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What does this title mean to you? What does it mean to me? As a blogger  -sometimes you feel that you are talking to no one. Its lonely, its scary, its like a deep abyss sometimes. You want to be seen and heard but you don’t want to be seen and heard. And sometimes things pop into your head that scream about being written down and you know – due to content that you possibly can’t write it down.

Combine this with creating an online business and – let me tell you- your mental headspace can be all over the place.

When you create a blog specifically with the purpose of it becoming a business you need to give it 300% of your time energy and most of the time MONEY. It can become an endless pit of emotion and you sometimes feel you haemorrhage money – and the general public assume that because its so visible – it must be successful – yet behind the scenes you’re like a runner who loves running but can’t afford the new shoes. You keep plugging away your feet (fingers) bleeding from the running ( typing) and at some stage you might crack and walk away.

You will contemplate giving up – especially when you didn’t know what to expect with the pace and or you were reluctant to start in the first place.

To become a digital entrepreneur you need to have a stoic athletic mind – you need to not have distractions around you that may yell at you that – its not worth it, its too hard, just walk away. The voices in your head will get loud and often – but you will also have naysayers on the outside ( usually family) who will pull you down too.

The digital entrepreneur – is a 24/7 machine while the build is on. People ( fans) will complain that you fill their feed and some will get cranky and walk away from you. Some will do the sensible thing and turn off the notifications and check in on you every now and then ( they are the ones that are supportive of what you are doing – but are busy with their other interests and will stick around for the long run) Some will pull you down with hate and venom and tell you they don’t like what you have to say and they pull the plug with a tantrum on their face and walk away. ( Goodbye sweetie pie – thats what you say to them and you dig deep and you find your energy again – you eat your pill and keep going).

If you think that taking on a digital business is a walk in the park and not invasive of your privacy and wont overtake every aspect of your life then you need a reality check. Because guess what – it does. Ive done this before and I walked away. Each time you tackle something you get stronger. But you have to be ready for this world. You have a digital shopfront, its not a part time position its your LIFE. Because you now have a fan base watching your every move. AND you need to be aware of this and everything you do and say. Especially if you have struck a chord and you are now being heard.

This little blog used to be heard widely and loudly. But I walked away due to grief and mental health issues ( you will find many bloggers suffer from mental health issues such as anxiety and depression and are introverts). We are the watchers, and we are the watched. We are the workers and the under appreciated. We are the silent ones sitting in the corner ,we are the ones who would rather stay at home with a computer and crochet than socialise. We are the silent yet we are the vocal of the digital world.

We are digital entrepreneurs – we are bloggers.

 

 

 

 

Today has been one of those days. If anything I have learned from being involved in a business previously is that if you have  business partner and you don’t communicate well both of you are usually feeling the same way. And that my friends is OVERWORKED, UNDER APPRECIATED and generally GRUMPY.

This too happens in most relationships . Mr Cuppy and I are renovating like mad people lately and we both feel overworked and deeply under appreciated and as goes with renovating a very old house nothing ever goes to plan.

Mistakes get made – but most can be fixed. And steep learning curves are part of the process. So today – both of us have sucked it up and confronted demons. And quite possibly both of us are feeling much more positive.

Surgery is now looming again with two weeks and three days to go now. Yesterday Mr Cuppy and I got in wood for the fire. And a rather large log fell from a great height onto my foot when someone ( not me) decided to pick up too many bits at once. And it was my right foot, which belongs to my right leg – which sports my right knee – which if my surgery had been scheduled for today – is now sporting a rather large bruise and is fragile and I would have been knocked back anyways.

So things happen for reasons. I guess is the point of my waffle today. AND things will always try our patience especially when you deal with a couple of very different personalities and skill sets.

Anyway – thats life – and I must confess, that yesterday with a head full of sinus, a very sore foot and a massive case of GRUMPY.. I ate pizza – disgusting takeaway pizza. It wasn’t worth it – Im paying the price today. Im a little bloated and I need coffee and panadol.

But at the end of the day – all is resolved and all is good.

Yours… Mrs C. xox

 

 

Some 18 months ago – perhaps longer – I lost my blogging mojo. I had taken time away from a real working life was battling with a bakers cyst and a torn meniscus and monthly visits to specialists in an attempt to get me motivated and moving again after an enforced sedentary lifestyle encountered when I re-injured an already injured knee.

Im 44 years old and have suffered from degenerative osteoarthritis since I was 13 years old and it was palmed off as growing pains. Had I known that a lifestyle of avoiding fat and eating to dietary guidelines would add to this situation causing a lifetime of inflammation and weight gain – I would have shoved that low fat yoghurt back where it came from!

For the last almost 12 months I have tried unsuccessfully to stick to a sugar free diet. I started with the I Quit Sugar Programme – sadly it incorporates glutens and grains – and my body does not at all appreciate glutens and grains, they turn me into a human whoopee cushion! Im also finding that although a good tablespoon of double cream is excellent for an episode of reflux – that overdosing on it also causes gassy emissions. Which on a Keto lifestyle where in Ketosis you already have the smell of an unbathed hobo – you don’t need extra gas to push you along.

So this lifestyle – its about finding balance and foods that a whole and wholesome that suit your body and your needs. You can also have a day where you eat the “wrong thing” ( but in all honestly you don’t particularly feel like it. And its forgiving. By wrong thing – my indulgence is usually a Zambrero Taco Salad sans the tortilla – but I do have the beans and the corn and the jalepeno and the salsa verde… And its usually once in a blue moon. Not all the time. AND its still whole foods. I don’t want the cake, I don’t want the sweets. When even a small cube of 85% dark chocolate is too sweet for you – you know your body has adapted.

Now Ive had friends respectfully say that they can not follow my pages or blogs as I eat far too much fat for their liking. And its true – I eat the fat – because fat is flavour and fat is filling and fat is 99% of the time chemical free. Can I just say now – my body is thanking me for my fat intake ? I don’t use artificial sweeteners, I consume whole dairy when I consume dairy and I don’t remove the fats from my meats. I don’t eat a kilo of butter a week – but I do use butter.

What I don’t do is add unnecessary sugars and highly processed grains. I eat the way the body was intended to eat. I feast when required I fast when my body tells me and it works.

So dear friends you will find links to my carb reduced, refined sugar and grain free recipes on here that will link you up to Sugarblizters. And you will find on here – my personal journey of recovery and regeneration. Along with things I encounter and love along the way including fashion, renovating bargains and of course kitchen gadgets – without which life would be OH SO BORING!

So I hope you enjoy if you follow, I hope to inspire and delight you – and sometimes if Im blue you might even cry. But Mrs Cuppy – she’s back!

Love … L xoxo

 

 

Its been a while – you may have noticed. Ive decided to come back as me. My own identity. The one I created for me over 6 years ago now. After a very long hiatus Ive decided to come back. You can also find me on www.sugarblitzers.com.au, where I create and capture recipes that are refined sugar, grain and gluten free in conjunction with a partner. But Mrs Cuppy is me – mine, my own.

Here we can chat all things design ( thats kinda what Ive been doing for the last oh say 18 months, fashion and food. A whole lifestyle of hunting and gathering in both your food choices and home.

Here I will link my renovating finds, my fashion finds and I will blog about experiences and life to stop my other blog and Sugar Blitzer Alter Ego becoming clogged and confusing.

So for those who have followed before – Welcome Back. For those who follow along now – welcome. For me … let the new journey commence.

Love  Mrs Cuppy xoxo