It’s a bit of a cloudy, misty, almost rainy morning as I write this and it’s made me want to snuggle… with you.
I come here as a safe haven at times, comfy in the nook of my writing, comfy in the nook of my writing to you.
These kinds of days make me a little nostalgic too. I’ve started to look back, look back to the beginnings of this humble little venture. Now, Buddha will tell you that that’s not the way to go. Presence is the key. And any therapist would tell you it certainly is the way to go! I’d like to offer a balanced view on this, if I may. Certainly look back because it’s where your roots were laid. (Sometimes those roots need shaking up and cultivating elsewhere, let me tell ya!) But then quickly come back, because right here, right now is where it’s all happening – in this moment.
But I digress.
Where was I? Right. Humble beginnings.
I ventured back to the beginning of this venture, just over 6 months ago now, to my initial blogs. Even then I had come so far, having two businesses and all their learnings underneath my belt. But what struck me is that I remember what I was like back then, and I didn’t actually believed I’d come so far then. I actually thought I was a terrible failure. Forever the overachiever, I wanted everything, now. And if I didn’t get it, then that was my own fault and I was in turn incredibly cruel to myself. And I had been cruel with regards to my past two “failings” in business. I was so tentative to put myself out there again because, hey, what made this time any different? What was going to be any different to the last two times?
Well, I was.
I was going to be different.
We forget that when we start something, we are not going to be the same person in a week’s time, a month’s time or certainly a year’s time. We would have changed and grown. The same mindset that we start with today is not going to be the same mindset we possess in the future. Nowhere near it.
And we have to acknowledge and remember that – because the same fears we have at the beginning will dissipate on the way through. So they shouldn’t be the things that stop us.
My business may still be considered to be a fledgling for some. Others may consider it quite the achievement! It doesn’t matter what everyone else thinks. What matters is that I’m comfortable and do you know what, I am. I’m content in the progress it’s made and is making. I’m forever grateful for the clients, followers and readers that have got me here. And I’m forever grateful to my past self for allowing me to take that risk and remembering that she would change, even though she didn’t necessarily think so at that point in time.
With love
Lynda
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