The summer was nothing I want to brag about...but I'll write about it in my second book. It took a while, but I finally got out of the fog that was keeping me down, a fog of chronic pain. And when it lifted, I was lifted in a direction I never saw myself going in. But that makes sense, because the majority of the roads I have traveled, I never knowingly bought the ticket to travel there.
How many times has that happened to you? How many times have you looked up from where you stood, sat, laid, and thought "how the hell did I get here?" or "why am I doing this now?" I can tell you, I have done that so many, many times.
But there I stood, sat and laid and here I sit, stand and type from all those surprising destinations reached by a journey of the unknown.
So I started a business, which I believe I have mentioned before...so many blog posts...too many to remember. And it isn't easy, except that loving it is. It is easy for me to find the passion to do, go and see. It was easy for me to humble myself and learn a hard lesson from one client, only to be the first of many lessons from many future clients.
I am bold enough to do these things, to humble myself and to try, try and try again. I'm strong enough to push and chase. I'm not too shy to bring myself to the table when I wasn't invited.
When I was single and living that same mindset, that was considered desperate. When I'm building a business, it's considered hungry. There is a difference.
I told someone today that I'm terrified and excited and it's on that border where my best self comes alive. Content isn't enough for me. Failure is an option because so is success. If I don't believe they can both happen, then why do I do what I do? Jobs, relationships, life...it can all live on that border and if you, I, we, don't give it all a try, or give it a shot nor push ourselves...well yea, then we can fail. But what's failure in trying, shooting and pushing? It's not. It's happening. Will it always be the outcome we wanted? No, maybe not. But the universe has set us up to keep going.
All the all the tools, we have them within us. Just have to sort through the garage of boxes of fear, betrayal, heartbreak and find that toolbox.
Where's your toolbox to make it happen?
Hadley, I love this story, and you will be a success! 😍