I wonder if you can relate to a difficult truth I hear from women business owners who are overwhelmed, overworked, and underpaying themselves…
Here’s what they share with me:
“Fabienne, I’m starting to resent my business. I know I’m (technically) doing well, but it is all-consuming. I don’t have a life anymore. I can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel.”
Ouch. This can be very hard to admit. After all, you’ve put your heart, hard work, and countless hours into building your business – but sometimes, it feels like a never-ending struggle, and you wonder if it’s actually WORTH it to be self-employed.
Here’s the thing you should know.
This. Is. Normal.
Resenting your business at this stage is more common than you might think.
Everyone experiences this right of passage. (Some even stay there, but you don’t have to.)
Even though it’s tempting to want to throw in the towel, it’s also a sign that you’re ready for your next level.
It’s a sign that what got you “here” is no longer working.
Here’s why it happens:
→ You started your business to do what you love (working with clients), but now you’re dealing with team, marketing, tech, and admin issues that frankly, you would rather not be doing.
→ You thought you’d have freedom being self-employed, but now you’re working through meals, then late into the evening and weekend. There’s never a truly unplugged vacation.
→ You know you need help, but you struggle to delegate more because there’s not enough time or money to hire anyone and from past experience, you believe you’re not good at managing a team.
→ You know you desperately need systems, but there is just no time to work on them, so you stay stuck putting out fires and doing things that don’t really move the needle forward.
It’s all so frustrating and it can feel really uncomfortable to admit these things, and even worse to feel this way every day.
If you’re experiencing some (or all) of this, just know you’re NOT the only one.
But it doesn’t have to be this way.
Every entrepreneur goes through some version of this until they begin to leverage their business so it becomes more self-sustaining and gets the owner their life back.
Maybe it’s time to try something different than what you’re doing right now?
If you’re feeling a lot of resistance or resentment towards your business, trying to do it all on your own and on the edge of burning out, let’s talk sooner rather than later.
We can help you figure out what’s going wrong and get you on the path to growing your business, and your down time, while falling back in love with your business.
All it takes is the courage to have one phone call where we talk heart-to-heart.
Standing by if you need me,
