Managing the Shit in Your Life.

Haley Lynn Gray
3 min readMar 18, 2023

Let’s talk about the challenges of building a business while managing all of the other Shit in your life.

I’ve made a good amount of money in my business over the last few years..

I have grown my business, and shrunk it, and grown it.

But in the background I have had a constant thing going on. Some of you already know this- I’m a mom to 4 kids. Ages 24, 22, 19, and 16.

My oldest fell off of a horse in December 2015, and hit her head, and was in the middle of what we think now was her first psychotic break. (We think that the psychotic break caused the accident, not vice-versa).

She has been hospitalized MANY, Many times.

Before you suggest I try XYZ treatment know I’ve probably considered it, and either tried it or rejected it.

My point is this. I’m ALWAYS, ALWAYS managing her care in the background. It may take 10 hours a week or it may take 30 in a given week.

I am her legal guardian, so every time ANYTHING happens, I get to hear about it, and make a decision on it.

She didn’t take her meds? Call mom. She hit her head? Call mom. She bit another caregiver? Call mom. You name it. Call mom.

It just doesn’t stop.

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Haley Lynn Gray

Does marketing make you want to pull your hair out? Haley is a Marketing strategist and social media expert who can help you find your magic marketing method.