popupbooksOff the Cuff with Pop Up Books and finding balance. Let’s be real. Ok numbers are always going through my brain, statistics, new tax law and how to help my amazing VIP group in Facebook are just a few at any given time. Sooo what do you need to know about me? Yes I am a scattered brained mom of four, running two businesses out of my home while still being responsible for running a household. It’s a constant balancing act of getting my kids to school on time to what should I work on next to grow my business. Every interaction I have via PM, phone call, text or engagement post with my VIP’s or bookkeeping clients is what fuels me. You see, I need constant engagement on a daily basis to keep my thoughts healthy, deter my bipolar, and stay sharp at my trade. I crave helping people in an area they may not know much about and seeing the reward of their business growing. Direct sales is a hard business and has both risk and reward.
Let’s get back to bipolar for a second. This has plagued me for my entire life. Only recently been diagnosed in my 20’s and almost 5 years to get medications correct. Now in my late 30’s and hormones changing again, back to therapy to get it right. If you are watching my lives, seeing my posts or working with me one on one I am hyper focused on the task at hand and not to toot my horn, very good at my trade. I fight this mental illness battle every day with increasing anxiety of what others think. Inner battles can sometimes be the worst. Mental illness and running your own business can have it’s challenges and there are days I would like to hide under a rock. These days are the hardest but I always get up, get showered and get excited to get back into my office. My office is my safe zone, the place that makes sense in all the chaos that happens on the above floors. Numbers and the challenge of my job help focus me and calm me. I can only hope anyone with my illness can understand finding balance in life is the key. When the balance is off is when everything goes array.
My many faces. Accept who you are, the struggle is real. Set your goals high but set realistic expectations.
What is Bipolar? Here are some links. Many of the signs are in us all, but don’t believe everything you hear on the internet. Everyone knows when you look up your symptoms on the internet, worry sets in that we may be dying. Although not funny, in some cases symptoms can be minor with a major problem. Always seek professional advice or contact local resources.
Today I needed to be real. Share your real. Be Real. Be You. We aren’t all perfect and we fight our own internal battles every day. Don’t let those battles rule your life, find your passion and stick with it. Work shouldn’t be work, it should be something you enjoy and get calm from or fuels the fire inside of you. Finding peace in all the chaos and focus on the good. Please feel free to share your real with me and your struggles. Every single one matters!
*Off the Cuff and Balance with Pop Up Books and founder, Chrissy Darling
