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How to Actually Be Your Own Boss and Your Own Employee
Many of us aren’t having the easiest year or two when it comes to self-motivation and pushing forward on our goals. It helps to give ourselves a little grace, for sure.
However, many of us get out of the challenging mental spaces in which we find ourselves by finding a way forward with the work we love. This is particularly true for self-employed people.
After all, no one else is going to make me work, or threaten to kick me out of the Zoom call if I don’t work. (I know, real businesses don’t motivate their employees by kicking them out of Zoom calls.)
So what do I do, when I am struggling with lack of motivation and there isn’t a manager somewhere working to motivate me?
Seeing the Flip Side of “Being Your Own Boss”
In my experience, a lot of people refer to “being their own boss” in contexts where they really mean “not having a boss.” After all, if I’m my own boss, I’m going to automatically be nice to myself and give myself some slack, right?
If you’re like me, this doesn’t work out so well without some serious reflection: too often, I beat myself up for not doing more even as I drive myself to do what I consider to be a lot of writing.
