"Your business is your life" that's what a transformation coach told me just last week. Now I know what you are thinking, you just can't work your whole life. That's not what I am talking about. It's the mindset of making your business a part of your whole LIFESTYLE. As someone who did the corporate thing for a while, I can't tell you how freeing it is to able to structure your business to your lifestyle. Do you hate waking up early? Structure your day to start your day later. Do you like taking little breaks throughout the day? Structure your day around that! Your business is what you make of it. I have so many tools that help me keep at a high-performance level for my clients, but also keep me grounded.

Hope you had a great 4th of July! I used this weekend to work and of course enjoy the wonderful freedoms we have by watching the latest season of Stranger Things! Did you watch it? If so, that was crazy, right? I love that show so much! Some of you may or may not know that I recently got laid off from my 9-5, which I think might be the best thing that ever happened to me. While I loved my job, it was also killing me emotionally, mentally, and even physically believe it or not. My stress level was through the roof, and without trying to give away all the details, the job itself wasn't what I signed up for towards the end.

Changing your mindset is a long and evolving process that most entrepreneurs (including myself) are still learning how to do. There are just certain things that you can't predict in life, and this past couple of weeks have been very difficult for me. I got laid off from my job and a couple of things fell through for me that I didn't really expect to fall through. However, I've been very proud of myself for remaining optimistic about my outlook on life. I know that a year ago, that wouldn't have been the case. I would've been up all night listening to emo music and hating the world.

There are a lot of people will tell you about starting your own business, but the one thing I believe that no one tells you is how much of a mental strain it can be. It really does take a lot out of you, mentally and physically, but you are always told that it'll be worth it in the end. Well, how can that be when you never see the results right? It's such a struggle to see the end goal when you are in the day to day, but we are all told that you will retire sooner, pay off loans faster and be happier than at your mundane 9-5. That is partially true, but what no one ever tells us, is this deep fear that you have within yourself that you will never be good as your competitor won't ever go away. No one ever tells you how much in the hole you will be before you actually start seeing any ROI and no one ever tells you how lonely you will feel amongst other people, even entrepreneurs.

Happy President's Day Weekend for those of us in the States and Happy Post Valentine's Day for everyone across the world that celebrates it. Even if you don't celebrate either holiday, it's always a great day to celebrate yourself! Why? Because it's super important to acknowledge your accomplishments as a human being. What have you done with your life in the last week? Last month? Last year? It's very easy for us entrepreneurs to get really stuck in the "un-accomplishments" or the goals we haven't met in Q1, but I would like to celebrate a win. My mentor Rachel Pedersen, does this in her group and she calls them Wins-days. Every Wednesday she tells everyone to post your wins for the week, no matter how big or small. It's so important to share wins you guys, especially on social media. You will be surprised at how many people will have similar wins!