Elantan's awesome juggling act

elantan

My my my it must be that time again ...well peeps i have sat and thought for the last few days that it is timefor a new diary ..the time seems right to me somehow....

what happened welllllllll...i am now a qualified hypnotherapist n.l.p practitoner and reiki therapist i am also a full time student at uni and i still work 2 jobs ...oh and the debt has went through the roof with trying to get my business off the ground ...did i forget to mention i am starting my own business as well ...heck why not i might as well i mean i must have a whole half hour spare each day and why woudl i want to spend that sleeping ....


there are reasons for all this ofcourse i am not trying to make my life impossible in fact i am trying to make it easier ....

i dont love my two jobs i dont hate them but i certainly dont love them...i want a change ...but i have hit the perverbial glass ceiling at my work ...i have been offered a team leaders post but quite frankly they couldnt pay me enough money to do that job...and i want out of that sector anyway ...hubby's health has deterioated very badly since his car accident and i am aware he wont be able to sustain the type of work he does for much longer ...he gets paid not too bad a wage but when the time comes for him to change jobs he will never get that same wage again so i need to get more qualified hence the reason i am at uni ...i need to get that darned piece of paper that says i can do the job ...i know i can do the job but somehow people feel more confortable with that slip that says i can....

now i work long long hours working night shifts and back shifts in i spose some very hard circumstances i accept that (i have to i have a mortgage and bills to pay)but it doesnt pay very well...and i want off of shifts my health has suffered through doing them ...

so...i have been interested in n.l.p for a good few years now and after having looked at course for a while i settled on one that seemed to fit with my ideology...i origonally started this as a form of personal development (which i am big into) but one night coming home from a night shift i thought el you cant do this for much longer you need to get a plan and suddenly it popped into my hea that i needed to start my own business ...now i am not sitting here thinking oh i thought it that must mean it will happen i know it is going to be a slog and i know i have two jobs and a full time uni course to do but i also know it will happen it will take me a while longer than it would take anyone else but i know have the skills (have been practicing alot) and those i wont loose o have spent a fortune in setting things up so now i just need to start ...when the business takes off i plan on packing one job in (job no2 first) and then when it really takes off i plan on packing job no1 in ...uni is going to be a back up plan once i am qualified i will have another set of skills that i can if needs must get a day job with but my love has and always will be personal development ....

and to this aim (yes there is more sorry) i am also doing the following courses indian head massage , reiki master, aromatherapy, reflexology, swedish massage, hotstones, shamanic courses , crystal therapy,stress management courses...now i am nt doing them all at once but more spreading them out over the course of my honours degree for instance this septmber i will start my swedish massage course then next sept my aromatherapy (or reflexology) my hot stones course is a bolt on really for the swedish massage and aromatherapy and will only take a few months ....


ok i spose i should mention the debt ...it has gotten so out of hand it is unbelievable i have had to spend alot of money getting the treatment room ready and getting all the things i need for being a travelling therapist etc i am happy about spending it but i am very aware that i have so i will have to get my butt into gear and sort it out i know i will i have to there is no choice in the matter...


and finally (well there has to be an and finally doesnt there) i am starting to realise i might be suffering from s.a.d ...now i became aware of this last year at the end of wnter and made a mental note to be aware of it this year and i am aware that i dont feel 100% ...dont get me wrong i am not in anyway depressed i am a happy person ...but i am bored of uni (something i have always wanted to do) i cant be bothered with it i am not wanting to go meet people i just want to be left alone and i am eating all the carbs i can find chocolate has became a staple for me and much as i dont mind chocolate i dont love it (sorry if i swore there i know it is hard to comprehend a person not loving chocolate) i love healthy food i really do i love excercising but all i want to do is sleep ...i work shifts and sometimes i dont see daylight for a week at a time and i am wondering if i could be suffering from s.a.d ...


anyway i think that should be enough for now well done if you managed to read all this you deserve a gold star

feel free to join me on my journey encouragement always welcome

matbe

I have been self employed for nearly twenty years and can tell you that you have to work twice as hard for every penny that comes in that you would get for working in an employed position i dont say this to discourage you self employment does have some advantages but it is a hard slog.

Snaggles

Hey El, goodness me you don't do things by halves do you. Well done for getting out there and doing something positive to change your life.

Behind you all the way Mrs xxx

GeorgeUK

Juggling? Levitation more like!!
That is a huuuuuuuge amount you are taking on and seem to be adding to. Don't forget you need some down time too. I'm not sure if a bright light would help - i'm sure i read that somewhere ages ago (you should know, being the expert on this stuff ). Can't remember if it's a bright light or a sun lamp type thingy.

Really hope you make a success of this - it sounds intriguing. If you plan to offer all that you mentionedabove, i'd start with whatever isn't available in the local vicinity and that might be more sought after or popular.

I better go now. I'm feeling sleepy... very sleepy...

whatatwit

Gosh El, now it's all written down, it does seem like loads. But, I suppose this is true for a lot of us.
As George mentions, have you looked at one of the lamps, I would think that any slight tendancy towards SAD would be heightened by all the shifts you work.
I hope that as this miserable season draws to a close you begin to feel brighter and more able to cope and enjoying chocolate again.
Keep plodding on with your Uni courses, as you say that piece of paper makes all the difference, especially when it comes to earning potential.

I can only wish you the very best of luck and the treatments you offer sound wonderful, just what I could do with.

I will look forward to reading of your ongoing juggling act....ps I'm sure Hypno mentioned she was going to get ferrets, will there be any livestock in here

Love and Hugs The Twit :grouphug:

hypno06

Morning! I will write a proper reply when I am awake......in the meantime, you know where I am if you need help/ideas/someone to run things by x

SamanthaA

How on earth do you manage it all?!

Good grief, I think working 7 days is tough!

I do have a suggestion, I take vitamin D tablets, which provide the daily dose that the sun should. I find it helps my moods, not sure if I suffer with SAD proper, but I do find this time of year hard/depressing - or is that just Xmas?!

elantan

thanks all for the avice and support matbe you are right being self employed will be hard i have no doubt about it ...but i am not currntly depending on the wage just now so i can afford to go at it alot slower if i was depending on a self employed wage i wouldnt be able to do anything but be self employed ...my mortgage has to be paid whether i am at uni or self employed the bank doesnt give a toss so i am still working my two jobs and just going to fit people in around that it will be that way for a while i accept this is the way it will be ...i dont plan on taking the step to full time self employment possibly ever ....

now s.a.d i have been thinking about the lamps they are very expensive but most deff preferable to going to the drs which i wont bee doing by the way i dont want to take any tablets unless i have no option ...i think i will also look into vit d tablets i could always ask mike hutchins for advice on what ones to take he seems to know everything about vit d lol cause i am sure i read somewhere that you have to get certain ones and if anyone knows it would be him ...

well i took the day off of uni today with the intention that i will get up to date with uni work (i am a bit behind due to feeling like i cant be !!!!!d ) i am going to be more proactive ....

i know it might sound lie i have alot on but i dont really ..it all works out quite well except for when i go through the cant be !!!!!d stage

jinky67

bu99er me lady
you sure dont do things by halves do you?:rotfl:
glad to see you have it mainly under control though.
good for you

boredofbeingathome

Hi El, i miss this.?????? I think that the vit D thing sounds good and perhaps some st.John's wort? It is supposed to help.:o

I know what you mean about juggling too much and i am certainly there on the can't be bothered stakes..i come on here when i am feeling low and as you can see..i have been on a lot LOL!:D

So me girl..maybe it is about time we put our walking plans into action..all free and gets us in the sunshine as well (or what passes for sunshine) Even if it is for ten mins or so..it all builds up.:j

Other thoughts..do you all get to practise massages etc on each other? (non pervy comment meant here, looks around suspiciously for len or Z:cool: ) Would that be a good way to get ahead on the relaxation positive thinking stage?

I am thinking of heading up your way for a freebie session..but then again that is me being selfish..tehehehe.
:rotfl: :rotfl:

Oh and well done for everything you have achieved so far,:T it is only first term blues..talk to all the others i expect they are feeling exactly the same.:A

elantan

hi jinks hows you ? ...no point in doing things by halves is there really lol ...

it's what i have been doing for a long while now just written down ...wheni read it back it does look alot but it isnt any more than what i have done for years just the subject matter changes occasionally lol