Hi Blogger,
Have you ever had this conversation or something similar with a friend?
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I hate it when my phone rings. Most people text me, so when there's an actual call, my heart stops for a second, and then my brain quickly runs through what the call could mean:
IT MUST BE AN EMERGENCY!
Or, no, it's probably that my car warranty is about to end. OR…
My most frustrating client.
Ugh, YUP. It's HER.
You know the type - calls to complain about every-freaking-thing. This time, while mowing the grass behind the pastures, I had the AUDACITY to leave the grass clippings on the ground. Like I've done for years. Literally yards from the fence. Yeah.
There's no way any horse can get them. But O-KAY. I get to spend 20 minutes listening to her crank on and come up with the multitude of ways her horse could die from grass clippings completely out of reach on the other side of a fence. (I should mention that the horse pretty much never ventures to the back half of his turnout, but yeah, his demise is imminent.)
These kinds of calls come almost daily from her.
When I see her car pull in, I immediately go find something to do FAR away.
I'd love to send her packing, but she always pays on time, and I need that kind of stability right now, because some of my other super lovely, easier-to-live-with clients are chronic last-minute lesson cancellers. Or they "forget" to pay their board and I have to chase them. But at least they're pleasant, so…
Actually, when I stop and think about it, this kind of stuff happens a lot. At least a few days a week.
Great example: I have time blocked to teach and then this happens:
-No show, no text - totally forgot about it, and when I text: "oops! Sorry! Love you!" Heart emoji -No show, text 10 minutes after the appointed time to say they're sorry but….(I have no respect for your time and decided something else was more important - but we're good, right?) -Call 15 minutes before so I have no chance to rearrange my schedule. Thanks. I guess at least she called.
I could go on. Usually I'm just kind of living in a state of crankiness, but some days it makes me just, sad.
I LOVE horses. I have worked hard and made a lot of sacrifices so I could make them my life's work.
"Do WhAt YoU loVe AnD tHe MoNeY wIlL cOmE"
So when does THAT happen? Where's my money? How come I'm having a hard time getting out of bed some days?
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Does any of this resonate with you? Do you feel like this is not what you signed up for?
There's no way you're giving up your horse business, but you'd like to feel not so beat up all the time.
Not to mention actually helping horses and their people in a meaningful way.
We hear this kind of thing all.the.time. And we hate it.
Equestrian professionals are some of the smartest, savviest, most amazing people on the planet.
Really - think about all of the different problems and tasks you tackle in a day, a week, a month. All the different things you know how to do.
We're tough as nails, too. Resourceful and quick thinking.
While that's all pretty great, it takes its toll.
We don't want that for you. We want equestrian professionals to be seen for who we really are. PROFESSIONALS.
And while we're at it, let's get rid of the notion that you have to sacrifice your mind, body, soul and your income because you love horses.
This does not need to be your life - unless you want it to be.
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To your success,
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