It's Never Too Late

If you’ve been following my journey this past year, I knew I wanted to do something more purposeful and that could help women to improve their lives financially. I also knew it should have something to do with virtual work, since the women would usually not be able to find or keep traditional jobs because of challenges with health, age, family responsibilities, or background. Volunteering at a local women’s prison and with a prison aftercare program have both strengthened that desire in me. So far, my path looks like this photo:

What I want to do seems so high and impossible to get to. But I have been making progress and thought you might like to see my steps so far.

• My goal is to start an incubator to help women grow an income virtually. It will offer companionship, accountability, brainstorming, training as needed, and job leads.
• I’ve got two other ladies on board with me to do whatever is needed and have registered a business name and domain names.
• There will be a non-profit side of it and a for profit, so I need to register the non-profit (no experience with that at all) and do all the data needed for that.
• The incubator will have an online membership component for women outside of the area and a physical location in my downtown area, close to transportation – that place still needs to be found, although there are a couple of possibilities. I’ll need computers, chairs, and desks for the offline location. Plus some cozy furniture for our times just being together.
• We have an idea of the services and training we can offer and what will set us apart.
• Our two needs now are to find out what services and content topics marketers and business people may need, and to connect with those people who will need our services and content.

I’m excited, although I realize it’s a long term vision and I may have to climb a lot higher than I ever have before. I’d love your feedback and advice as we move forward.

Have a great 2018,
Carol

I’ve been feeling down about the fact that I get so many ideas and want to do so many things, but I constantly seem to put the brakes on myself. I found this video on Youtube and have watched it a few times now. Great advice that I found very helpful and think you will too. Plus, Mel Robbins is very entertaining to learn from.

Please join with me in 2018 to stop hitting the snooze button or the emergency brake and get out of our routines and into the life we were meant to live.

All the best for these last weeks of 2017. And please let me know how you are stepping out, it will be a big encouragement to me.
Carol

Some days I make such small steps it seems like I’m crawling. Especially these days when my time is taken up with helping family and taking care of my own home and my health. But the important thing is that I’m going forward and when I fall down I pick myself up and start moving again.

I’ve missed doing my podcasts lately, but I haven’t given up and I do plan to get going with it again as soon as my life allows it.

One thing I have done is put together a lot of the productivity tools and tips I use online and created a new course. I’ve added it to the Udemy platform and if you think it might be helpful to you, I’ve created 50 coupons so you can take the course for much less. Click here and if you need a coupon code it’s: MYPEOPLE.

Have a great rest of the summer, take a little step forward every day, and watch for my next podcast. I appreciate you!

Carol

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If you’ve been waiting for my weekly podcast, I’m sorry I haven’t done it for the past two weeks and probably will be another week before I get back to it. I started the podcast in February and am still motivated to continue. But once summer arrived, it seemed my family have needed my time and attention.

That’s the great thing about working on my own schedule. I can take the grandkids out for a swim or an outing. I can help out with things when one of my kids needs me. And if my husband wants to go for a bike ride in the middle of the day, I can do that too. In fact, here I am on the Cadillac for seniors (or at least this senior since my balance has gone the way of my youth).

I was stressing and trying to get my podcast done somehow, but it will be rushed and likely not very good. Instead, I’m going to enjoy the rest of my week and encourage you to do the same. I’ll get another podcast out as soon as I’m able to.

One thing I’ve realized is our work will always be there waiting for us, but the people we love may not be. Take the time while you can.

Wishing you a summer full of good memories,
Carol