Today I learned of a woman who, when the pandemic hit Canada, started her own business that has now grown so large, she’s looking to hire employees to expand operations across Western Canada. The business? Chickens. She owns chickens. People can rent her chickens for $35 an hour to come to their home and eat […]
Just do it. — #MILLENNIALLIFECRISIS
Found this cracking uplifting story on a fellow bloggers site and thought I’d share it with you.
Despite my own MH issues, and possibly because of them, in certain areas of my life I have very much been a just do it person. My MH told me I was worthless and useless but I could prove it wrong by doing well at work. This worked for a while, but when you are getting your definition of self worth from the job you do, being made redundant comes with a secondary kick. Most of my major MH episodes prior to the last one had occurred following redundancy.
It was in part, as an attempt to take some control of this that after numerous redundacies, all due to corporate restructurings, I decided to go self employed. This was a massive step, full of risk, but it paid off. I had several years where I could not be made redundant, in fact I was generally in more demand than there was of me to supply.
However health issues with family members then arose, and I found myself throwing myself into work, not sleeping, failing to be in control, and I wore myself down mentally and physically. Not a surprise I suffered a serious MH episode.
However comming out the other side now, I am making plans, to help minimise the impact of work on my MH and changing my career so I can switch off from work at night. When you run your own business it is very hard to switch off. Whilst we did it , it was very rewarding and one of the best periods of MH for me.
The real risk is not taking the risks, if you take them the worst that can happen is you fail and so long as you learn from that failure, it is not a failure.. Ok I am not starting to sound like some 90’s inspirational speaker, so I’ll end it there.
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