You Gotta Have Friends

Among the many wonderful things about self-employment, there are a few things that totally suck. One is the fact that every day you have to pick yourself up to work – whether you feel good or bad, prosperous or broke, whether everything is going well or everything is going wrong, whether you have lots of clients or are wondering if the whole world left for another planet and no one told you. Every morning, day after day, you have to pick yourself up to do some work.

And no one else tells you what you need to be doing either. You can work for a week on something and then realise it doesn’t work and have to start again. You have moments where it is all coming together, and moments when it all falls apart. Days when you seem to meet ideal clients, business partners, mentors and new friends with ease, and days when you are so isolated you accost the postman for a chat.

There are times when this gets exhausting, and all you want to do is lay your head on the desk and weep. And at these times there are 2 things to remember: Number one, check your level of self-care – when you’re self-employed it is even more important that you take care of the engine, because if your engine breaks there’s no one else to step in. And Number two, you gotta have friends – remember they are there for you when you need them.

I recently had one of those days where everything looked immensely bleak, it was all very difficult and I was too exhausted to pick myself up and carry on. Luckily one of my friends called as I was in the middle of my stress, and the troops rallied round to help me. One friend offered me help to get shit done, one offered me a facial, one offered me a big hug, one offered me a shoulder to (literally) cry on, and one told me that if I got in this state without calling her again, she’d beat me up!

See, you gotta have friends!

Love

Donna.x
PS thank you friends. Love you. xxx

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What Is Your Deepest Wish

It’s Wishcasting Wednesday. There is power in wishing – putting your wishes out there sets mighty forces into action…

What Is Your Deepest Wish?

My deepest wish is that I am able to express my gifts in the most fulfilling and powerful way possible every day – my gifts of joy, laughter, life, friendship, love, passion as well as my ‘saleable’ gifts of writing, coaching, mentoring, inspiring, believing. My deepest wish is that I am able to live full out in every aspect of my life, never fearing to be fully who I am, never fearing that my needs will not be met as I do so, never worrying about money, never worrying about ‘success’, just enjoying being completely in love with my life, fulfilling my purpose, following my passion and having fun!

Get involved on Jamie’s blog, or leave a comment here about YOUR deepest wish. As you wish for yourself, I wish for you also.

Love

Donna.x

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Wishcasting – What do you wish to celebrate?

It’s Wishcasting Wednesday. There is power in wishing – putting your wishes out there sets mighty forces into action…

What do you wish to celebrate?
Firstly, Happy Birthday to Jamie (the originator of Wishcasting Wednesday)! And on the subject of Birthdays, I wish to celebrate my birthday on Saturday! Then I wish to celebrate my car passing the MOT with flying colours; I wish to celebrate my friendships – I am very blessed with my lovely friends; I wish to celebrate the progress my business and life have made this year (so far!); I wish to celebrate the new direction I’ll be going in in January (to find out more, make sure you’re keeping in touch with me!) with the business; I wish to celebrate the new ventures I’ll be involved in next year (podcasts, Ask Donna videos, new programs – exciting times!).

I wish to celebrate the December daily practice of self-care, which has encouraged me to get up and dance today, to snooze on Monday, to finish work early yesterday, to enjoy painting my toenails sparkly blue (in work time no less!) and much more in the week it’s been going; I wish to celebrate that I have done the morning pages almost every day for the last 6 months; I wish to celebrate my health, which despite an unwelcome diagnosis last year, seems to be better than ever; I wish to celebrate my wonderful life (not my perfect life, cos I still have room to expand and enjoy EVEN more), but I wish to celebrate my life with all its imperfections, problems, questions, quandary’s and concerns! I wish to celebrate my life just as it is.

Get involved on Jamie’s blog, or leave a comment here. As you wish for yourself, I wish for you also.

Love

Donna.x

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OnTheBeach – Earth Angel

Hope you are healthy, happy and living with purpose, passion and joy (if not, the special offer is still on…see below!). Every week in my OnTheBeach weekly newsletter, I choose a ‘Beach Card’ for the readers. Over the past few weeks, I have been amused by how often the ‘Beach Card’ I’ve picked has been very relevant to the article of the week, so this week I decided to change the order, and pick the beach card before I chose or wrote the article. And as soon as I saw the card, I knew exactly which article to use! I love that – I feel like this article has been divinely picked for you this week. I hope you enjoy it!

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- Earth Angels -

A few years ago I had 2 cars written off within 6 months, and both times I had an earth angel come to my rescue. First time round was my best friend who lent me her car so I would have transport (bless her!) – after nearly 6 months, we decided I’d buy it from her…and it got written off a few days later! Bah. Then it was the turn of the father of a friend of my mom’s to come to my rescue. This guy didn’t know me from a bar of soap – he not only sold me a car, he also loaned me a car for a week so that I wouldn’t be without. What a star! A similar thing happened 2 years ago when my last car was written off (2 out of these 3 occasions were not my fault by the way!) – the guy I bought my current car from loaned it to me for a week so I could see if I liked it before I bought it!

I was (and in fact, still am, all these years later!) so grateful to these people, I can barely articulate it. And I have decided that they were earth angels coming to help me out. Have you ever had that? People who just help you out of a hole with nothing in it for them. People can be so generous and kind, and when you are in a ‘bad place’, this really does feel like angelic assistance. When you are in a bad place, any small act of kindness can really lift you up – never mind a huge act like loaning you a car! What I realised is that a lot of these things happen on a daily basis…and I take it a little bit for granted.

No, people don’t give me their cars on a daily basis – that one is a special circumstance favour (that has now happened 3 times, how blessed am I?!)! What I mean is that people help me out on a daily basis – they share their knowledge, send me things that will be useful to me, are friendly and kind, make me smile and laugh. Help me with my business and my life, bring me chocolate, are generous to me in a hundred different ways. And the more I think about this, the more I realise that I am the luckiest woman on earth! Well, pretty darn lucky anyway. I think I’m going to need a bigger gratitude journal… So, to all earth angels – keep flexing your wings…and if you happen to have a Jaguar XK8 you would care to lend me… Ahem.

What about you? Do you have Earth Angels in your life? Not just doing huge things for you when you’re having a bad time, but also doing small things – sending you funny e-mails when you need a laugh, smiling at you, bringing you coffee. Maybe you are the Earth Angel for someone else…and you probably don’t even realise how much you mean to your friends, colleagues, even the lady in the shop who was having such a terrible day before you came along and smiled as you helped her. You never know how much that small act of kindness that you did so easily could mean to someone else – so for every act of kindness you have done in the last month, thank you. Sincerely, and from the bottom of my heart. Thank you.

- Something to Play With -

Who are your earth angels? Stop for a minute right now and appreciate what they have done for you. Do they know how much you appreciate their help? Why not tell them? And now, what can you do this week to flex your angel wings? This doesn’t have to be big – get me a bag of drumstick lollies and you’ll be my earth angel!! Want to share your thoughts on this article? Leave me a comment below

- Beach Card of the week -

“Friends who really ‘get’ where you’re going, are positive, believe in you and champion you are an absolute gift. Nurture these friendships, spend time with these people and remember to tell them how important they are to you. (Be this friend for your friends!)” Come over to my facebook page for a daily ‘Beach Card’.

Love

Donna.x

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An Unlikely Friendship

What’s not to love about a video featuring an orangutan hugging a dog??? Enjoy!

http://video.aol.co.uk/video-detail/the-orangutan-and-the-hound/1234581161

Love

Donna.x

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A Mirror to Your Magnificence

Video: Have you any idea how special you are, and how your gifts are needed in this world? Surround yourself with people who can mirror that magnificence back to you, both by being their magnificence and by being able to see yours.

Coaches are delighted to be a mirror for your magnificence, to find out more about coaching, go to the FAQ page.

Love

Donna.x

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