Show Posted: How To Feed Your Soul and Still Feed Yourself

If you’re in business for yourself, you know about the battle you sometimes wage inside yourself. Are you the artist or are you the businesswoman? Are you the massage therapist/graphic designer/life coach or are you the networker/bookkeeper/blog poster?

What I’m getting at here is that we have to play a variety of roles when we’re running our own businesses. And, especially in the first couple years, the role of “business-creator” can vastly outweigh the role of “service-giver.”

Thus begging the question, how can I make my soul happy–doing what I got into business to do, my way, in the first place–and still make sure I get paid enough to eat and keep my home?! All without losing my identity or my mind?

This is what poet and freelance copyeditor Dorine Jennette and I delved into last Thursday. These were among our tasty tidbits of inquiry and info:

• some thoughts on how to make friends with your business side
• a useful question to ask yourself to rebalance your perspective of your roles
• a couple practical tips for fitting your soul back into your pragmatic daily life

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