Member-only story
Sanni’s Shorts: Leaving Normalcy Behind For Greatness
It is nearly 3 AM and I am still awake, writing this article instead of preparing to go to bed. Why? Well, I promised myself that I would publish a specific number of articles on Medium each week in addition to sending out a daily newsletter for my lovely subscribers of Evil Single Woman.
Time is running out, as I only have a few hours to get my work done before I have to hop out of bed and prepare to join my family as we spend Christmas Eve at an amusement park. As much as I want to stay home and work, I know it is not healthy to forgo spending precious time with my family members I only see once a year for the convenience of staying home. So stay up all night and work it is!
These are some of the sacrifices I have made over the past few years, and these are the sacrifices I will continue to make for my ultimate goal of building my brand. It’s not always fun to feel the satisfaction of accomplishment. Getting to that job well done is downright painful, inconvenient, tiring, and frustrating sometimes.
But the show must go on. This is what it takes to leave behind the realm of normalcy and join the greats. It takes a commitment to yourself that exists beyond the comfort of putting things off until tomorrow and only putting in work when it is convenient. Trust me, typing this article right now is not at…
