Awareness of Change

Just had the most incredible BabyShower celebration. Thanks to all those who came to join us in celebrating the upcoming arrival of our baby boy. We had hilarious fun games, guessing who the baby was, lots of food and great crew of people together. Biggest thank you to Crista who hosted us & def knows how to throw a party. (Photos are on IG)

I have to admit though earlier this week, I had a huge wave of stress flow in, all the anxiousness, the doubt and questioning. Let me talk about that first.

Maybe you can relate to something you know you have prepared for, but you are doing something out of your comfort zone anyway. And as much as you are ready and you know in your being that this is something you have manifeted and wanted - the fear flows in, the mindset trying to keep you ‘safe’ and in the zone of what you already know. 

Clearly I know that my life is about to change but it wasn’t until I was cancelling a reoccuring invoice that it hit me, the major difference in my active business income. 

I say active - because thats directly the revenue stream made by my agency, i’ve purposely slowed down, took on less clients this year with the intention of starting a family. And I absolutley manifested this new chapter of my life - I have been preparing for years. 

I worked my ass off knowing that my hustle was in exchange for calm when I became a mother. It’s totally different for someone who can’t get any maternity leave - it’s all on us. We don’t have an employer or benefits to claim. I knew this - this was the lifestyle I’ve traded the freedom for.

So I worked hard, diversified income streams as well - so that not everything is reliant on just my agency. 

I’ve mentioned my long term trading strategy, where i’ve held divendend stock for years. I slightly touched on our algorithmic trading stream too that delivers a monthly passive income. And I also even have an Austrlian build investment that’s a set return rate of 20% pa. 

The one work goal I do have before our baby arrives is to finally complete my funnel with a non-service based offer. I’ve needed to do this for while - meaning that all the TOF content that is active on all the social networks lead towards a path of an offer that does not require my agency work anymore. 

For the past 5 years of Qudoze Agency, it always was more clients, great projects and scaling the team. Now I have switched gears and left the racetrack this year. I’ve traded in my lamborghini for a reliable tesla that does self-driving. haha I’ve stopped accelerating and now I’m on cruise control. 

Letting go of that, and changing my ‘map’ of how i’ve always played this game - I’m learning. 

its a new landscape and wow, did I feel a lot of fear.

I have mentally prepped for this - It’s not unexpected, that I intentionally would want to slow down and be 100% present as I expereince motherhood. 

I’ve actually designed everything in a way to trully enjoy it as much as possible can.

Guessing that these financial fears and the change are always going to be factors that scare us. That we won’t know how the true outcomes will be - that unpredictability is facinating to me. it allows people to thrive. 

I keep saying I because this was my own independent financial choices & preparation - Luckily I also have a partner who also has his own business entirely seperate to mine (& who cooks) We will be fine. 

I know how significant this period will be. and I STILL beleive that money can be made back, but time can not. 

Plus there’s the high change as soon as he turns teenager, he will be too cool for mom & i’ll already be back in business boss mode before then I’m sure.