The ups and downs of the boss babe life

There are lots of ups in this boss babe life. I get to do what I want, I get to make my own schedule, I have the best students ever and the best fans ever! I love that I get to follow my passion. It is truly amazing.

As amazing as it is, it is even tougher to do with no business background, no business partner, and wearing all the hats. It is honestly extremely hard to manage on a lot of days. I do my best to present my most authentic self. I am just going and going and going and don’t always take the time I need to rest. It is a juggle. I try to make the most out of the struggles and not let them weigh me down. I chose this path and I have no regrets.

I have worked extremely hard to get where I am. I truly appreciate every single one of you. You see me sometimes through the struggles, whether it is in class, at an event, and you are always encouraging me to keep on going. It is amazing to know that you are there. It is a constant light and burst of positivity that I need to keep on keeping on.

I am quickly approaching my 2 year Annieversary for teaching and I am sitting here frustrated as I am trying to figure out a master plan on creating the schedule to fit everyone’s needs. It is tough but I know that I have gotten to where I am today by hard work, pushing myself, figuring things out, and overcoming countless battles in the non-baking tasks. It is also Monday. The day where we are “supposed to get it together”. It doesn’t matter if it is Monday, Friday or Sunday, I am lucky to know if it is a weekday or a weekend day. I constantly have to set reminders on my phone, my iPad and I have about 15 notebooks, planners, etc that I carry every day because I have some information in some of them and have not had the time to compile what I need from each one.

2 weeks ago, I had to reset my computer to factory settings because I locked myself out of my computer. UGH! I had planned a quite day off and spent most of my day on the phone with apple and then in the store and nothing could be fixed with out a whole shut down. I lost everything because, I did not back anything up for the last 3 years. Ohhh lessons, you are funny sometimes. Professional photos, documents, you name it, gone :( Follow that with having to figure out all of my passwords to everything else again that are in my 15 notebooks, planners and organizers in an unorganized fashion.

I am learning every day and many moments throughout the days to be patient and not to let the chaos weigh me down.

I am working on being a little less hard on myself and a little more patience in the life lessons that repeat. I am human. I am tough and extremely passionate about baking, being with my amazing fans, students and fellow bakers. I am extremely proud of my accomplishments and am excited for the future. Hold on because 2020 is only going to get better!

Thanks for being here:)

xoxo

Annie