With stories about post-pandemic economic recovery showing up in headlines everywhere these days, perhaps \u201cfinancial wellbeing\u201d becoming a buzz topic in the world of wellness couldn\u2019t have happened at a better time. But first, what does \u201cfinancial wellbeing\u201d even mean? In short, it\u2019s the daily management of your financial health, including how money affects your mind and body\u2014and it\u2019s not always the easiest topic to be honest with yourself about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I started as founder in my early 20s and have built multiple businesses, so I get asked a lot about what attracts me to being an entrepreneur. The reality is, it started because I\u2019m pretty much unemployable. I was an awful employee, and I was worried I wouldn\u2019t be able to pay rent working for someone else. If I hadn\u2019t told myself the truth about this, I probably would never have started Nasty Gal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was just an eBay store with vintage clothing at the time, but everything seemed to sell out immediately. I had to ship hundreds of orders on my own, people were constantly emailing to buy more stuff, and it was all super overwhelming. But it felt like the best kind of overwhelming. It started as a bit of an accident though. I remember thinking, maybe I\u2019ll be good at this. Maybe I can pay my rent now. And once I said this out loud, it put me in the driver\u2019s seat of how I spend my time, who I spend my time with and what direction my business could take. And that\u2019s when I felt comfortable doubling-down on the business and putting in the time to see if this moneymaking endeavor was viable beyond a tiny online shop run out of my step-aunt\u2019s kitchen-less pool house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nasty Gal ended up having a 10-year run, and somewhere along the way I realized that starting a business would give me the kind of financial freedom I needed. Financial wellbeing isn\u2019t an endpoint though\u2014it\u2019s something we have to work on all the time, especially because our relationship with our own personal wellness is constantly shifting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If I\u2019m honest, I\u2019m feeling a little burnt out right now. Maybe because the end of Covid is in sight, the ennui of it all is finally settling in. But I know I still love being an entrepreneur\u2014waking up, working with a small team and being close to the business. I just know that I need to proactively schedule time to do things for myself that aren\u2019t about the business. Right now, that means typically sometime between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. every day, I practice a bit of yoga and make dinner. Even if it\u2019s just taco meat with Taco Bell seasoning in lettuce cups, it\u2019s still very gratifying to me. Simply being able to walk away from the multiple screens we\u2019re all in front of these days feels like a luxury. The point is, recognizing what\u2019s going to relieve your stress and committing to doing those things is critical to sustain an honest, healthy relationship with your finances. Who knew that could mean Taco Bell FTW sometimes?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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