I’m exhausted! Insights and learning from my experience at WA.
Last night my son called us from school, told us he got the summer internship offer from Google.
For 22 years, our son has always brought us countless surprises. I enjoy talking to him and sharing happiness with him.
But this time my mind was in somewhere else.
Through the phone, he has noticed it and asked me what was going on. I told him that I’ve been working on the computer for over 5 hours. I’m exhausted!
Here was the next thing he said to me: Mom, you got to give yourself a break. You are frying your brain.
Yes, I am. He was right.
From the first day of joining WA, my passion has never stopped. I love the training at WA. Love working on my website. Love learning every day.
I want to do as much as I can, but time goes by too fast. I feel the day is not long enough.
My mind is filled with every kind of question. I wanted to fix them all at once. Until yesterday I suddenly realized that I’ve been driving myself crazy.
I couldn't enjoy my everyday life, couldn’t taste the food, couldn’t sleep well...Even when my son shared his exciting news wouldn’t drag me out of the hole.
Worst of all, my mind is shutting down!!
So, I decided to take a day off. Stay away from the computer, completely nothing to do on it. We are going out for lunch, a big buffet. I need it.
Before we go, I’d like to share some of the thoughts I’ve learned from my exhausting experience.
Work smarter, not harder.
We are human, not a machine. Even a machine needs maintenance.
Having good sleep and healthy food will increase your energy.
Without energy, your body, your brain will not function.
Making progress.
"Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out." --- Robert Collier
Learn something new, post a new article on your website, fix a technical issue...
Each little step you take reveals a new horizon. Take the first step then challenge yourself to take the next one.
Do not race against time.
We only have certain hours every day. The best we can do is not wasting time.
I was trying so hard to beat the time but ended up leading to a decrease in productivity.
Have a plan but be flexible.
We want to have a good plan. It’s the blueprint for the future. Without it, we will not have a clear direction.
But we also need to be flexible. Not every plan will work the way we wanted to. Adjust it when it needs to, for matching the best results.
Living a well-balanced life.
- Taking care of and nurturing yourself. You cannot accomplish anything if you're unhealthy.
- Know what your priorities are. Life is not only about money or business. There is something more important that need us to pay more attention to.
- Be organized and plan ahead. This will increase your productivity.
- Enjoy yourself. Spend time with your family and loved ones.
We are participating in a marathon.
Success will take time. We cannot expect that happens overnight.
My brother and his wife run a successful restaurant in Beijing of China. In the last ten years, they have been through all kind of obstacles.
If they've given up on it, they would've never had a chance to succeed.
Same as an offline business, an online business also needs time. Wer're participating in a marathon.
The good news is, we have more chances of creating a successful business on the internet. The best things we can do are have Faith. Keep working. Never ever… give up!!!
Period!
Are you ready for the long run?
Have you ever had any good or bad experiences when you‘re building up your business?
What’s on your mind?
Everybody deserves a bright future and a wonderful life!
Wishing everybody Bounce Back Big in 2019!
Amy
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Thanks Amy you blogged what I had on my mind to do yesterday...I tried to race against time and beat myself up when I didn't achieve my weekly posts and then only realised how drained I was yesterday...I couldn't even look at the screen. I am going to take it easy now...sometimes the WA ranking can be quite upsetting for me, when I take time away and it goes back up.. but I think your post shows me that my wellbeing is more important than wealth. Thank you.
Hi Snazzy. Thank you for the comment.
I know how hard it is to stay away your passion.
I forced myself to take a day off. But 10 hours later I’m here again. I just couldn’t get it out of my mind.
However, we really need to take good care of ourselves. Building up a success business is a long term job. Without good health nothing will happen.
Warm wishes to you. : )
Amy
Nice reminders in the post. I am just about to finish my productivity lesson of training module 2. One of the things it encourages us to do it set time restraints to focus on specific activities. For example, I am going to work write my blog for one hour (and do nothing else i.e. research, check blogs, check notifications, etc.). This advice is helpful but difficult to follow.
Good look to you when you get back to WA after a day break!
Rachael
Hi Rachael. It’s difficult to me too. We all have a busy life. It’s hard not to get distracted.
We just need to do our best, making a small progress every day.
Believe it something amazing is going to happen.
Good luck and wishing you all the best.
Amy
Thanks for sharing! I know what you mean... and yes, we have to be nice to ourselves. Great that you have people around you who can detect when you need to take a break, and are so nice that they tell you. That is caring!
Hi Jessica. Thank you for reading my post.
You are right, we need to take care of ourselves. With all the love and peace in mind we will go further.
Best wishes to you. : )
To Ruzel and Terand. Sorry I have lost my original article while I was editing it.
Thank you for your comment on it.
Have a great week.
Amy
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Great post Amy. And certainly well understood when trying to achieve many goals!
Good luck on your journey and well managed time!
Thank you Joanne.
Best wishes to you too.