This week during general mentorship we got on a topic that is near and dear to my heart and may be on yours as well, anxiety. Feel free to watch the full replay here. Maybe you aren't diagnosed with anxiety but 30% of people suffer from anxiety and with the stresses that can come along with owning a small business you more than likely face it at some point in your daily life more than you wish. In fact, I personally take at least one to two calls a month from Notaries around the country who are suffering from anxiety related to their Notary businesses. And because I've dealt with clinical anxiety most of my adult life (overcoming it without medication) I love helping my fellow Notary Business Owners with what I've learned over the past 13-14 years.
Some of the most common things I hear are:
Do You Think I'll Make It?
What If I Don't Succeed?
I Don't Think I'm Cut Out for This?
I Feel Like I Don't Know Enough!
No One Seems to Understand What I'm Doing Here.
I'm Afraid I'm Going to Let My Family Down.
These are just a few of the things I've heard on the Notary Stars' support line in the past year- especially after the downturn and even more now that we are starting to level out. Before I go any further, if you feel these things you need to know you are not alone!
When I became a Notary Public & Loan Signing Agent there was really only one or two mentors out there, the National Notary Association and Notary2Pro was getting off the ground. At that time, I was in California, which has some of the strictest Notary laws of all 50 States. And I was absolutely fed up with Corporate America because I was tired of being the responsible one who showed up to work on time, did the most work, and got absolutely the least recognition for it. I wanted this career to work for me much like many of you do because I just couldn't go backwards.
Funny story: I wanted it so badly that I wound up in the ER several times trying to convince nurses and doctors that I was having a heart attack. I even wore an expensive at home heart monitor for 30+ days because I convinced doctors they just hadn't found what was wrong with me. Or, they wanted to humor me? That's neither here nor there anyway.
The fact of the matter is that I get how stressful it is to become a business owner and although Unlimited Ink Notary and Notary Stars does very well for itself, a decade later. I will never forget where I came from or how hard I had to work to get here. Which is why I want to give you some of the things I've learned over the years to deal with anxiety as a business owner that have really helped me.
Here are my top go-to's to alleviate anxiety:
Create a Happy Place Play List and Keep It on Hand
If You Have Pets Play with Them
Pets Generally are Comforting.
Do Things You Did as a Kid/Teenager
Go to the Mall/Movies
Play Video Games
Ride a Bike
Swing on a Swing Set
Color in a Coloring Book
Call an Old Friend to Catch Up
Identify Outload What is Wrong and if Anything is Actually Wrong
If you'd like to add to the list of ways to get rid of Anxieties, We'd love for you to comment on this blog article:
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