Planning a Tree

Well it has taken me a year to realize the meaning of the phrase
"Lack of planning is the number one reason businesses fail."
I have been hurting for money from the beginning.  I realized the "planning" part meant planning on not having money and what you're going to do in the meantime.

If I had known this before, I would have started small.  I would have kept a part-time job somewhere else and worked a few days a week as a Massage Therapist until I was slamming on those couple of days.  I would include another day or two until eventually, I would quit the other job and go full-time as a Therapist if I flourished enough.

I didn't realize how much I did NOT plan.

So now I'm in a hole and I need to get out.  I am looking for another job to do part-time and will go part-time in the office I'm in now.

Don't do what I did.  If you are starting your own business, plan on not having money.  Start small and build from there, like growing a tree.

Acceptance Like a Mother

I love the acceptance massage services offer.  You don't have to look good, you don't have to be skinny, you don't have to be anything that you aren't.

It's nice if you're healthy and clean, of course, but if you have tight muscles and pain, I see it as a opportunity to do some good.  I feel that I can make a difference in your life even in a small way.

When big people come to me, I think about the hard time they probably have because there is so much pressure to be in shape.  People feel that they will not be liked or respected if their outward appearance doesn't measure up.

I think the way to help these people is to show them that you do care about and respect them.
Then when they choose to make steps to being healthier, it is for themselves.  Instead of the negative feeling that they have to do it in order for others to feel good about them, it is for the positive purpose of making themselves feel good.

When I massage a big person, I want them to feel safe.  I want them to feel that I love their body and that it is just as extraordinary as every body.  I want to make them feel accepted and cared for.

Again, with the mother thing.

I am such a mother.  I want to be a mother to everyone I meet.