Bombalurina
Well-Known Member
My goodness, it really is Exhausted Anonymous!!
And thank God there are more than a handful of people out there who feel the same way as me!
I don't own my own salon (yet), so my stresses are slightly different to yours...I do however work a 40 hour week for a well known beauty equipment manufacturer, which sometimes sees me travelling the length of the country teaching groups of students, therapists & lecturers....when all that's done, I also run my own mobile beauty business evenings and weekends!
Like most of you posting on here I was getting myself stressed, upset, worried, depressed, and making myself very ill. I was just an unhappy person and didn't want to socialise at all because I had no energy...and I was all too aware that when people asked me "so, what have you been up to, then?", I had absolutely nothing to tell them that didn't involve work!
I went to the doctor who signed me off work for 2 weeks...but my boss was incredibly unsympathetic, and told me I couldn't take the time off because I was so busy and it would mean letting too many people down! (She did however say that she couldn't stop me taking 2 weeks, but she knows I'm a bit of a weakling when it comes to putting my foot down, and chooses to use that to her advantage..!). I took 1 and a half days off out of those 2 weeks. Was going to be 2 days, but I got called in on the 2nd day as I was "needed".
In these difficult times, I decided that I need to keep my job (though believe me, I was looking for something else!!). However, I'm arranging my diary slightly differently now, making sure I have more days in the office and I'm travelling less. It's taking time as I'm used to saying "yes" to everyone, but if I don't make a change my health will suffer even more. With regard to the mobile work, I've pretty much cut out weekend work, unless I have a bride or a pamper party to do. At least I then know I have 2 days off to look forward to!
When the doctor signed me off, he told me to go and do something I enjoyed...and I realised I really didn't know what that entailed! I'd been spiralling into this depression for so long that all the things I used to enjoy had dropped away and I hadn't done anything fun for ages....so, I started belly dancing! It's the best thing I ever did for myself, I'm having fun, enjoying life, meeting new people, and performing with them in front of a crowd! So Tuesday night is officially "ME NIGHT!!" and I won't book a client in then for love nor money. It's not worth it.
So I agree with everyone else on this thread...go and find something you enjoy doing, make time for yourself, and set yourself days and times when you will not treat a client. As someone else said here, they don't have to know!! Just tell them you're already booked up that afternoon, but you have a space on this day instead. It works, trust me!!!
Good luck, and enjoy yourself
XX
And thank God there are more than a handful of people out there who feel the same way as me!
I don't own my own salon (yet), so my stresses are slightly different to yours...I do however work a 40 hour week for a well known beauty equipment manufacturer, which sometimes sees me travelling the length of the country teaching groups of students, therapists & lecturers....when all that's done, I also run my own mobile beauty business evenings and weekends!
Like most of you posting on here I was getting myself stressed, upset, worried, depressed, and making myself very ill. I was just an unhappy person and didn't want to socialise at all because I had no energy...and I was all too aware that when people asked me "so, what have you been up to, then?", I had absolutely nothing to tell them that didn't involve work!
I went to the doctor who signed me off work for 2 weeks...but my boss was incredibly unsympathetic, and told me I couldn't take the time off because I was so busy and it would mean letting too many people down! (She did however say that she couldn't stop me taking 2 weeks, but she knows I'm a bit of a weakling when it comes to putting my foot down, and chooses to use that to her advantage..!). I took 1 and a half days off out of those 2 weeks. Was going to be 2 days, but I got called in on the 2nd day as I was "needed".
In these difficult times, I decided that I need to keep my job (though believe me, I was looking for something else!!). However, I'm arranging my diary slightly differently now, making sure I have more days in the office and I'm travelling less. It's taking time as I'm used to saying "yes" to everyone, but if I don't make a change my health will suffer even more. With regard to the mobile work, I've pretty much cut out weekend work, unless I have a bride or a pamper party to do. At least I then know I have 2 days off to look forward to!
When the doctor signed me off, he told me to go and do something I enjoyed...and I realised I really didn't know what that entailed! I'd been spiralling into this depression for so long that all the things I used to enjoy had dropped away and I hadn't done anything fun for ages....so, I started belly dancing! It's the best thing I ever did for myself, I'm having fun, enjoying life, meeting new people, and performing with them in front of a crowd! So Tuesday night is officially "ME NIGHT!!" and I won't book a client in then for love nor money. It's not worth it.
So I agree with everyone else on this thread...go and find something you enjoy doing, make time for yourself, and set yourself days and times when you will not treat a client. As someone else said here, they don't have to know!! Just tell them you're already booked up that afternoon, but you have a space on this day instead. It works, trust me!!!
Good luck, and enjoy yourself
XX
