Be Fierce, dammit https://befiercedammit.com Real Stories. Real Growth. No Perfect Endings. Mon, 27 Jul 2026 14:17:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 The Guilt of Doing Nothing https://befiercedammit.com/the-guilt-of-doing-nothing/ https://befiercedammit.com/the-guilt-of-doing-nothing/#respond Mon, 27 Jul 2026 14:16:28 +0000 https://befiercedammit.com/?p=679 I have a confession. I am really bad at doing nothing. Not bad at being lazy or binge-watching Netflix or scrolling social media longer than I intended. I’m bad at relaxing without guilt. There is a difference. Recently, I decided to take an entire day off. No bookkeeping, no networking, no catching up on emails. Just a day to myself. Sounds simple enough, right? Except I spent a good portion of that day feeling like I should be doing something else. The business could always use more attention in a hundred different ways. The truth is, my to-do list is never finished, and I don’t know what I would do if it ever was.

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]]> https://befiercedammit.com/the-guilt-of-doing-nothing/feed/ 0 679 The Business Wasn’t the Hard Part https://befiercedammit.com/656-2/ https://befiercedammit.com/656-2/#respond Sun, 26 Jul 2026 14:13:11 +0000 https://befiercedammit.com/?p=656 When I started my bookkeeping business less than a year ago at the age of 45, I already knew about the hard parts. Finding clients, selling my services, marketing myself, taking the risk of leaving a stable career, and betting on myself. Surprising to me, those weren’t the hardest parts at all. The hardest part was believing that I deserved to succeed.

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]]> https://befiercedammit.com/656-2/feed/ 0 656 I Didn’t Have the Luxury of Being Ready https://befiercedammit.com/622-2/ https://befiercedammit.com/622-2/#respond Wed, 22 Jul 2026 17:31:59 +0000 https://befiercedammit.com/?p=622 People have asked me what it’s like to start a business in my mid-40’s. Is it scary? Hell, yeah.  Every damn day.  I question myself and wonder if I know what I’m doing. There are days I worry about money or compare myself to other business owners who I believe have it all figured out. I still catch myself waiting to feel ready.  Ready to grow, ready to take the next step, ready to call myself successful.

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]]> https://befiercedammit.com/622-2/feed/ 0 622 My Inner Critic Is Named Susan https://befiercedammit.com/my-inner-critic-is-named-susan/ https://befiercedammit.com/my-inner-critic-is-named-susan/#respond Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:18:28 +0000 https://befiercedammit.com/?p=600 https://befiercedammit.com/my-inner-critic-is-named-susan/feed/ 0 600 Welcome to My Beautiful Mess https://befiercedammit.com/welcome-to-my-beautiful-mess/ https://befiercedammit.com/welcome-to-my-beautiful-mess/#respond Wed, 08 Jul 2026 22:38:05 +0000 https://befiercedammit.com/?p=588 At 25, I had just married my first husband.  Looking back, part of that decision came from a belief that no one else would want to marry me.  I didn’t think highly enough of myself to believe I had many options.  I thought marriage would finally help me get my life together.  The funny thing is, I never got my life together, and I’m not sure that’s a bad thing.

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