Monday morning. Just the sight and sound of those two words can make the everyday person break into a sweat, their brow start to furrow from scowling, the smile wiped off of their face! Yep, let me say it again, Monday morning.
Before I started my cleaning business, I LOVED Monday mornings. It was the start of a brand new week, full of new opportunities. The one day of the week I would rise early with coffee in hand just to smile while listening to the sounds of nature in the summer, silence in the winter. Yep! I LOVED Monday mornings.
Then it happened. I started Fine Details Cleaning. At first I did not see anything different. Still had my same routine Monday morning, still enjoying that first fresh cup of hot coffee with the birds, those Monday mornings were still great! Slowly though a few things started to change. Can not say the exact day that it changed, think it was more over a series of days and weeks. Starting with the occasional Sunday that I would be up until the wee hours of the morning working, planning, organizing, brainstorming (with myself as all other sane people were asleep at 2 am in the morning). This was not every Sunday though, just the occasional one so there were no concerns. What's a few sleepless Sunday nights right? He he he he, little did I know or see what was coming.
Then it started to be the flurry of emails that awaited me Monday mornings. Now part of this was to blame on all the different groups I had joined on a certain networking site. Note to self for next time: turn off the feature that sends you nightly updates on every word said in every group you are part of ! But I became fast use to just skimming through those emails. Oh but then came the customer emails. Only one or two at first. Usually for that day's client, or maybe the next day. Requests for this, that and what not. Okay, I figured I can handle a few requests here and there. Was not having as much coffee and nature sound time in the morning but it would pass in time and life would go back to normal.
Nope!! Wrong again! When you start finding you are up EVERY Sunday night late working , leading to less sleep which then leads to grabbing every last possible second Monday morning, that does not help for Monday morning nature time. Add to that an email inbox filled with comments from your groups, an email from your bookkeeper usually on a weekly basis reminding you of something else you have forgotten this week, customers requesting this, that and pretty much everything short of the moon, suppliers needing questions answered now, well let's just say those relaxing Monday mornings of being up early with a fresh coffee , listening to nature or silence are GONE!!
In their place you see a business owner who 99% of the time has spilt coffee somewhere on her clothing and/or furniture, a flurry of tap tap tap at the computer, a cell phone starting to Ping constantly , basically someone who use to look like snow white each Monday morning and now resembles more one of the characters from the tv series "The Walking Dead". The dead characters unfortunately :(
Would I give it all back to have my peaceful Monday mornings you ask?? NEVER! I LOVE what I do. I love providing a quality service to people that I know both need and appreciate it. To be able to be a small part of the equation in helping others be employed and financially able to provide for their families? Or help out both with time and money to local charities that are in such desperate need of help? Would I give all that away just to have the sounds of nature and silence again? No, because to me the flurry and bustle that has become my Monday mornings, are the sounds of peace and happiness and I would want it no other way.
Have a wonderful green week. Remember to smile, most especially when you don't want to 'cause that is when you need it the most.
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