Growing up I learned the fine art of people-pleasing, y'know that strong desire to go over and above for everyone else just so they will like you (making their lives so much easier and yours so much harder!). I also learned how to be a strong independent woman who never needed to ask for help.

This has always been a part of my life and who I am however, when I first stepped into entrepreneurship these two habits quickly became apparent. I very quickly found myself burned and overwhelmed because I was so busy and had no time for myself. I had this vision for my life, freedom, but I was far from it. I was trying to balance everything within my business and in personal life. I was the meal planner, the cook, the cleaner, the professional woman with a 9-5, the shoulder to cry on, the content creator, the social media manager, the student, the sales woman, the organiser - wow the list goes on but you get it. I honestly thought I could do it all and it was my responsibility, until I totally lost myself and my vision.

Every morning I woke up already feeling stressed and behind because of everything I needed to get done. I would lay awake at night with serious anxiety that I'd let someone down or hadn't finished something I was meant to do. But still, I was the person people relied on so I squished all of my issues inside because I didn't want to burden anyone and kept smiling like everything was great - even though on the inside I was drained and feeling really meh about everything.