HOW I STARTED MY WORK-FROM-HOME JOURNEY?

Work-from-home?

When I was about four months pregnant with my eldest we decided to move from London to Manchester. Both Bryan and I started applying for jobs, but nobody would take me knowing that soon I would have to leave. But thankfully Bryan did find a job in a restaurant. Shortly thereafter, the pandemic hit – Bryan got made redundant. Shit! Now we’re in trouble.

I knew I had to do something, so I started looking on Facebook groups and found a work-from-home group. I immediately requested to join. The second I got accepted, I began looking around, see what it was all about, and it was like diving into another universe – the network marketing – affiliate marketing – digital marketing – e-marketing – 

After a day or two, I got in touch with a woman advertising her business and asked for more details about the company she was working with. Shortly after that, I decided to join her; after all, I had nothing to lose and everything to gain.

THE FIRST STRUGGLES

I tested the products myself for the sole purpose of knowing how good they are. I don’t want to sell something that’s bad or harmful – after a couple of products tested I fell in love with them and their mission – bring cheaper products to the market keeping the high quality!!! Plus they are cruelty-free, vegetarian, and they have many vegan options.

After deciding to join this company, the hard work began. I have never worked in this domain. Never before have I sold things, much less online. My online presence was nonexistent, and my knowledge about it was even worse.

At heart I am an introvert – me becoming a network marketer meant that I had to put myself out there and talk to strangers and let them know why they should buy these excellent products from me and not somebody else.

I watched what felt like a million webinars, everybody with their own opinion. I was so overwhelmed with the amount of insecurities that started to surface, and seeing how confident and sure other people were – scared me shitless. Even though I really wanted it, I was to scared to really go for it, to really commit to being successful, I didn’t think I reserved it. 

And of course – I failed. But here’s the thing, I wasn’t aware of my insecurities and my fears, I had no idea what was happening and why I was failing.

Have you ever experienced this? Drop a comment or send me a message – let’s chat.