What Nobody Tells You About Doing It All

I've spent almost two years talking to you about business strategy, hiring, marketing, and systems, and I realized I've never really let you into my actual life. So that's what this episode is. The last six months have been a lot: recovering from a fractured skull and partial hearing loss, building a tattoo-themed Airbnb from the ground up (mostly by myself, because I'm a control freak and I own it), hiring three new artists, quitting caffeine after six years, navigating anxiety I didn't know I had, and finally hitting a wall that made me stop and ask what I'm actually doing this for. I'm not sharing this for sympathy. I'm sharing it because I think a lot of you are running the same race I've been running, and maybe hearing someone else say "I had to slow down and it didn't all fall apart" is exactly what you need right now.   Thanks to Mana Scheduler for sponsoring this episode Watch on YouTube What You'll Learn in This Episode:   Why Missi finally decided to open up about her personal life and what pushed her to record this episode The full story behind the tattoo Airbnb: the vision, the chaos, the construction surprises, and what "done enough" actually looked like How a fractured skull, a seizure, and partial hearing loss became a turning point for her health and her habits The honest truth about anxiety as a business owner and the tools she's using to manage it Why she almost quit the podcast, what changed her mind, and where the show is headed The Devil Wears Prada moment that made her ugly cry in a movie theater and why it hit so close to home How she's shifting focus toward her kids before it's too late, and what that actually looks like in practice   Links: boundbyart.com bluebirdtattoos.com instagram.com/tattoosbymissiblue instagram.com/boundbyartproject instagram.com/bluebirdtattoostudio   Music: Unknown Road - The Harp Project