Entrepreneurship Isn't Easy...

But that is what makes it so rewarding. It is not easy. It takes lots of time, work and mistakes to make a business successful.

I just posted my Goals and Resolutions for 2012, and one of them is to work hard on this wonderful business.

I have had a rough couple of days with this business, and for the first time an easy out was offered.

I thought for a moment what it would be like to no longer be the momstown Mama for Central Alberta... and I was sad.

I didn't get into this business to give up after 5 months. I love what Ann-Marie has built. After meeting the momstown team in November, I don't want to leave the organization. It is awesome! It is a force, and I will be apart of it!

Ann-Marie wrote a blog post last year about the rise of the disposable entrepreneur. Giving up when it gets hard is the easy way out, and I do not want to become a disposable entrepreneur.

The other thing about being an entrepreneur, a "mompreneur" is that you have to do what is best for your family while building your business. I work at my business with little people at my feet, crying to be fed, changed and entertained. I bought this business because I wanted a different way from the way I was living. I have chosen to give up being a Full Time Working Mom. I no longer work for an employer, I work for me. Being a mompreneur I need the support of other moms in this poition, and the national momstown team delivers in spades! It is also why I have a second business, Entreprenuerial Moms of Red Deer

Working for me has to work for my family as well. My family has a baby that is not yet 4 months old that demands a lot of my time. A lot of my time that cannot be used to do some of the things I want to do for this business. That will change in the coming year, as we figure out the childcare option that works best for our family.

I knew being an Entrepreneur wasn't easy when I started this adventure, and it is proving to be more challenging than even I expected. But it doesn't scare me. I am sticking around, building this business the best way I know how, how it works for me and my family, and of course this momstown Community.