At times tutoring can feel like a rollercoaster: its nonstop. Then suddenly you hit a bank holiday weekend, and the breaks are slammed on and somehow you have to pick up momentum again.

You are running down the racetrack at a million miles an hour and a parent will declare that actually, we’ve been looking at dates and thanks for your help, but I think we’ll leave it there!

That change in direction wasn’t something you had braced yourself for and you fall flat on your face.

At first, you celebrate the time to yourself and then you start a new relationship with free-time, and you never want it to end…

But you know the reality is that this cannot last for ever.

When I find myself in this situation, I have an image by my desk of the things I strive to achieve so that I can remind myself what it is I am striving for. Why I get up in the morning and head straight to the computer.

Then (I confess) I am a list person. I love lists. It had gotten to the stage that I had lists to remind myself of my other lists, but I have become more disciplined now.

But I have lists of different books, YouTube videos, podcasts that I can refer to that motivate me.

They can be on fixing up the house or garden. They can be travel related or based on building a business. They may just be people who inspire me.

Often, I will take myself for a walk and think back to what incredible parents I had and the values that they instilled in us.

It is whatever works for you in that moment.

And it’s not about making a huge splash on that day, it’s about doing something. Anything, that will get the wheels turning again because that is what builds momentum. Whilst you are static your business can not grow, but 1 small step can become the start of many that will take you on the journey that you dream of.

I am giving away copies of my book “Become a Tutor. Build Confidence. Change Lives” if you would like a (completely free, no strings attached) copy, just drop me a message and I will more than happily drop one in the post for you: info@clarajamestutoring.co.uk

I hope it helps.

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