to everyone who emailed with their openness to discussing their "own" businesses. I really appreciate it. I have to be honest and tell you I didn't expect anyone to really give me the help! I know....why???
But thank you. I really do appreciate your help.
My dream is to own my own "place"/store. I want a place where you can browse for books, for cards, for gifts along with sitting in comfy chairs drinking tea with friends or alone. I dream of a place where I can feature "artists" paintings, drawings, photography. I dream of a place where I can have workshops. I dream of this place where groups come to share their stories, their music, their poetry. I dream of an indoor/outdoor space.
I don't know how, where or when but this has been a dream for a long long time..I can visualize this place, the signage, the feeling of it. I can "see" it. Now it is all about making it real. That's the next step. Talking with other store owners, finding out what it really takes....and then making the decision or steps.
so....the journey begins.
sitting alone
right here
right now
inside my head
so inside my head
last week i jumped over a line to the other side
the other side
the other side
i remind myself over and over
that i jumped over a line to the other side
the other side of what you ask?
the other side to love,
to self love
to self care
to trusting my voice
to listening to my voice
to taking care of me
yes, to taking care of me
first?
second?
third?
taking care of me
why is it so hard to take care of ourselves first?
sitting alone
right here
right now
trying to conjure up the courage to jump over the next line
Loving this but wishing it was in my size!
Playing with this and it's really bringing me back to the younger self...
I've never been one to plant anything or have plants even...not sure what i'm waiting for or what i'm afraid of so I'm finally delving into "You Grow Girl" and seeing if I have a green thumb afterall....my friend Missy would be proud!
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i'm doing some research into women owning their own businesses...if any of you are out there or know of a women owned business that i could check out please email me, I'd love to ask a few questions...
thanks much!!!
enjoying time with my family, myself and taking a road trip to the Monterey Bay Aquarium....
still looking inward these days and not saying much outward...
don't give up on me....
come back now and again and I'm sure there will be something new..
until then .......
~"keep experiencing and don't avoid"
~getting really clear this week about what could possibly be next
~to have someone in my corner
~fresh juicy peaches and strawberries so sweet
~the emails I received after my last post
~walking hand in hand with my daughter down the sidewalk
~kettle corn
~"star girl"
~seeing the different perspectives
~clearing the clutter from my home
~she's back
i've been quiet
i've been tired
i've been so frustrated and exhausted from life....from work...
my 9-5 life has gotten me in such a funk..
i'm trying to come up for air
trying to get myself together for the rest of the day ...the rest of my life..
but i tell you it's hard..
it's hard to pull myself away and detach myself
but we all have to do it
i can do it
i can do it
i can do it
i chant this in the morning and on my way home...
a client told me today that once we ask for help
we are given help
we all learn from this
it's ok to ask for help
all i'm asking for is a little help in trying to understand where i am and where i'm going and all that is in between...
