It starts on
1/19: the perfect day for me to begin a new journey as the numbers “911” always
seems to appear in my life at the most random, yet opportune times. I
couldn’t find the day more coincidental! I left my hometown, Portland, OR,
essentially fired myself from my own job in order to create the urgency one
gets when they are fired or laid off from a job.
In the first
20 minutes of my 2 day trip to LA, I am emotional and just want to cry. As
crying is typically difficult for me, I call my Granny to chat as sometimes
talking with someone can induce the tears. It works! My head is circling
furiously…
- What am I doing?
- My 12 year old puppy has cancer, so why am I putting him at risk?
- How can I leave when I don’t have income?
- Why would I leave a successful business behind?
- You just met an amazing Man, why would you leave?
- Stop trying to accomplish so many things, and just be happy with what you had.
- I am nutz!
Well
thankfully that lasted only about 30 minutes, as I’m very much a “flip and
shift” when it comes to emotions. I turned on my audio books and finished “Delivering Happiness” by Tony Hsieh where I learn about Zappos, which is obviously a successful startup story about
entrepreneurship and putting everything you have on the line to make things
happen. Thank you Tony for re-affirming what I’m doing. I’m putting it all out
there and going 100% in urgency. They say if you want change, you must be and
or create it right??!? Well, consider it done!
I made a
10.5 hour drive in 9.5 hours with a dog and 3 stops. Part of the ride was in
silence so I could be present and appreciate the beauty around me, part was
listening to Ted Talks, and part audio books. It’s amazing how thought
provoking this period of time can be when you sit with yourself for that long.
LESSON OF THE DAY: Being in Silence for 9 hours can be extremely moving.
LESSON OF THE DAY: Being in Silence for 9 hours can be extremely moving.
I believe in
myself, I believe in my ventures, and I believe in the power I have
to help others and their vision. So, with a place in Venice Beach, CA through the
end of March, I intend to be blindfolded in this jump into the unknown
creating amazing results by the end. No plan other than knowing I’m in urgency and knowing this will all work out perfectly. I’m 100% all in and intend to write about my journey
including the positives and negatives: daily.
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