Investing in yourself and your business while also wanting to conceive

Hello, and thanks in advanced to the incredible coaches.

Even before Maisie announced this month’s theme, I’ve been on a kick empowering myself with better money mindset and money habits, so the timing has been incredible, but there is still one thing that keeps crazy triggering my nervous system….

I’m currently in the early stages of investing in, and growing my business and in doing so my overhead is growing a bit. At the same time, I’m 37 and my partner is 43, and we would really like to start a family. The pickle is, we’re both entrepreneurs and we are both currently broke ones (as in no savings whatsoever after Corona layoffs and a move across countries). I would like to have faith that there is never a better time than now to work on, and invest in my business, but I also know if I get pregnant there will be eventual time off I will need (and want) to take (I work with people 1:1 so it would be difficult to bring in money if I’m unavailable). I’m worried I will not be able to manage this, and that I will regret the crazy dive into being a new business owner and a new mom.

C: Investing in my business
T: Once I’m a mom it will be really hard to keep up with this
F: scared
A: keep doing what I know I want to do, but with fear and worry
R: I’m bringing fear energy into my decision making

If feels like a valid worry to have, but I also know I can’t predict the future, so I would really regret not making these decisions if for some reason I wasn’t able to conceive.

Any help or advice would be wonderful.

 

Answer:

Wonderful question. Of course it’s a valid worry. When you think, “It will be really hard to keep up with this,” and if ‘this’ is something you are very committed to, it makes sense that you’d feel scared. I wonder if there are other possibilities that you can consider alongside your very valid and real worry? For example, how/in what ways could it work in a way that will work for you if you become a mother? What comes up when you consider continuing to invest in your business from this perspective? Let us know in a follow up submission entitled “Investing pt. 2”.