By Tricia Scott.
As I write this on Saturday morning, I am at my home desk, latte in hand, vaguely aware that I should probably be packing.
By the time you read this, I will be at The Barnsdale — a rather beautiful countryside hotel and spa, and I will, in all likelihood, be horizontal in a sauna cabin staring at the ceiling with the vacant expression of someone who has been told, firmly and correctly, that laptops are not welcome here.
Good. Because I needed someone else to say it.
(This letter is therefore coming to you from the responsible, pre-spa, still-has-Wi-Fi version of me. You're welcome.)
Here's what's on my mind today.
There's a voice (and you might recognise the one) that pipes up every single time I book something like this.
You don't have time for this. The business needs you. You can rest when you're caught up. You can slow down when you've earned it. What exactly are you doing in a spa when there are emails to answer?
She has been in my ear for years. She is, I have come to understand, absolutely exhausting.
So I'm doing something about it.
I have made a decision — a proper, deliberate, no-backing-out-in-a-months-time decision to take my own restoration as seriously as I take my business. For the next six months. Because this perimenopausal 46-year-old woman wants to know, like, really know, how different I am, and how different this business is, when its founder actually looks after herself.
Not performing fine. Actually fine.
Consider this the opening chapter.
We are at the very beginning. But I am paying attention.
But before I go and locate my packing list — what would it look like if you took your own restoration as seriously as your business this week?
Even if it's just ninety minutes. Even if it's just five minutes on Tuesday.
That's where it starts,
I believe in you (always).
Tricia Scott is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the multi-award winning The Female CEO — a global platform, magazine, and community dedicated to helping women build confident, aligned, powerful businesses.
A startup mentor and multi-company director, she’s spent the past decade helping women move from overwhelmed and isolated to empowered and intentional.
Most days, she’s juggling her MacBook, her next big idea, and a very necessary caffeine supply. Connect with her at thefemaleceo.com.
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