Hello Fellow Online Business Developers,

Today I thought I would write a more personal post, however it is very relevant to trying to create a business online.

In a nut shell I am feeling very frustrated and very overwhelmed today with this whole creating a business thing. As you may be aware from reading some of my earlier posts I have been exploring  and trying to create a business from home online ever since planning to get pregnant to have my little one (Whom is now 2!) This drawn out process has been going on casual and part time for the last 3 years!!!!

Well for the first time in this journey I am actually starting to feel anxious, frustrated and overwhelmed and I am wondering………..

“Why I am feeling these feelings??”

Is it because I have so much to do to really set up this business properly? There is a lot more behind the scenes workings in developing an online business that the Guru’s will lead you to believe. (I will discuss this more another time.) It seems that just when I think I am making in roads I find out more stuff I need to do, or eBay has changed its rules again etc etc etc.

For example this week I learned I need to add privacy policies and terms and conditions to my websites. (What are these you ask? At the moment I have no idea!) I have had to spend more time researching about these and working out how to go about it all instead of actually doing the other things that were on my list to do so I feel like I am falling behind.

This week I have also discovered that eBay is not fond of people selling resell products (ebooks) and has banned and suspended some people from selling these items. This has lead me to search for some private label products to try and sell instead, hence discovering the oodles and oodles of doubled up bought products on my computers hard drive only a few nights ago (See my last post) and feeling very overwhelmed and frustrated at the amount of money I have wasted because I haven’t been organized.

Is it because I don’t have a lot of time to actually get some work done? I only get a couple of hours if that a day to spend on creating my websites. Between maintaining a home, taking care of my child and trying to work, there are not a lot of hours in a day!!!! I feel frustrated that I am not getting as much done as I should be and hence I get feelings of frustration and overwhelm and guilt.

Frustration at the lack of hours.

Overwhelm at the magnitude of the behind the scenes things to do. The Guru’s make it sound so easy when truthfully setting up an online business is not different to setting up an offline business. It does take a lot of time before you see any justification for the time and money you spend.

And Guilt because the last couple of days I have been wanting my little one to spend more time sleeping so I can get more work done! I should be wanting to spend the time with my little one! Not sitting at the computer!

Or is it because I am starting to feel sabotaged? This one has definite food for thought and could be a completely new topic to talk about. You may question am I starting to sabotage myself in creating this business or am I allowing outside influences to sabotage me?

I just thought I would share these feelings with you to show that sometimes we can have some “good days” and some times we can have some “not so good days”. I think I need to remember that “The tortoise always wins the race!” and “Rome wasn’t built in a day!”

As long as I spend at least a minute a day I am making progress. (I learned this from The One Minute Millionaire.) And even though we may find some stumbling blocks along the way it is all part of the journey of the entrepreneur spirit.

So today I am having a not so good day, however I am sure the new day will be much better.

So Until Next Time…..

Enjoy the frustration along the way.

Jacinta

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