SADNESSLieutenant

Officer of ♥️

day 44 of two sales jobs - Starting the week right

Happy Monday you sexies.

This week I'm focusing on staying consistent as I've had challenges with my follow through and effort here.

Going to be waking up at the same time and ending at the same time everyday, and staying focused throughout the day.

on another note, an audiobook I released a few weeks ago made its first couple sales over the weekend that I am getting 50/50 royalties on. It's a huge celebration for me as it's a baby step in a new direction towards passive income.

Last week was really a R&R week for me but this week I'm going to focus on building out my process, skills, mindset, and developing good habits that fill top of funnel, and consistently improve.

Gonna keep taking PTO at the second job till they fire me because they suck.

J1 keeps mentioning how I should probably fly into the office for a couple days to get a better lay of the land - I think they are right and it would help but I am struggling with leaving my partner alone/being away from them for that long and not sure what to do there.

Much love,

The kid

🙏 Mental Wellness

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CuriousFox

WR Officer

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🦊

Ok wait why did I think it was J1 you hated? Also congrats on the audiobook! My accent is way too thick. 😆

Gyro25

Notorious Answer

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Account Executive

Tell me more about this accent. We talking quebecois?

CuriousFox

WR Officer

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🦊

😉🦊

Gyro25

Notorious Answer

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Account Executive

Speak poutain to me 🦊

SADNESSLieutenant

Politicker

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Officer of ♥️

J1 is the one I hate lol but I now refer to it as the primary lol! Some audiobooks need the accent! Thankyou :)

Sunbunny31

Arsonist

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Sr Sales Executive 🐰

Best of luck this week. Congratulations on the audiobook!

A bit of advice about travel and leaving your loved ones behind: it's hard, but can be essential. You may not see it now, but having a few days away can be very important for both you and your partner. For one thing, you both have to be comfortable and confident in your own selves and not use the other as a crutch. For another, it is true that absence makes the heart grow fonder - some time apart whether it's for work or for an evening out with other friends - can be essential to not be isolated as well as not having all your coping mechanisms tied to a single person, which can be exhausting for both people. It's possible I'm missing some subtext, but being apart for a day or two should be just fine, not to mention healthy. :)

SADNESSLieutenant

Politicker

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Officer of ♥️

Love that advice.

We have huge separation anxiety from each other. We don't have any friends, we don't have ties or relations with any of our family, we protect our energy and our time, space, and hearts.

We are super happy but it's like noone could pay me enough to even go get lunch let alone leave for a couple days.

She also has huge OCD, and like a bug phobia, and sleep issues/anxiety so it's pretty huge for me to be there 24/7 to kill a bug, be there for her with her anxiety/breakdowns, and be the one that get's food and stuff so I'm struggling with the ask because I don't want to abandon her like that

Sunbunny31

Arsonist

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Sr Sales Executive 🐰

Totally overstepping my bounds here, but have you considered therapy? Individually, I mean.

Then the other thing - leaving for a work trip is not abandonment. It's a way to better provide for your future. Shifting the mindset, starting with terminology, will be beneficial.

And unless you live in Australia, bugs aren't likely to actively kill you. :)

SADNESSLieutenant

Politicker

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Officer of ♥️

Hahaha Yeah that's true on both points.

Yeah we have, I have gone through an extensive amount and am generally very happy and bubbly but my partner has tried it and really just had a negative experience with it where she wasn't understood, and given coping mechanisms, instead of understanding and productive healing techniques.

We are looking into getting someone more helpful perhaps holistically or spiritually in physical vs remote, but are having trouble finding someone with those qualifications who we are confident wouldn't further increase her anxiety/trauma

Sunbunny31

Arsonist

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Sr Sales Executive 🐰

It's not her fault that the first therapist wasn't right for her. If she can understand that it might take a few interviews to find the right person, that could help. I can only imagine the struggle it is to be in her shoes, want help, and end up with the wrong professional. They aren't all the same. :)

SADNESSLieutenant

Politicker

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Officer of ♥️

Yeah I think especially with the healthcare plan she was on it was the only therapist available that she could afford. I'm trying to keep recommending to find a therapist or someone and have offered up a few but she hasn't wanted to follow through with them for one reason or the other. So i'm not really sure what to do. She went through pretty much 26 years of abuse and this is the first year she has been able to relax being with me and start healing so I'm not trying to push her too much

Arzola

Valued Contributor

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Business administration

this is gold

jefe

Arsonist

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🍁

Consistency is key, and your PTO plan doesn't sound too bad.

Congrats on the audiobook! Reminded me to check that site out. Will keep an eye on black friday sales for Blue Yeti and maybe give it a shot.

How difficult have you found the editing? Did you have a lot of experience doing it?

SADNESSLieutenant

Politicker

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Officer of ♥️

Lol our PTO plan is ass, but what are they gonna do? Fire me? LOL

Thankyou!!! I'd give it a shot, just make sure you have a quiet space with not too much echo.

Editing is really only hard if you have a loud space with lots of echo. I just watched a youtube video on audacity audio editing and applied the tips and was able to get it up to par in less than 15 minutes. just a little learning curve but no biggie. Biggest thing is just silencing your breaths in the background.

no experience

jefe

Arsonist

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🍁

Thanks!

And I meant your plan for PTO until they cut you, not their PTO policy.

SADNESSLieutenant

Politicker

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Officer of ♥️

Ah yes.

Kosta_Konfucius

Politicker

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ERP Sales

Congrats on the audiobook! I was hoping it would be using the pseudonym SadnessLieutentant but nothing on google

SADNESSLieutenant

Politicker

1

Officer of ♥️

Thank you! LMAO thats a great idea, i think my pseudonym is like patrick snow actually

TennisandSales

Politicker

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Head Of Sales

my dude congrats on the audio book! thats sweet! a suggestion: when you say "im going to stay focused throughout the day" make sure you have a plan to make that happen.

SADNESSLieutenant

Politicker

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Officer of ♥️

Thanks!

My plan - 5 min breaks on the hour
- lunch at 12,
- plan to get through certain activites
- trainings
- applications
- outreach
- more audiobook auditions

Working on having this in my calendar but it shifts so much each day so struggling with that

TennisandSales

Politicker

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Head Of Sales

love it. if its possible to take 10 min each morning to review the day and put those activities in, that could help. thats helped me

SADNESSLieutenant

Politicker

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Officer of ♥️

Love that tip! thanks so much!

boredAnti

Tycoon

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That One Guy

How did the you get the Audiobook thing? That sounds pretty cool.

SADNESSLieutenant

Politicker

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Officer of ♥️

Just sent in some auditions on ACX.com in my downtime! ran them through audacity badda bing badda boom

Diablo

Politicker

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Sr. AE

Congrats buds on the audiobook !

SADNESSLieutenant

Politicker

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Officer of ♥️

Thanks so much!

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