Just A Little Suburban Bliss

I think I have decided that there are days I must struggle with depression or is it just laziness...

Lately it has been hell to pull myself out of bed, get dressed and get out the door. The advantage/disadvantage to working from my home office is that I set my own schedule. Sure I have accountability with my company, but it is all too easy sometimes to just get out of bed and sit down at the computer in my pajamas. In the past week I have re-scheduled three appointments with clients because 'I just didn't want to get out of the house'.

Part of it is the cold weather, part of it is I'm tired of dealing with angry customers who can't get product because my company is back ordered on items and part of it is....well I just don't know.

It isn't that I don't work for a good company or have a good job; I do. I do however, dislike the type of sale I am doing. I am not by nature a 'girly girl emotional, gossip telling, bitch festing' woman. I hate drama and the cattiness that women ensue. Okay I know you might be saying 'Hey stop bashing your own kind', but really I just don't have time for that in my life. I am quite girly...I get my nails done, pedicures, etc...but the rest of it I can do without.

****Stop Reading if you are a hairdresser****

This industry I am in is filled with drama, emotional filled, NEEDY women! It is impossible to walk into a beauty salon and sit down and have a business talk with a hairdresser. I need to hear about their kids, their husband/boyfriend, their friends, their DRAMA. Oh and if I don't sound concerned or interested well then they might not purchase from me that week. These women want to be pampered by me as their sales rep. Oh no not the out to lunch pampering to talk about business like other industries I've worked in. They want to feel 'loved' by me. I need to make sure I gush about their business etc.

Take the above and do it 10 to 12 times a day and I am exhausted. Emotionally exhausted. I am a hard worker and my degree is in Marketing. I am not the same personality type as they are and their emotions wear me out. I was top sales associate at my previous company....and I sold mostly to men. I suppose I'm not like the rest of the women in the world since I really just would rather be all business with my clients.

I also have opened my on VA Virtual Assistant business recently and would love to be able to work more on marketing that and getting jobs so I can afford to quit my current position. However, for now I'm stuck. Job market is horrible at the moment and being as I can't afford to quit and just do my business at the moment I need to figure out a way to pick myself up by the boot straps and go kick some ass.

Okay...I'm off for the day....deep breath in.....deep breath out.....grab a Starbucks and GO!