Burn it to the ground…
That is what i wanted to do last week. Burn my business down, fire everyone, shut the doors, hide in bed. It was fleeting… but it was a thought in my head.
Okay, not really. I have a flair for the dramatic. But it was an exceptionally hard week. I questioned everything and everyone, and I was generally miserable.
Thank goodness it's a new week. The sun is out, and honestly? All the things I was stressing over turned out fine.
Here's the thing about being a Type A perfectionist—it cuts both ways.
The good: I aim for perfection. I want everything to be beautiful, which benefits my clients (and sometimes my family, when I channel that energy into creating something lovely for them). I obsess over details most people overlook, which means fabulously designed homes. I want clients to be blown away—not just by the outcome, but by the experience.
The bad: I don't handle it well when things go sideways. I question myself. I question the people around me. I dissect exactly where things went wrong. I'm hard on myself when things aren't perfect—and I can be hard on others too.
Big breath in. (I definitely didn't do enough deep breathing last week.)
I reacted poorly. I took it out on my team. I was a wretched shrew at home. I. Did. Not. Handle. It. Well.
The backstory? Balls got dropped at a client's house. And even though we will always fix things—always, always, always, I'm adamant about this—we weren't on our game. I took it personally. I started questioning whether I wanted to keep running things this way or whether I needed to take drastic measures.
Turns out, drastic measures weren't needed. A good night's sleep helped tremendously. The project looks beautiful and our client is thrilled.
A happy ending, yes. But I don't want it to just be a good result—I want it to be a good experience. When a client doesn't have that, it's an opportunity lost.
Here's what I keep reminding myself: We're human. We're trying our best, but sometimes we mess up. Human error happens. I'll be hard on myself about it—you can count on that—but I'll also fix it and learn from it.
All that to say: life happens. You have to roll with it. If you're doing a renovation, a new build, or even a decor project—anticipate hiccups. But know that we at SCID will do everything we can to fix our mistakes and make our clients ridiculously happy.
