This is something your should have seriously thought about when you were thinking about ideas for your micro business. From the start you need to have in mind that your business is and should have a lot to do with your character. Even more because one of the reasons you are starting on your own is to break free from a job or a life that felt confining. Now you are trying to make the most out of th eopportunity you gave yourself, so combine the business and the lifestyle you want.
But, what if you have already opened a micro business and then figured out it doesn’t fit the way you thought it would, or you discovered you liked something else? It happens because people are torn between choosing a micro business idea that will make them the money they want and not believing or focusing enough on what they want to do. You could make both work for you if you only paid more attention to what you want your life to look like by not taking work into the equasion, but incorporating it later, when you see clearly how you can do that.
If you have already opened a business, try to change the course as much as you can toward what you now want. That doesn’t automatically mean that you made a mistake if you learnt only after you opened your business, that you really wanted something else. It means that this experience has helped you discover who you really are, or it has helped you see what you are attracted to more. It can be a business choice, working rythm, life pace, or just different interests and experiences you are in search of.
Plus, every business has an expiration date, on a personal level. What happens is that you reinvent it after some time or you move on to something new; leaving the old to someone else or shutting it down. And whether your expiration date was short or long, it doesn’t really matter. During that time you moved forward, you’ve learnt something about yourself and outgrown the idea.
It happens to all of us. The only difference is that some see this as a problem, which they try to solve by pressuring themselves to stay where they are, while others see it as a new opportunity. Why would you want to get stuck in a rut and not get out?!
When you get bored, think about what’s bothering you and choose a solution. The thing is, as soon as something is not right, you know what it is.
Think about the lifestyle you want for yourself when you are thinking about your micro business ideas and find a way to make it work. Don’t cut on any side. As I said, this is much about chaaracter; if you want to be on the move all the time, set that as a condition; if you want adventure, settle down, constantly meet new people…set that. If you want to keep what you do besides your business totally separate from it or completely intertwined, make that happen. Just don’t act like these are two separate decisions you need to make. They are not.
You gave yourself the opportunity to make a change in your life, don’t waste it.
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How have you combined, or want to combine, your micro business and your lifestyle?
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