I started blogging on my business site, The Fiery Well, in 2018? 2019? as a way of “working in public” until I could figure out what, exactly, it was I wanted to do.
Well, in 2020, I figured it out and went live with my membership group. Just as a pandemic hit. It was an interesting time, to say the least. Fast forward to October of 2023 and a lot has changed.
I lost loved ones.
I gained friends.
I had a baby. My second child… 8 years after my first.
I bought a house. Technically, it’s only a pile of dirt at the moment, but they should start building it later this year.
I built some websites.
Got certified in Notion and OKRs.
Lost a lot of sleep. (Thank you, baby)
And then…
I burned out. Hard.
I overworked myself.
And overworked myself.
And then, suddenly, I stopped. I just… stopped… and it was gloriously awkward to not work so much. And instead of trying to do more work (ok, honestly I did try but didn’t like it) I kept working less. With more intention. With more ease. With more focus.
I hit the reset button on my business in October of 2023 and just two weeks in, I’m loving it. I spent so much time working that now that I’ve retooled the business I find I have so much time on my hands I don’t know what to fill it with.
Oh, I know. How about more work?
Or, how about a creative outlet? A return to blogging? A website I can fuck around with and play with. That is not my income-generating website. Just a place for me to be me?
Oh, yeah, let’s run PattyRyanLee.com back up.
Let’s play again.