I came out of college with high expectations of what the working world would look like.  I'll admit it...I somewhat thought it would be all sparkly and filled with exciting work trips, amazing high heeled shoes and outfits to wear, and happy hours filled with co-workers and cosmopolitans.  Until my manager at the consulting firm sincerely got upset with me over taking a day off work to attend a funeral for someone who wasn't an immediate family member.  

I remember thinking "you've got to be kidding me here.  I have personal days off but I'm not really expected to take them?

When I did finally quit that role, I remember being on the plane back to Atlanta from Denver Colorado (where my last consultant project was based) dreaming of being my own boss.  In my head the working world was now more like Carrie's world from the original "Sex in the City" HBO series.  Days filled with a few hours of work, even better shopping sprees because the clothes didn't need to be 'corporate professional' and my shoes no longer needed to be the closed toed grandma shoes that the corporate world required at the time. 

I honestly went into Real Estate beacuse3 I had no clue what else to do, and knew that I did need to help pay the mortgage on the house that Jeff (my husband) and I had recently purchased.  So the transition into entrepreneur world wasn't a hard one for me.   I naturally have lots of drive and ambition.  

I do admit though that there were a few things I wish I had known in advance about being your own boss.  Since there's no onboarding manual for going into business for yourself, I'll let you consider this the girlfriends guide to starting a business.  The real deal of it you could say. 

In today's episode I'm giving you the 10 things no one told ME about being my own boss.  I want you to be prepared sunshine!  Tune in and then text me at 678-736-8055 with which one resonated the most with you

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