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Natalie Arribeno

Today Dannie and Caitlyn are talking with Natalie Arribeno of Nubia Natalie.. .We believe in accessible content and that anyone who wants to learn from this content should be able to. In order to support this, we’ve had every episode of Season 4 transcribed. The transcriptions are available at the bottom of every episode blog post.SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:The importance of managing your cash flow and knowing where the money is going.Realizing what self-care means to you!The power of carving out time to just take care of emails and planning the week ahead.GET MORE: Website | InstagramFOLLOW YOUR HOSTS: D Website | D Instagram // C Website | C Instagram                                                                                                                Get the Side Hustle Starter Kit                                                                                                                   Episode Transcript Caitlyn Allen: [00:00:21] Hi guys, and welcome back to the side hustle gal podcast. We are so excited. Um, we are joined today by Natalie Arrabenue Benbenno. Oh man, I messed it up already. Let me just preface by saying it's actually a Spanish word and Caitlyn can pronounce it. So I'm a let Natalie introduce her last name. Tell us more about why she, um, identifies as a side hustler. Natalie Arribeno: [00:00:50] Yeah, no, thank you. Thank you. It's all good. It's, it's not. I'm very common Mexican. Last name. So my name is Natalie Aribeno  and I identify myself as a side hustler. It really, because I have. Three full time jobs, I guess you can say that. And then my own business.And um, I do that outside of my full time job. And ideally I would love my side hustle to be my main hustle. Right. and a little bit of background, I'm the founder and designer for my active wear line, which is Nubia and Natalie, which Nubia is actually my first name, but all my friends call me Natalie.Um, so yeah, that's how I identify myself as a side hustle. I really, it's just balancing active multiple things that I do. Dannie Lynn Fountain: [00:01:41] So talk to us about those three full time things cause that sounds insane.Natalie Arribeno: [00:01:50] Yeah, no. So, um, I'm a merchandise planner. And a fashion company. I also consult a startups that want to build their own fashion brands. I've always been in the consumer direct to consumer, um, business side of things. Um, and I have a lot of knowledge. I, that's where my background is from. And then, um, I also teach, so I'm a college professor a part time, and I teach fashion fibers and materials, which helps me with my own business.Um, and I do my business. After working hours. So I have an agenda. I, I'm very strict with my schedule and I do less is more. So I know it sounds like a lot, but I think it's doable. I mean, I, I always asking myself if I didn't do. My side hustle, would I regret it? And 1000% I don't think I was built to just do a nine to five because there's always that itch, you know that calling in your heart. So, um, and I'm young. I was like, if I'm going to do this, then I got to do it now. So. Dannie Lynn Fountain: [00:03:03] Yeah. I think both Caitlin and I resonate with that. That argument of now's the time. Like we have less obligations holding us back, less things that are barriers or would be detrimental to us trying to pursue this.So it totally makes sense. You said that you have an agenda. Caitlyn's a planner freak. I'm a Google calendar freak. Um, so talk to us about what you're planning in your time management looks like. Like, are you a black scheduler? Are you a squeeze it in where you can person? Like how do you manage your time?Natalie Arribeno: [00:03:35] So, um, first of all, I'm a paper and pen type of person. I love writing it and then putting it in my calendar, um, my digital, whether it be my Google or I-Cal um my rule  my rule is every Sunday I just block out an hour Late at night six seven whatever and I just looked through my schedule Um I try to wake up as early as I can Um so I I my and I'm going to give tangible um Recommendations because I hate when people are like Oh just use an agenda It's like well what does that really mean So I wake up at six um I do a lot of journaling and meditation so I don't really get to my phone or my emails until eight So my me time is really important in the morning And then from eight to five is just whether I'm at the office or whether I'm teaching or whether I'm my On the road So I blocked that out and then I get home and then I work from eight to 11 on my business Mmm And then I squeeze in I try to do 45 minutes of something physical even if it's walking outside um throughout the day Um so that's what I really try to do I try to be as consistent as possible I would love to wake up earlier than six but it's a challenge. So that's really what I do pen and paper helps And then a lot of post-its. Caitlyn Allen: [00:05:08] So the real question here is do you have like a significant other or anything like that that gets into your time way? Because girl I can't even imagine.Natalie Arribeno: [00:05:20] Uh no I do not And I am working really really hard to you have a dog Because I used to have a dog and I really would like a dog And Because of my schedule I think it would be so selfish to get a dog at this moment So ideally I would just like to do my side hustle And then one of the jobs. I self fund my company So that's where the need of um income is for me And I think that's very important for any side hustle gals out there to really understand that just because you have this great ideas keep your job because that helps your sanity because bills will still come Yes it's a juggling act of three jobs but financially I need it And then also it's questions for you to ask yourself do you want to be self-funded or do you want to get funding from outsiders That opens a different kind of warms. So for me right now this works for me So being self aware I think it's important when you start your side hustle as far as financials go cause you'll be surprised the money goes real quick. Caitlyn Allen: [00:06:32] That's that's so interesting that I mean man I think about your day and I'm like Ooh if I was that productive I don't even know But that's so true about the finance I think that we There's a lot of people who promote the Oh well you need to quit your day job and like bring your side hustle to like full fruition but are you actually funded enough to make that happen. That's a that's a great question to ask yourself before you decide to make that transition. So what do you think is going to make you make that transition or do you know when you hit a certain goal what it's going to look like?Natalie Arribeno: [00:07:14] I think right now and I'm actually just work on my 2020 goals And for me it would be being able um Nubia Natalie to be able to um delivers sales that will cover like at least my teaching job You know um if it can deliver those types of sales then I will walk away from one of the jobs And because it's also like no one's going to love the business more than myself. So if I'm able to accomplish all this and juggle all this what will the return of investments of my time will be in investing even more time on Nubia Natalie. So it's a two part Um That I continued to battle myself Um because I'm so new in the business and I'm still pivoting and learning I'm okay for it But um I have set a goal for myself from a year from now 2021 Um business ain't going to be sustainable if I really want to grow the business.Dannie Lynn Fountain: [00:08:14] I love setting those milestones well in advance and understanding kind of the ramp and what it's going to take to get to those milestones Cause I think we there's nothing more frustrating than identifying that you want to do something but not giving it a deadline because without the deadline you aren't forced To do the work to figure it out So it's it's really cool to hear that you're like okay a year from now at least the teaching job will be gone Like I'm going to have more time and more focus that I can give to Nubia Natalie So I think that's really smart. You also just said that you've finished your 2020 goals Do you have a favorite goal setting tool like power sheets or the Natalie meal program or anything like that And then Ooh talk to us about it Talk to us about it.Natalie Arribeno: [00:09:05] I love setting goals and then I'm not the type of person I think like January like the time to set goals I set goals my year cause I do a vision board at the end of set uh end of September October's I did my 2020 goals back in 2019 October So I do a vision board So I do one whatever It gives me the calling of putting it on the vision board Then I just smart goals which I think a lot of people know Um they're very specific They're measurable um achievable Um if you look at the acronym on Google it's very smart So I hand write them and I put them in my in the beginning of my agenda I I actually only did four goals cause I want to um Accomplish three of them by September and December of this year. So um I did the smart goal uh process Like for example my goal was to sell through my inventory 95% of it right. So I broke it down even further by saying like if it's 400 units by September or there's a day a week Know like I made it so specific that it's digestible for me to tell it to somebody else Um I think very sexy goals I think as long as they're uh therefore you and I don't even call them goals. I call them my North star because like okay what what are my marching orders What's my North star that helps me with my Focus.Caitlyn Allen: [00:10:43] Okay So you have talked about your planner that you use twice now So give us the scoop. Which planner do you you use in your business?Natalie Arribeno: [00:10:54] Okay so I use this planner that I just started using And it's in Spanish and it's by this woman Um her name is Mia Astra I can send you the link. I am very spiritual so it has a lot of beautiful quotes and it has like astra, astrology in there Um and it's broken out by hour and um  for each day which helps me cause each day it's a little bit different based on like My three jobs so I use that and then um she has really amazing like notes or that's where I have all my goals So I I I it helps for me Every time I open it it's there It's on my it's in my face.Dannie Lynn Fountain: [00:11:43] It sounds like probably a more beautiful version of Danielle LaPorte's desire map planner Maybe Yeah it sounds very cool Yeah so you have all of these systems that you're using in your in your business. You sound very process oriented like Caitlyn I'm curious how you get your like analog your paper planning and your digital planning and goal setting to work together? I'm a pen and paper note taker but a digital planner in terms of my time and sometimes I struggle To keep those two in sync at all times.Natalie Arribeno: [00:12:21] I know it is a struggle and I've I know what you're saying cause sometimes I'm like okay I just wrote everything on my calendar Now I'm going to go to my uh I Cal and do it all over again is just a lot of work honestly because I've I sent myself but like every Sunday Right That's what I do Um and I don't only just do it for my business I do it for my friends and family Like that's the day where I I blocked out time just to organize myself for the next two weeks And then from there um when I do that I'm also reading all my emails and replying on all my emails so that I am jotting down like okay this I need to follow up on this person I do this and that I gotta pay bills. So it's like the Sunday routine is what has really helped to take control on my emails my calendar my to do and I broke it And I have like notes where I have like Nubia Natalie. I have like my personal where all my bills getting my nails done Do you know those are things that I have to plan out I can't just randomly. Stop by and get my nails done because I already kind of schedule myself it's hard because there's not a lot of flexibility at times but for me it helps to know what to do I need to get done And obviously I also I'm a believer of balance so I need to put in some self care within my schedule whether it's me going to a book club for this weekend and next weekend I hang out with friends with brunch And you know it's just kinda like that And like I say every dollar has a home Every minute has a home for me So that's that's key. Dannie Lynn Fountain: [00:14:09] I think that's so smart I also like you glossed over this as if it was normal and it should be normal But I want to talk about this You talked about self care as going to a book club or going to brunch and it wasn't what we traditionally hear of self care which is like massages or getting your nails done or um so, What is what does self care mean to you? I love that it's not that traditional stuff that can be really expensive Natalie Arribeno: [00:14:39] Yes It's yes Uh thank you for bringing that up Yes Because again I'm working a lot because of the financial needs for my business But at the same time the more successful you are the more self care you need that I know that Um one you need to recognize What is that for you. I've gone through a lot and I've learned that for me self care means I have to meditate in the morning I have to do a couple of like a meditation and I mean like five minute Headspace Uh meditation Uh I need to be with people So then I need to be with my friends too for brunch Um I like to learn So then and I like to learn from other people So then book club for me is important So I um I've also like to go to the museum by myself too. Like I get inspiration like that So for me self care is also like I have to watch my money right Like I can't be spending and getting my hair done and getting my now like that's great But as an entrepreneur like if you don't learn how to manage your cashflow now when you're getting started once you become big that that's going to be like a major thing for you as it of what you like and what self care is for you Um then that's going to be that tremendous I've been grown to the speed that I thought I was going to go because I am pivoting and learning what's the right thing for myself because at then the business is that successful As well as I am Like if I'm in a good place then my business will reflect that.Caitlyn Allen: [00:16:32] Okay guys I need you to pause rewind for like three minutes and listen to that one more time because that is literally gold Like if you don't manage your cashflow you don't know where money is going then You can't do self care at the end of the day because you might not have money leftover. So being super cognizant of that and knowing the self care is important because if you're anything like me you don't do self care and then you get burnt out and then life is just rough. So figuring out as a as a side hustler when you're running your business that cashflow and what makes you happy And what Self care looks like for you is so so so so so important Um Natalie that was just that was such gold Um so I guess the last thing I wanted to ask was what are some of the um systems that you use for your business like online or I mean I guess you already talked about your planner but like online Natalie Arribeno: [00:17:38] Yeah I use asana a lot. Um that really helps And I do The board the lists gets me very um complicated Um it gets me very overwhelmed Like I like to see things Um on the board I use a lot of Post-its I used to have it in my kitchen I had like a big paper and then just bunch of posts colored uh I liked that Um and I write a lot of emails to myself I know that sounds weird. A lot of people like have notes I have notes too but creativity comes with you at any point in time So I always email myself. So that's why the Sunday day works out so well for me because on Sundays all of the emails I wrote to myself have a home and that's when I put them in my Asana or whatever I put them in my post-its So you know because it's like Oh I got an idea for packaging Well um I'm at work I can do it So I just shoot myself an email So here comes Sunday then on Sunday it has a home and it's on my Big idea. I like columns that I have in my Asana so that's how I kind of continue to you know it just because I'm not literally sitting on my desk Working on Nubia Natalie I'm always thinking about it and I think that's important for people to understand. You can still be at your full time job and then we'll be working on your business You can listen to a podcast and journal um get ideas That's what I used to do when I was um barely starting Um versus you just locking out two hours and being like today that's where I'm gonna work on my business Your business is Every day, 24, seven type of thing. And um, so that's one of the systems I've always been using. I'm emailing to myself. Asana and posted.Simple  is the key. Caitlyn Allen: [00:19:38] Awesome. All right, so where can we find you on the interwebs? Natalie Arribeno: [00:19:43] Yeah, so you can find me on Instagram at Nubia Natalie. So it's N, U, B, I,A. Natalie, N, A, T, A, l, I, E. And then on my um uh website it's nubianatalie.co Caitlyn Allen: [00:19:57] Awesome Thank you so much for being here Natalie Arribeno: [00:19:59] Thank you for having me This was very fun.

Today Dannie and Caitlyn are talking with Natalie Arribeno of Nubia Natalie.. .We believe in accessible content and that anyone who wants to learn from this content should be able to. In order to support this, we’ve had every episode of Season 4 transcribed. The transcriptions are available at the bottom of every episode blog post.<h3>SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:</h3><ul><li>The importance of managing your cash flow and knowing where the money is going.</li><li>Realizing what self-care means to you!</li><li>The power of carving out time to just take care of emails and planning the week ahead.</li></ul>GET MORE: <a href="https://www.nubianatalie.co/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nubianatalie/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a>FOLLOW YOUR HOSTS: <a href="http://www.danniefountain.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">D Website</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dannielynnfountain/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">D Instagram</a> // <a href="http://caitlynallen.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">C Website</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/caitmallen/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">C Instagram</a> Get the Side Hustle Starter Kit <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/604gEO0zi4wDa3Wliz3gtG" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-side-hustle-gal/id1201940803" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> <a href="https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&amp;isi=691797987&amp;ius=googleplaymusic&amp;apn=com.google.android.music&amp;link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Iqzy2wk5pwlfsvsts5hdmcj4zum?t%3DThe_Side_Hustle_Gal%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> Episode Transcript Caitlyn Allen: [00:00:21] Hi guys, and welcome back to the side hustle gal podcast. We are so excited. Um, we are joined today by Natalie Arrabenue Benbenno. Oh man, I messed it up already. Let me just preface by saying it's actually a Spanish word and Caitlyn can pronounce it. So I'm a let Natalie introduce her last name. Tell us more about why she, um, identifies as a side hustler. Natalie Arribeno: [00:00:50] Yeah, no, thank you. Thank you. It's all good. It's, it's not. I'm very common Mexican. Last name. So my name is Natalie Aribeno  and I identify myself as a side hustler. It really, because I have. Three full time jobs, I guess you can say that. And then my own business.And um, I do that outside of my full time job. And ideally I would love my side hustle to be my main hustle. Right. and a little bit of background, I'm the founder and designer for my active wear line, which is Nubia and Natalie, which Nubia is actually my first name, but all my friends call me Natalie.Um, so yeah, that's how I identify myself as a side hustle. I really, it's just balancing active multiple things that I do. Dannie Lynn Fountain: [00:01:41] So talk to us about those three full time things cause that sounds insane.Natalie Arribeno: [00:01:50] Yeah, no. So, um, I'm a merchandise planner. And a fashion company. I also consult a startups that want to build their own fashion brands. I've always been in the consumer direct to consumer, um, business side of things. Um, and I have a lot of knowledge. I, that's where my background is from. And then, um, I also teach, so I'm a college professor a part time, and I teach fashion fibers and materials, which helps me with my own business.Um, and I do my business. After working hours. So I have an agenda. I, I'm very strict with my schedule and I do less is more. So I know it sounds like a lot, but I think it's doable. I mean, I, I always asking myself if I didn't do. My side hustle, would I regret it? And 1000% I don't think I was built to just do a nine to five because there's always that itch, you know that calling in your heart. So, um, and I'm young. I was like, if I'm going to do this, then I got to do it now. So. Dannie Lynn Fountain: [00:03:03] Yeah. I think both Caitlin and I resonate with that. That argument of now's the time. Like we have less obligations holding us back, less things that are barriers or would be detrimental to us trying to pursue this.So it totally makes sense. You said that you have an agenda. Caitlyn's a planner freak. I'm a Google calendar freak. Um, so talk to us about what you're planning in your time management looks like. Like, are you a black scheduler? Are you a squeeze it in where you can person? Like how do you manage your time?Natalie Arribeno: [00:03:35] So, um, first of all, I'm a paper and pen type of person. I love writing it and then putting it in my calendar, um, my digital, whether it be my Google or I-Cal um my rule  my rule is every Sunday I just block out an hour Late at night six seven whatever and I just looked through my schedule Um I try to wake up as early as I can Um so I I my and I'm going to give tangible um Recommendations because I hate when people are like Oh just use an agenda It's like well what does that really mean So I wake up at six um I do a lot of journaling and meditation so I don't really get to my phone or my emails until eight So my me time is really important in the morning And then from eight to five is just whether I'm at the office or whether I'm teaching or whether I'm my On the road So I blocked that out and then I get home and then I work from eight to 11 on my business Mmm And then I squeeze in I try to do 45 minutes of something physical even if it's walking outside um throughout the day Um so that's what I really try to do I try to be as consistent as possible I would love to wake up earlier than six but it's a challenge. So that's really what I do pen and paper helps And then a lot of post-its. Caitlyn Allen: [00:05:08] So the real question here is do you have like a significant other or anything like that that gets into your time way? Because girl I can't even imagine.Natalie Arribeno: [00:05:20] Uh no I do not And I am working really really hard to you have a dog Because I used to have a dog and I really would like a dog And Because of my schedule I think it would be so selfish to get a dog at this moment So ideally I would just like to do my side hustle And then one of the jobs. I self fund my company So that's where the need of um income is for me And I think that's very important for any side hustle gals out there to really understand that just because you have this great ideas keep your job because that helps your sanity because bills will still come Yes it's a juggling act of three jobs but financially I need it And then also it's questions for you to ask yourself do you want to be self-funded or do you want to get funding from outsiders That opens a different kind of warms. So for me right now this works for me So being self aware I think it's important when you start your side hustle as far as financials go cause you'll be surprised the money goes real quick. Caitlyn Allen: [00:06:32] That's that's so interesting that I mean man I think about your day and I'm like Ooh if I was that productive I don't even know But that's so true about the finance I think that we There's a lot of people who promote the Oh well you need to quit your day job and like bring your side hustle to like full fruition but are you actually funded enough to make that happen. That's a that's a great question to ask yourself before you decide to make that transition. So what do you think is going to make you make that transition or do you know when you hit a certain goal what it's going to look like?Natalie Arribeno: [00:07:14] I think right now and I'm actually just work on my 2020 goals And for me it would be being able um Nubia Natalie to be able to um delivers sales that will cover like at least my teaching job You know um if it can deliver those types of sales then I will walk away from one of the jobs And because it's also like no one's going to love the business more than myself. So if I'm able to accomplish all this and juggle all this what will the return of investments of my time will be in investing even more time on Nubia Natalie. So it's a two part Um That I continued to battle myself Um because I'm so new in the business and I'm still pivoting and learning I'm okay for it But um I have set a goal for myself from a year from now 2021 Um business ain't going to be sustainable if I really want to grow the business.Dannie Lynn Fountain: [00:08:14] I love setting those milestones well in advance and understanding kind of the ramp and what it's going to take to get to those milestones Cause I think we there's nothing more frustrating than identifying that you want to do something but not giving it a deadline because without the deadline you aren't forced To do the work to figure it out So it's it's really cool to hear that you're like okay a year from now at least the teaching job will be gone Like I'm going to have more time and more focus that I can give to Nubia Natalie So I think that's really smart. You also just said that you've finished your 2020 goals Do you have a favorite goal setting tool like power sheets or the Natalie meal program or anything like that And then Ooh talk to us about it Talk to us about it.Natalie Arribeno: [00:09:05] I love setting goals and then I'm not the type of person I think like January like the time to set goals I set goals my year cause I do a vision board at the end of set uh end of September October's I did my 2020 goals back in 2019 October So I do a vision board So I do one whatever It gives me the calling of putting it on the vision board Then I just smart goals which I think a lot of people know Um they're very specific They're measurable um achievable Um if you look at the acronym on Google it's very smart So I hand write them and I put them in my in the beginning of my agenda I I actually only did four goals cause I want to um Accomplish three of them by September and December of this year. So um I did the smart goal uh process Like for example my goal was to sell through my inventory 95% of it right. So I broke it down even further by saying like if it's 400 units by September or there's a day a week Know like I made it so specific that it's digestible for me to tell it to somebody else Um I think very sexy goals I think as long as they're uh therefore you and I don't even call them goals. I call them my North star because like okay what what are my marching orders What's my North star that helps me with my Focus.Caitlyn Allen: [00:10:43] Okay So you have talked about your planner that you use twice now So give us the scoop. Which planner do you you use in your business?Natalie Arribeno: [00:10:54] Okay so I use this planner that I just started using And it's in Spanish and it's by this woman Um her name is Mia Astra I can send you the link. I am very spiritual so it has a lot of beautiful quotes and it has like astra, astrology in there Um and it's broken out by hour and um  for each day which helps me cause each day it's a little bit different based on like My three jobs so I use that and then um she has really amazing like notes or that's where I have all my goals So I I I it helps for me Every time I open it it's there It's on my it's in my face.Dannie Lynn Fountain: [00:11:43] It sounds like probably a more beautiful version of Danielle LaPorte's desire map planner Maybe Yeah it sounds very cool Yeah so you have all of these systems that you're using in your in your business. You sound very process oriented like Caitlyn I'm curious how you get your like analog your paper planning and your digital planning and goal setting to work together? I'm a pen and paper note taker but a digital planner in terms of my time and sometimes I struggle To keep those two in sync at all times.Natalie Arribeno: [00:12:21] I know it is a struggle and I've I know what you're saying cause sometimes I'm like okay I just wrote everything on my calendar Now I'm going to go to my uh I Cal and do it all over again is just a lot of work honestly because I've I sent myself but like every Sunday Right That's what I do Um and I don't only just do it for my business I do it for my friends and family Like that's the day where I I blocked out time just to organize myself for the next two weeks And then from there um when I do that I'm also reading all my emails and replying on all my emails so that I am jotting down like okay this I need to follow up on this person I do this and that I gotta pay bills. So it's like the Sunday routine is what has really helped to take control on my emails my calendar my to do and I broke it And I have like notes where I have like Nubia Natalie. I have like my personal where all my bills getting my nails done Do you know those are things that I have to plan out I can't just randomly. Stop by and get my nails done because I already kind of schedule myself it's hard because there's not a lot of flexibility at times but for me it helps to know what to do I need to get done And obviously I also I'm a believer of balance so I need to put in some self care within my schedule whether it's me going to a book club for this weekend and next weekend I hang out with friends with brunch And you know it's just kinda like that And like I say every dollar has a home Every minute has a home for me So that's that's key. Dannie Lynn Fountain: [00:14:09] I think that's so smart I also like you glossed over this as if it was normal and it should be normal But I want to talk about this You talked about self care as going to a book club or going to brunch and it wasn't what we traditionally hear of self care which is like massages or getting your nails done or um so, What is what does self care mean to you? I love that it's not that traditional stuff that can be really expensive Natalie Arribeno: [00:14:39] Yes It's yes Uh thank you for bringing that up Yes Because again I'm working a lot because of the financial needs for my business But at the same time the more successful you are the more self care you need that I know that Um one you need to recognize What is that for you. I've gone through a lot and I've learned that for me self care means I have to meditate in the morning I have to do a couple of like a meditation and I mean like five minute Headspace Uh meditation Uh I need to be with people So then I need to be with my friends too for brunch Um I like to learn So then and I like to learn from other people So then book club for me is important So I um I've also like to go to the museum by myself too. Like I get inspiration like that So for me self care is also like I have to watch my money right Like I can't be spending and getting my hair done and getting my now like that's great But as an entrepreneur like if you don't learn how to manage your cashflow now when you're getting started once you become big that that's going to be like a major thing for you as it of what you like and what self care is for you Um then that's going to be that tremendous I've been grown to the speed that I thought I was going to go because I am pivoting and learning what's the right thing for myself because at then the business is that successful As well as I am Like if I'm in a good place then my business will reflect that.Caitlyn Allen: [00:16:32] Okay guys I need you to pause rewind for like three minutes and listen to that one more time because that is literally gold Like if you don't manage your cashflow you don't know where money is going then You can't do self care at the end of the day because you might not have money leftover. So being super cognizant of that and knowing the self care is important because if you're anything like me you don't do self care and then you get burnt out and then life is just rough. So figuring out as a as a side hustler when you're running your business that cashflow and what makes you happy And what Self care looks like for you is so so so so so important Um Natalie that was just that was such gold Um so I guess the last thing I wanted to ask was what are some of the um systems that you use for your business like online or I mean I guess you already talked about your planner but like online Natalie Arribeno: [00:17:38] Yeah I use asana a lot. Um that really helps And I do The board the lists gets me very um complicated Um it gets me very overwhelmed Like I like to see things Um on the board I use a lot of Post-its I used to have it in my kitchen I had like a big paper and then just bunch of posts colored uh I liked that Um and I write a lot of emails to myself I know that sounds weird. A lot of people like have notes I have notes too but creativity comes with you at any point in time So I always email myself. So that's why the Sunday day works out so well for me because on Sundays all of the emails I wrote to myself have a home and that's when I put them in my Asana or whatever I put them in my post-its So you know because it's like Oh I got an idea for packaging Well um I'm at work I can do it So I just shoot myself an email So here comes Sunday then on Sunday it has a home and it's on my Big idea. I like columns that I have in my Asana so that's how I kind of continue to you know it just because I'm not literally sitting on my desk Working on Nubia Natalie I'm always thinking about it and I think that's important for people to understand. You can still be at your full time job and then we'll be working on your business You can listen to a podcast and journal um get ideas That's what I used to do when I was um barely starting Um versus you just locking out two hours and being like today that's where I'm gonna work on my business Your business is Every day, 24, seven type of thing. And um, so that's one of the systems I've always been using. I'm emailing to myself. Asana and posted.Simple  is the key. Caitlyn Allen: [00:19:38] Awesome. All right, so where can we find you on the interwebs? Natalie Arribeno: [00:19:43] Yeah, so you can find me on Instagram at Nubia Natalie. So it's N, U, B, I,A. Natalie, N, A, T, A, l, I, E. And then on my um uh website it's <a href="http://nubianatalie.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">nubianatalie.co</a> Caitlyn Allen: [00:19:57] Awesome Thank you so much for being here Natalie Arribeno: [00:19:59] Thank you for having me This was very fun.

Episode 311 | Natalie Arribeno of Nubia Natalie.