Welcome to the rollercoaster ride that is running your own business. Some days are genius, I can do no wrong, the client loves me and I'm proud of the work I'm doing. Other days... well, they're the days that the client won't even return your calls, let alone pay you and there is no work out there for you and the taxman is beating on the door, the rent is due and you're looking at sleeping in a box in a nearby park.

Even the days with horrific deadlines and the days where you're making it up as you go along are better than that.

Those are the days I question my sanity. What was I thinking, going out on my own and starting my own business? Am I trying to drive myself to bankruptcy and an early grave? How will we survive?

Then I look back at what I've achieved so far and I say to myself, "Damn, girl. You've got a pair on you. Look at what you've done!"

I know I can do this. I'm smart, I'm ballsy and I can do this. Because I said so.

"I've been terrified every day of my life but that's never stopped me from doing everything I wanted to do."--Georgia O'Keeffe