Why crafting the business you really want is the most powerful thing you can do.
Especially when life, work, and dreams are all wrapped up together
There’s a story we’ve all been told, especially in business, that your work and your life are two separate things.
It’s that classic work-life balance tale that floats around on the internet and in polite conversation. The one that suggests that everything should be split neatly in half: 9 to 5 for your “job” and the rest of those 24 hours is for you.
But if you’re an entrepreneur and someone who builds from the heart, you’ll know it’s not that simple, because your business is personal. It’s part of you. It lives in your head at 8pm while you’re watching a film and follows you on holiday like a loyal Labrador. It funds your life and, ideally, reflects your values too. It’s not something you can just switch off, because your business is part of you, as much as you are part of it.
For years, I wrestled with the myth of work/life balance — and the other classic tale that says you should only focus on one thing. It felt like the two parts of who I am weren’t allowed to mix, like letting them meet would be some sort of career faux pas.
On one side, the entrepreneur: focused, strategic, and always building.
On the other side, the writer: creative, curious, and dreaming quietly in the background.
One paid the bills. The other waited for “someday.”
For a long time, I kept them separate. I thought I had to split myself in two. But through building multiple businesses, navigating burnout, and redefining success, I’ve come to realise that it doesn’t have to be either/or.
When your business is woven into the fabric of your life, the smartest, kindest, most powerful thing you can do isn’t to keep the parts of yourself separate but is to build something that fits all of you.
It’s crafting a business that supports the life you want, that hums to your rhythm, honours your dreams, and gives you space to be more than just one thing.
Because when you stop trying to get your business to fit into the neat and rigid box of “balance” and remove it completely, instead building outside of that box in an open space, everything starts to feel more at ease, more honest, and more, well, you.
From Children’s Books to Business Dreams
Above: The self-published version of “Santa’s Spitfire Christmas”
In 2020, I self-published my first children’s book, and then it was published with the Imperial War Museum a year later (in hardback no less!). It was a quiet dream I’d held for years, to become a published author, and during the pandemic, it gave me the time and space to bring it to life.
At the time, I thought it was the start of a new chapter, of my writing career, but life, as it often does, had other plans. That chapter had to wait.
For the past five years, I’ve been trying to build something that honours both sides of who I am, the coach and the creative, the entrepreneur and the writer. I started many manuscripts, plotted many stories but the business took over. Life got busy (and a bit messy). That creative side of me sat patiently on the shelf, waiting for the right moment, that window of time to open up.
And you know what happened, that time and space never appeared.
That’s why, this time around, I’m crafting a business that doesn’t let those dreams quietly wither and die on the back burner.
I’m building a business with clarity and intention, one that creates space for those dreams to flourish and fly. I’m writing again, planning new books and making space for the part of me that never really went away. It just got lost under all the to-do lists, shoulds, woulds, and coulds.
The lesson in all of this is that you don’t have to choose between your business and your dreams. You can build something that lets you do both. You don’t have to pick one thing. You can choose as many ands as you like.
You can make money and make meaning.
You can be a coach and a creative.
You can hold a big vision and live at a quiet pace.
It’s not about choosing one path. It’s about crafting a path that is wide enough, and deep enough to make space for all of you.
Crafting your own path
And that brings us back to the ethos and reason behind The Quiet Reset.
How can you build that path, the life and business you really want, if you never stop to check whether you’re going in the right direction?
That’s what The Quiet Reset is designed for. It’s to help you pause, reflect, and decide where you actually want to go, on your terms, because your business should support your life, not compete with it.
It should make space for what you love, whether that’s writing books, being with your family, travelling the world, or simply enjoying slower mornings. It should be part of your world, not something you constantly need to escape from.
You’re Allowed to Dream Again
The business I want isn’t loud. It’s not built on hustle, urgency, or 12-hour days but is crafted, intentionally, gently, honestly. It makes space for who I really am. It supports the dreams that matter (even the ones that don’t make money yet) and lets me help others while still honouring what I want to create for myself.
I believe the same is possible for you.
Because when your life, work, and dreams are all wrapped up together, the most powerful thing you can do isn’t to split yourself in two but is to build something that brings all of you to the table.
Onwards and Upwards
- Becky :)
