Life Gets in the Way
What happens when life gets in the way of those carefully laid-out plans? It does. It irritates me. I want to say, "How rude!" I can stomp my foot and harrumph, but stuff still gets in the way. There was a series of blog post ideas laid out. Research done. I just needed to put them all together, edit them, and post them to the various media sites. Then the dreaded "ick" hit me hard. Leaving out the gory details, I could do my work and then crawl back into a sickly slumber. For weeks. If, like me, you are the sole proprietor of your business, a hiccup like this can set you back. Especially when unplanned. I will confess right now that I coasted on a streak of decent health and was slack in preparing for an emergency or a pause in running a business. I was lucky and covered most of my responsibilities, but left the others for when I was back to reasonable health. 2025 is a new year, it's time to create "Break this in case of emergency" plans. Her...