When Your Hair’s on Fire: Why Letting Go Is the Growth Move
Working full-time as a single parent sometimes feels like my hair is constantly on fire. Managing a full team, client work, kids’ appointments, school pickups, dinners, housework — and everything else life decides to throw in — was draining my battery faster than I could recharge it.
Like a lot of millennials, asking for help doesn’t come naturally to me. I’d rather figure it out myself. But that mindset was keeping me stuck, and I wasn’t growing in the direction I wanted to go.
Then it hit me: I have employees. I have friends. I have family. I have a team, and it’s okay to not carry everything alone.
Yes, I can do everything. But just because I’m capable doesn’t mean I should. Some things have to be outsourced. So I built a new rhythm: leaned on family for kids’ activities, started picking up dinner a couple nights a week, switched to grocery pickup, and started delegating more intentionally to my team.
The load got lighter, my focus got sharper, and things stopped slipping through the cracks.
We see this same pattern with our clients every day.
A business can be fully capable — talented team, strong track record, real expertise — and still be stretched too thin. When you keep adding responsibilities that don’t play to your strengths, priorities fall through the cracks. Momentum slows. And without realizing it, you start pulling attention away from the very things that make you exceptional.
That’s exactly where growth stalls. And that’s exactly where we come in.
At Kwedar & Co., we act as an extension of your team — learning your business, excavating what makes you different, and giving that story the voice it deserves. For leaders who’ve spent years building something exceptional and never quite had the time to tell anyone about it, we handle the work that’s been pulling your attention in too many directions so you can get back to the work only you can do.
You don’t have to feel like your hair is on fire. And you don’t have to hand your story to a firm that treats it like a transaction.
If you’re ready to work with a team that treats your story like it matters, let’s talk.
About The Author
Jessica Pickard is the Director of Operations for Kwedar & Co. Jessica oversees operational and project excellence at KCo, ensuring seamless support for both client and business needs. Jessica has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from Murray State University. She is based in Kentucky.
