Stress is a fact of life—especially in this fast-paced, high-pressure modern world we all are living in. But, it can sometimes seem like taking on the challenges of a home-based or small business compounds those stressors ten-fold! Is your business stressful? Or are there realities and concerns that are causing you worry? Is your home business keeping you up at night?
It is probably reasonable to expect that there will be some things about our businesses that keep us up at night—we might be worried about how to meet an order or how to negotiate a contract, or we might be trying to figure out how to juggle our traditional job with having enough time to focus on building our business too. For many of us, the realities of raising a family, taking care of the household responsibilities and focusing on business realities is a big, consuming challenge and worry! Whether it is family-related or work-related—actually trying to attend to all the little details of running a business can be enough to keep many of us pacing the floors (or chained to our desks trying to get in just a little more work before falling into bed).
I would be interested to hear from others of you out there who are starting or operating your own small businesses—what are your worries and concerns and what is keeping you up at night? Additionally, we could probably all benefit from some advice on how to tamp down some of those worries and keep things in perspective. Of course we know the basics of stress management—eating right, enough rest, and exercise—but home business worries can be so intense as to warrant some special treatment. Any suggestions from any of you out there as to how to get those worries under control and get a good night’s sleep?