Love for your business comes and goes. For a lot of people, it’s not there right now. Especially for those in Vancouver, perhaps this has something to do with the 19th day of rain in a row.

What happens when we fall out of love? The reality is that we cannot just walk away, even if we feel like we want to. Excitement comes in waves (like everything in life), and the question is what do we do?

We hold on for dear life and ride these waves out. Then we get up, dry off and figure out what to do next. We can wait it out, which could take a while, or we can do differently; we fall back in love with our business.

Here are three tips to fall in love with your business again:

1) Revisit your why.

Why do you do what you do? I can’t stress this enough, and I will keep talking about your why until the message is clear. Those mornings when you don’t want to get out of bed and go to work think about your why. Remember why you started the business in the first place.

2) Make a list of what you love doing in your business.

I was in the funk of not loving my business a few weeks ago, and then I had a day that I did a why workshop in the morning and in the afternoon, I did a networking workshop. It was great! It reminded me why I love my business. Since then things have been way better: I am excited about my days, they are filled with the things I love. Of course, there is crappy paperwork too, but I am loving all of it right now.

3) Give yourself some time.

Don’t force it; do what you have to do and then put some distance between you and all the work stuff. Take a day or afternoon off and do something that is FUN! And by fun, I don’t mean staying at home and binging on Netflix. Do something that will make you laugh or giggle. Something that brings you joy. It can be snowshoeing, taking the dog to play on the beach, having a boozy lunch with friends – hey now, I am not telling you to drink – or watching a silly movie with the kids. Whatever it is, just keep in mind it has to be whatever fun is for you.

Remember this too shall pass. You love your business, you just don’t like it much right now – kind of like having kids.