Looking for the easy path?

Question for you, mama. Do you know people who just seem to be naturally successful? Everything’s easy for them, right? They never struggle. Things just… work out for them. 

So, you want to know the secret to a struggle-free life?

Well, I’m sorry to burst your bubble, but it just doesn’t exist.

No one in the entire world has a struggle-free life. It just doesn’t exist. 

If you’re really, really lucky, a big struggle in your life will be, “What do I want to be when I grow up?”

Think about the amazing blessing contained within that question. Think about the choices and options that are open to you. And even if it feels like you can’t figure out the answer to this question right now, think about how astoundingly lucky you are to be able to ask it.

When I decided to call myself a social media manager, I was terrified. I mean, sure, I was sort of doing a bit of social media management at work. But when I met with my first prospective client — a baby boomer Realtor — all I could think was, “What if he knows more about this than I do?”

I know, right?

It was scary, and the imposter syndrome was real. I had to get out of my own way and do the work.

And pretty quickly I figured out that as long as I stayed one step ahead of my clients, we’d be okay. I didn’t have to know everything — which is super lucky, because the more I learned, the more I realized I needed to learn. 

That’s still true today, and it makes me laugh when I think about the ego on 15-year-old Lauren, who thought she knew everything in the whole world. 

You’re resourceful, Mama. You can get obsessed with a topic and dig in and learn about it, and figure out the parts that you don’t know yet. 

I wasn’t born knowing how to do any of what I do now. 

I got paid to learn ClickFunnels when I started working for the lovely Jena Rodriguez. 

I got paid to learn how to be an online business manager before I even knew what that was. 

I got paid to learn Asana, Acuity Scheduling, and more. And once I learned how to use those things for one client, I could move on and serve others with confidence. 

And you can, too. 

Liz Benny will show you how to get paid to learn social media management.

Kathryn Jones will show you how to get paid to learn funnel design.

Abbi Perets will show you how to get paid to learn to write killer email. 

It will undoubtedly involve a bit of struggle. Because there is no secret to a struggle-free life. You’ll have to learn new things and get a little uncomfortable. You might start off on one path and then decide to switch.

You might start off as a VA and then decide you’re a funnel designer or a copywriter. You might declare to the whole world, I AM A COPYWRITER, and then decide, “Well, actually, I’m an OBM.” 

And if you’re worried, as one Free Mama recently was, that you’re “letting someone down” by changing your mind, let go of that guilt right now. 

Stop worrying about what other people will think, because those people ain’t paying yo’ bills. 

You can safely ignore them, and allow yourself to grow and evolve. 

If this is your struggle, what a beautiful blessing. 

The secret to a struggle-free life is that there is no struggle-free life. If you embrace the struggle, and see it for the blessing that it is, you will be a happy, lucky person.

P.S. You have to start somewhere, Mama. Might I recommend that you take a look at the 12-Week Free Mama Movement program?

P.P.S. And if you’re thinking that you need to start this Virtual Assistant business ballin’ on a budget – I got you covered there, too!