You're listening to the Gold Digger Podcast episode number 294.

I worked alone for the first five years.

Five years of straight up grind and hustle all by my loans and without any help.

When I was a solopreneur, the idea of outsourcing literally made me seized up with anxiety.

I was working around the clock to maintain and expand my business and the thought of bringing in someone else

to my perfectly orchestrated system that wasn't broken.

It made me feel woozy.

I'm really being honest here.

Now, here's the thing.

My system, it actually wasn't perfectly orchestrated.

In fact, it was far from it.

Sure, I had piecemealed systems together, but were they really working for me?

I mean, I never got into photography or entrepreneurship to work 24-7.

And yet, I was tapping away at my computer all hours of the day and the night in order to stay on top of things.

I never left the house without my computer and I even slept with it on my nightstand.

I talk about not great boundaries.

Now, I went into business for the freedom and flexibility of working for myself,

but I found myself a slave to the calendar and my clients rather than being free and living my best life.

Now, I have a feeling you might be experiencing something similar.

Whatever category of business you're in, when you are the one running the show,

it can feel impossible to hand over even a little bit of the reins.

I recently ran into a local entrepreneur and I asked her how her busy season was going.

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