In this episode of The Middle Child Podcast, Royal Boles sits down with Shaun Bree-zy for a conversation about slowing down, taking care of yourself, finding balance, and learning when to stop overextending yourself.
Shaun describes his life right now in one word: relaxed. He shares how getting older, paying more attention to his health, running a hat business, working a regular job, and simply realizing that life is too short helped him change the way he approaches work and life.
Shaun talks about why he now limits himself to 10 hat orders a month, why he refuses to overexert himself, and why making time for yourself is just as important as taking care of everyone else.
The conversation also takes an unexpected turn into Shaun's love of LEGO. What started as a hobby became a way for him to relax, slow down, and enjoy something with no deadline. Shaun shares how therapy encouraged him to find a hobby outside of his hat business and how LEGO eventually became an investment as well.
Royal and Shaun also talk about creativity, entrepreneurship, knowing your worth, setting boundaries with customers, and the satisfaction that comes from creating something people genuinely love.
Shaun shares how he taught himself to make hats, how his grandfather inspired his love of hats, and how a simple custom hat eventually grew into a real business.
He also opens up about the pressure of perfectionism and how he learned to turn mistakes and imperfections into part of the design instead of allowing them to ruin the finished product.
In this episode, we talk about:
— Slowing down and taking life one day at a time
— Taking care of yourself before taking care of others
— Protecting your peace
— Learning not to overextend yourself
— Setting boundaries in business— Knowing your worth
— Balancing a regular job with entrepreneurship
— Finding hobbies that help you relax
— LEGO as a hobby and investment
— Creativity and personal growth
— Building a custom hat business
— Learning to make hats by hand
— The story behind Shaun's hat-making journey
— Turning imperfections into creativity
— Finding joy in seeing people wear your work
— Family, grief, and honoring loved ones through creativity
— Growing up in Chicago
— Teaching his son about entrepreneurship
— Building something you're proud of
Shaun also shares the story of how his grandfather's love of hats inspired him to start making his own hats in 2019. What began as a creative experiment eventually turned into a business after someone saw one of his early creations and wanted to buy it.
At the heart of this conversation is a simple reminder: you don't always have to do more. Sometimes you need to slow down, make time for yourself, find something that brings you joy, and take life one day at a time.
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