Cutting Back to Grow Forward

If you’ve ever kept a plant alive (congrats, that’s harder than entrepreneurship most days), you know pruning is part of the deal.

You don’t prune because you’re careless and tired of caring for the plant. Quite literally the opposite.

You prune because there’s potential for even more.

You cut back branches that have grown too wild, or blooms that are stealing energy from the main stem. The scissors don’t mean death - they mean room. They mean strength. They mean believing the next season will be fuller.

I’ve been thinking about this a lot as we head into the last edition of Salesgirl Social tomorrow.

On paper, stopping something that’s working and that I have so much fun doing could look like failure. But I know that’s not true. It’s pruning.

The creative energy I’ve been pouring into these newsletters is about to be redirected into something else that needs it more right now. And I want to model for you what we always preach inside this newsletter: if you’re helping people, it doesn’t matter where you do it, only that you do it. You’re the one who makes the decisions for your own life. Do what you can, challenge yourself, and be bold enough to prune when it’s needed.

Here’s what I’m finding: pruning doesn’t always feel glamorous.

It feels uncomfortable. You second guess. (Do not send me your sad replies until tomorrow or I’ll scrap everything, lmao). You stare at the cut branch on the ground and wonder if you made the right move. But you only have to look one season ahead to know it was worth it.

So maybe there’s something in your life or business right now that needs pruning. Not abandoned. Not failed. Just cut back for the sake of stronger growth later.

Tomorrow, I’ll share more about what’s next. But today, let this sink in: pruning is not the end.

It’s the beginning of your next bloom.

Xo, The Salesgirls