When life throws you freshly ironed lemons, corner the market instead!

Well, life finally did catch up with me with the force of a 16 ton anvil.

Over the past week, I’ve been dealing with my elderly parents in the hospital, my work, my family, and yesterday things reached a peak – went on shutdown from 2:30pm until this morning when I realized…I’m just not optimal enough to get to Las Vegas for Dr Ben’s End of the World Marketing event. 🙁

All together now….wah!

I know myself; if I did go, I’d end up crashing/burning for a week or so afterwards and as the sole breadwinner for the family, I cannot afford that. 🙁 Were I single with no responsibilities, heck YES I’d be manning up beyond all mortal comprehension (would also do that if I was a solo speaker and just fly in/out when required)….but as a mom with 4 kids/2 mooses/a spouse and a flock of TwitterBudgies, I have to be wiser than I would prefer.

So. I’ve canceled the LV trip. Going to spend the time home resting and quietly hacking up my solo work that doesn’t require networking; finalizing my launches, doing my pinning but most of all, resting so I recover.

Here’s my takeaway.

1.) Only YOU know what is best for you. Always take into account what friends/etc say….but you know yourself best.

2.) You can’t do business WITHOUT health.

3.) Even if you’re down and out for the count, you can still get your usual newsletters/pins/blog posts/notifications up and out. So you’re not TOTALLY a lost cause.

4.) OUTSOURCE OUTSOURCE OUTSOURCE OUTSOURCE OUTSOURCE OUTSOURCE !

When you can. Must do that….

What’s your take on DO or DO NOT?  Im now just resting for a bit…..it just makes sense.

Grow strong,

Barbara Ling