Thursday, 16 July 2009

Juggling?

At 36 years old and being a mother of three when I suggested to my Mum that I was at the point in my life when I wanted to establish my own business instead of working my little socks off for 'the man' she replied with "you must be mad". I launched in April of this year with no confirmed clients and no real ideas about accounting, book-keeping etc. All I really knew about was what I am good at and that is networking which in all of it's entirity is 'Sales'. I set up a Sales Service and when people ask what I do I reply with "all things sales". As the title suggests my life involves a huge amount of juggling. I have a 17 year old son with Aspergers, a 15 year old daughter and a 9 year old boy. A husband that if I'm honest is very good at what he does for a living but is no use to me at all as far as the business is concerned (I do love you though). I am a community governor and represent young people with special educational needs. Today from 9 O'clock this morning I was in a grievence hearing for one of the local schools which finished at just gone 12 O'clock. I then had to rush to the supermarket as I had promised a group of young people cakes for their afternoon tea with the Mayor of St Helens which started at 1.30... In between my meeting this morning and afternoon tea with the Mayor I had to firm up 2 appointments for next week and placate a client that is a little bit more demanding than most. My husband and I are also in a scooter club as we ride vintage scooters and haven't quite grown out of the mod scene just yet so I had to confirm that we would be helping out with the fun day this weekend whilst I was walking around the supermarket looking for cream cakes. After the fun of this afternoon I then returned to my office where I picked up the emails that were waiting for me. Every single one of them needed some form of action before I could move them to their relevant folders. I have written my to-do list for tomorrow and am now going to enjoy a cup of tea and a cuddle on the sofa.

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