How to Run a Business when you are a University Student?

Life throws at us many challenges, with the sole purpose to help us grow, even if it does not seem to be the case. Through the year 2020, I was given a lot of challenges, which improved me immensely, and now in 2021, the highest power has seen my strengths and has given me more to evolve higher from. This new challenge is presented in the form of running an online business while working as a university student. This means working on my business daily followed by university studies, blog posts, recording, video editing, etc.

I decided to go through this challenge and work on financial freedom and independence now; because I know in the future once I leave university, I will never work for anyone or any boss. I am very independent and don’t feel like leaving my independence to someone who can fire you or move you from your job in a flick of a finger.

It is crucial in these circumstances we are in; we all need to take a step back, stop depending on someone else to save us, and find a way to protect and provide for ourselves.

I believe these challenges are like a diamond when it is made under a lot of pressure and heat. There is always discomfort (maybe a bit of pain if it is unavoidable), but at the end of that challenge, I look upon myself and see how much stronger, calmer, peaceful, and wiser I have become from those challenges.

I will not say its easy, but after a while or being challenged; you decide to take it on and flow with them; to end up at a higher level, before the next challenge/evolution of that level being presented to you. With these levels comes higher rewards and better experiences, you will look back on, and feel so much love and happiness with yourself, on how you took it on and succeeded!

Here are the ways I deal with running a business and my studies as a university student:

1: Take Your Time on each Task: Rushing and taking on all at once will cause anyone to crash and burn. It’s crucial to take time and work on what you can for that day, with the best of your ability. This is one of the main key points in the book The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D Wattles. I recommend you to buy this and read it.

2: Self Care and Breaks are Needed: Even though I take on a lot of work, I am well aware of my limit. When that limit is reached, I will move away from tasks and work to care for myself solely. This is highly required because if you burn out and can’t take anymore, you can’t get anything else done, let alone progress forward and evolve higher.

3: Consume on Positive Content at all Times: What keeps my energy burning (which helps me complete everything I need to) is being solely focused on self-development, positivity, manifestation, the law of attraction, as well as powerful motivational videos. Consuming content is not only to do with food but also with the five (plus more) senses. This means avoiding all sources, which may affect you negatively on an energetic or vibrational level. For example, I don’t watch tv, or anything negative, graphic, horror, or any content which may lower my frequency or create something negative in my mind and energy field.

4: Get Enough Sleep and Listen to Your Body: You body is the vehicle that holds you. If that shuts down, you will be able to nothing else, let alone live on earth to achieve anything you wanted to achieve. Sleep and rest are very valuable to me, and on days where I worked hard, I will go to sleep earlier, to recharge on longer periods of sleep. This means once I’m awake, I am more active and ready to take the day on, thus getting a larger amount of tasks completed with the highest quality.

5: Be in the Present Moment: While it is great to have our goals and dream of what it will be like, all plans and their completions happen in our now moment. The biggest trap is always looking to a distant future. Instead of focusing on the present moment, the gratitude of living it allows our intentions to unfold into the present moment. There is no future or past, for all that we imagine, create, and succeed in happens right in the present moment. Bring that goal to the present moment, and experience it from here in feeling and state. That’s where everything unfolds to you for your enjoyment.

These are the main ways as to how I run my business while being a University student! There are many more ways, but I believe these are the strongest ones I have implemented, that still keeps me going today. I thank you for reading, never give up! And never give in!

Bless you!

Alana Monet-Telfer