the moon one day to completely depressed the other. It was not a straight road. If things could go wrong, they did as they always do, but I did it!

What can I say? I feel I achieved a great thing. I learnt a great deal about finances, discipline and trust. It was a costly lesson but I grew as a person. I am very grateful for this learning. Nobody can take it away from me. 👍💪


Monday 16 January 2023

 I was nicely surprised as an entrepreneur to have one of my Twitter accounts reinstated. A big "Thank you" goes to Elon Musk for allowing it back. 🙏

To be honest, I don't feel it should have been banned in the first place as I have never promoted anything harmful or nasty. I lost the majority of my followers and the work I had done but I am not going to sit and cry over it. I am coming back stronger and more determined. 

I treat this little hiccup as a learning curve. If I did not have any Twitter presence I would not have learned by my mistakes. To the NEW 2023.