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Do what you’ve got to do

By Faith Hatton, posted Sep 14, 2023 on BizFayetteville.com

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Sometimes, you’ve just got to wash your face with cold water. I know what you’re thinking, dear reader, ‘What does this thinly veiled metaphor mean?’
Allow me to explain.
A few years ago, I took up a skin care routine that has yet to let me down. I’ve managed to keep up this skin care routine pretty religiously and with it, have seen the benefits of routine skincare. -I can already feel the men reading starting to trail off.- However, this didn’t come without sacrifice. My bathroom sink at home enjoys playing temperature roulette. Sometimes, it is merciful and other times, you would think that there was a block of ice under my sink, keeping the water at six degrees Fahrenheit no matter how long you run it.

And sometimes, you arrive home late and just want to get your mascara off so you don’t wake up with your eyes sealed shut. So what do you do? You pray that you learned something from the Disney movie Frozen and hope that the cold won’t bother you anyway and wash your face.

At the end of August I celebrated my 28th birthday and with it, came to the somber acceptance that sometimes, life is filled with uncomfortable situations. Sometimes you have to make that business or life decision that doesn’t feel good at first, like firing a bad worker, or choosing to invest profits into a facility upgrade instead of saving them or even washing your face in freezing cold water.
Sometimes a decision that doesn’t feel great in the present will have a surprising amount of payoff in the long run. Sometimes it’s good to get out of that comfort zone and just do what you need to do.
I hope you, dear reader, are empowered to handle your business the way that only you can and remember that being uncomfortable now can lead to great growth later!
I also hope that you enjoy this issue featuring the current goings on in Moore County, the ‘Home of American Golf’ has a lot of new developments and offerings we here at the GFBJ have had the pleasure of discovering just for you!

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