If you haven’t noticed it has been several days since I posted anything on my blog.  That’s because I was the recipient of a negligent driver smashing into me at 40 mph while I was at a dead stop.  I have been spending the last several days getting better and recovering.  Although nothing too serious resulted from this accident it does take longer to get back to normal the older I get.

Because I have had a tremendous amount of time on my hands (I have been spending my days sitting around icing my neck and back) to think about self care.  My thoughts during the past few days have been a combination of thinking about my business and thinking about the importance of taking care of myself.  I know I should have put the business thoughts aside but it was terribly hard to completely let go.

What is it about women entrepreneurs that makes us feel that we can’t or shouldn’t take care of ourselves?  Although all the women business owners I know sent me messages about “resting” and “taking good care” I know that most if not all where thinking about what they would do if they were derailed for a few days or longer.  Thoughts like: “How long will I be unable to work?” and ” What will I do about money?” can often fill our heads when we are self employed or worse yet the soul provider for our families.

After thinking about this for days I firmly believe that part of “taking good care” means having a business plan that doesn’t solely rely on you to physically “work” all the time.  This means creating a solid plan with multiple streams of income so that when you are “down and out” the money is still flowing in!  My business plan does have multiple revenue streams and I continue to develop other possible streams of income for my business.  What does yours look like?  Let me know.

Be well and thanks for the well wishes!

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