My latest endeavor & mishap on Mother’s Day - Episode 86.

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A quick episode talking about how we’re human and we make mistakes and we all just need to try our best. 
There’s real value in having role models and mentors that you can call when you’re having a difficult time. 

Transcript

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Okay, so this is one of those conversations where I tell you what happened to me on whatnot and the frustrating situation and what's going on and all of that. So here we go. I'm walking in the front of my house, like around my block while I do this. So you might hear birds and dogs and who knows what. Um, but anyways, okay, here's the deal. So I'm doing this 30-day divorce challenge to get funds so that I can get a divorce lawyer because right now I don't have it. It's $7,500. Um, it's that's the discounted price with my friend from church. It's usually $10,000. Um, they did a free consultation with me, and that's the direction I think I need to go. That being said, um, I've tried other things too: mediators, talking to him, blah, blah, blah. Anyways, so I'm on day four and I'm like listing, listing, listing, and I still have 15 packages to wrap and get out from yesterday's show. And it is so hard. I have so much. Um, I know some people are only on for like, you know, an hour or two hours, but it still adds up. And I know it's easier when you have smaller items or cloth items than heavy glass and brass and all the different things that I'm selling. But it is a lot of work to get the inventory, to take pictures of the inventory, to price the inventory, to Google search it and all that, to clean it, to take the stickers off, to wash it, all of that for one picture, for one item to make X amount of money. And um I'm just I'm hoping I'm gonna make some money like doing this, but it's been really, really challenging because Sarah's not helping me on the weekend. She can only help me for four hours a day. There's so much to organize, clean, take pictures of, pack, go, go, go. And so I'm trying. I'm only on day four today, and it's Mother's Day, and I have four kids that are estranged from me. I have three grandkids I don't get to see. I didn't even find out about my third grandbaby being born until it was like 10, 12 days old, and I still haven't even gotten a picture or no stats or anything. Um, I think I think his name starts with a G, but that's all I know. And uh, so it's it's a very hard emotional day because of Mother's Day, and it's an emotional day because I feel overwhelmed with all of this stuff. There's just stuff everywhere, and I it's just I feel overwhelmed. And so I know that some of us have to work really, really, really hard to make the sales and to do this. And people go on daily and they've got a routine and they're used to it. This is kicking my ass. And I'm just being really honest. I feel like my house is a mess, my sleep is a mess, I feel a lot of pressure and a lot of stress. That being said, not on my episode th or two on my day two. Um, I had a wonderful thing that happened. Um, Modern Roots came in and rated me with like, I don't know if it was like 85, 100 people, something, but I had like 135 people in the room, and people tipped me a dollar here, $20 here. I even got a hundred dollars from Modern Roots, which was super, super sweet. And I was just crying and I broke down because this is like an emotional time, and I'm trying to I tell you guys, don't be too emotional and go on, you know. If you just buried somebody, don't go on, you know, that type of thing. But I need to go on because I need to make the money. So I'm I'm emotional, I'm tired, I'm stressed, whatever. Okay, so I'm go, go, go. I've showered, I'm ready. Here's where we get to the what happened. So I'm I'm showered, I'm ready. I've listed about 33 things today, and I'm taking pictures and I'm cleaning and I'm go, go, go, go because I'm supposed to have a 430 show. It's supposed to be my day four. I accidentally, when I went in, I hit the button. There was 86 people who had bookmarked it. 86, 86, and I accidentally just it showed my face. It was the show was going. I had hit start and I was like, oh, damn it, damn it. And in the rush and the heat of it all, I punched in show, which I so so wish I hadn't done that. And my first thought was, is there a way for me to restart it? Which I went to look and see if there was. And I don't know if there is, but I could not figure it out. I could not find that. And so here I am, just totally frustrated and irritated that I did that. And I'm a type A personality, so I have a tough time giving myself grace and just blowing it off and going, oh, it's no big deal. I'll just start it again. No, I'm mad at myself. I'm irritated at myself. I'm like, why did I do that? Ugh. It doesn't matter. They're just feelings. If you're a woman listening to this, you're you get it. If you're a man who's ever lived with a woman or had a mom, um, you get it. Um, we just sometimes get emotional and overwhelmed by it all. And so I left the house after it happened, and I just started, well, I had started crying, and that's why I was like, I just gotta leave my house. And so I walked in my neighborhood up and down the streets, and I called my friend Sherry, and she's like 62, I think, maybe, maybe a little bit more. Anyways, she gave me her wise counsel. I said, should I redo it and try to make my 30-day challenge, or should I just give up? Because it was 86 people and I lost them all. And now I'm gonna might get discount. I mean, I might get upset if only like seven people come to the show type thing. And she's like, Yeah, but you'll have at least kept up with your 30-day challenge, which now my kids okay. Let me go in the house. She said, You'll at least keep up with your 30-day challenge. And I was like, You're right. She goes, if you don't do it, you're gonna regret not doing it. And so I was like, Okay, she's right, she's right. So I took my day five and moved it over to day four. And so, how many people is that? Let me see. That's 74 that were planning on coming day five. So I'm just gonna move them all and change them. So it's still 74 people. I'm still upset and frustrated, but I'm trying to keep going. And the reason I mentioned this to you guys, and the reason I'm even doing a podcast episode on this, is because I think we all need that support and that call a friend, especially when we're on whatnot, and we do stupid things like accidentally hit the button to go live when you're not ready. Um, I I haven't done that that many times, probably less than five times in two years. But things like this happen. And we just have to get our emotions in check, pull it together, and go try again. So here it is, three hours before I go live. I am going to try to take as many pictures as I can, get as many things organized as I can, maybe not pack the 15 boxes that I have currently, but get them off to the side because nobody's helping me. And maybe I wait for Sarah, maybe she can come tomorrow. My assistant Sarah can come tomorrow, and I'll just do the best I can. And that's all I can ask. That's all anybody can do is just show up each day, try your best, learn from your mistakes, give it all you got. And if at the end of the day you sell some stuff and make some money, great. If at the end of the day you don't sell stuff and you lose money, then hey, it's a learning experience. Either way, this is my like I don't know, encouragement for you guys that it's not gonna be easy, you're gonna do stupid things like I did, you're gonna make mistakes. The other day I was well, actually, I think it was this morning. I was in somebody's show and she said she broke something this morning. The other day I broke five things. Five things in my show the other day. I chipped something. So, you know, life happens, you're human, give yourself some grace, keep going, encourage yourself. And if you need encouragement, try to find a role model or a mentor or somebody like my friend Sherry that I was able to call. It was a quick 15-minute call. We talked about a few other things, but she was like, I know you. If you don't do it, you're going to regret it. And she is 100% right. And so I'm going to listen to her wise counsel and I'm gonna go on. That being said, if you guys want to book my show today, it's at 4 30 uh Central Standard Time, 30 day divorce fun challenge, day four. We'll see how long I can go. All right. I hope you guys are having a great day. We'll talk to you later. Bye bye.