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

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

Jul 19

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