Six Things I Wish I Had Known When I Started Working For Myself

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Six Things I Wish I Had Known When I Started Working For Myself

I remember when I first had the idea... I was sat at my kitchen table (as classically that’s where all the good ideas start) and working out how I was going to actually start teaching yoga to people

That was almost 6 years ago, NEVER did I imagine the scale the Yoga Brunch Club could grow to.

I often get asked what advice I have for anyone starting out on a new business idea or venture.  If I’m honest I still feel like I’m figuring it all out most days.

I've jotted down a few answers below:

WORKING FOR YOURSELF IS HARD (otherwise everyone would do it)

It’s great being your own boss. BUT it can get lonely, you can lack motivation and it is easy to loose your focus. Build up a support network of fellow freelancers, find a mentor, connect with business owners that you can spark ideas off with.
 

FIND YOUR WHY

Teaching yoga and making yoga more accessible and less intimidating, is ‘the why’ behind my business, yoga and teaching grounds me and will always takes me back to the roots of why I first started my business.
 

YOU CAN’T DO EVERYTHING

Even though you will try, I am slowly starting to learn to ask for help, to share the work load and am loving having more people involved with the business. This is the only way YOU, and it can grow.
 

WRITE DOWN YOUR GOALS

It’s easy to get distracted with big shiny things along the way and end up working on projects that you think you SHOULD be doing rather than taking the time to figure where you and what you want to spend your time on.
 

DO NOT FEEL GUILTY

If you are not at your desk for 8 hours a day. Make time to do the stuff you couldn’t do when your time was more restricted.

Get outside, move your body, sitting at a desk all day is not going to make you more productive.
 

ON TOUGH DAYS

Or when I feel like I’ve got it all wrong I look through photos, videos, and feedback from all the wonderful attendees who have love the Yoga Brunch Club as much as I do, this gives me the drive to keep going.