The glamourous life of a ballroom dance studio owner...

How does your day go? Most days start around 9:30am with a delicious flavored Nespresso, a morning PQ meditation (Positive Intelligence), a review of emails, current events & social shares while I let my 15 year old Chihuahua Nina in and out. I hop in the shower and dress for the days activities which include a 11 am networking meeting or a 1:1 meeting where I learn more about how to support my local community better. find solutions & ways to move towards them, and usually grab lunch - often my meal for the day. I head back home to pick up my dog who sleeps under my desk at work most days and drive to my business. These days I'm taking a longer scenic route to avoid construction and add peace. The real work begins at 1pm where I'm turning 2 left feet into 10 twinkle toes. Sounds glamorous, but I'm answering calls, offering smiles, listening to music to add to our library, sending text reminders, teaching dance lessons, cleaning, watering the plants, doing the accounting, avoiding pitfalls, taking photos, sending out gift certificates, selling Swarovski jewelry, making fliers, giving hugs, updating students paperwork, giving applause, selling dance shoes, teaching group class, demonstrating dance moves for the lessons my business partner is teaching, responding to emails, selling dance attire, paying bills, planning & marketing the advance calendar events, finding what works and doing more of it, making videos for students, listening & learning more about peoples personal challenges on and off the dancefloor, celebrating the daily wins, reviewing how I can make things even better for others tomorrow. My days are so full my word of the year is LESS, I'm looking to simplify while creating the right conditions for the seed to sprout. At 8:45 or 9:30pm the studio closes. Time to wipe down the surfaces and hand helds, sweep the floor, empty the trash, shut the fans and the lights, lock the valuables and the door and head home where everyone is already asleep. I'll do some reading before my eyes are tired, watch a bit of TV, review my calendar for the next day, envision the ideal day and plan to drink more water the next day! Since so much of my day is spent on work related activities, it's very important to my to develop a culture of welcoming kindness, enjoying learning about my clients, staying curious, dreaming of my next vacation where I can give myself the gift of new experiences, enjoying my business partners humor and antics.