As encouraged us to share our journey, I’ll give a quick overview of mine 🙂 I’ve been working on my business for what feels like ages. I think it was around 2018/2019 when I started learning WordPress, social media, marketing, working on offers, and so on. I built websites, started Instagram and Pinterest, created lead magnets, then deleted everything again. It was exhausting because nothing ever clicked and nothing felt right 😐 Since childhood, I’ve known that I wanted to write books, but I never knew about what.
- This year several things finally clicked: Thanks to Laura, I discovered the journal business, where my love for design, text, and personal development found a home—the right home.
- I also had the epiphany about what my first real book will be about: toxic experiences in offices and work culture (I’ve had many, especially as an empath).
- I worked on my first journal from February to November this year, although I had to wait three months for the designer. Now sample stage, and I am getting more nervous by the day!!
- I completed my website.
- I’m currently working on the technical setup for my newsletter.
- I’m starting to work on my lead magnet, which will match my first journal—something like a New Year’s challenge with morning rituals.
- I would love to start a Skool community, but I’m not sure yet whether I want to appear on video.
- I want to start an online magazine in Germany about holistic health and personal development (I am a journalist, so the experience is there).
❣️ So, the multiple streams of income would be:
- Journals
- 1:1 coaching (very limited)
- Skool community
- Courses for companies (stress management, resilience)
- Online magazine: affiliate marketing / sponsored advertorials / selling my own products
- Consulting for companies regarding ethical and healthy work culture (this will be a bit further down the line)
💬 What’s holding me back right now or what I want to learn:
- Can I run a Skool community without videos? (I’m a holistic health coach and stress-management trainer, and the content will be about identity shift, root-thought healing, feminine embodiment, and spirituality.)
- I really want to learn Adobe InDesign to save costs on future journals and because I love design, but I’m not sure if it’s too much to take on while starting my business.
- Time management!!
- The feeling that I am too slow 😴
- Funding for everything — a big one.
Any tips or feedback would be very welcome!
Thank youuu 💛