Birthdays can be challenging. It is truly just another day but there are many things that it signifies. Mostly that another year of life has passed. This year I joke that I am really 23…not 32! It is one of the few years I can reverse my age and get away with it! But let me make one thing very clear…I am not going backwards! This is my year!
Interestingly enough this time last year I was going through a bit of a rough patch in my love life…I was still working at in corporate life…and LOF was a pipe dream. I didn’t even know I was going to name it Leap of Faith! Wow…what a difference a year can makes! I have achieved my dream of starting a company that I can call my own. My attitude about my love life has improved significantly. Although Mr. Forever is still dancing out there somewhere without me! Where are you sir? And I can not believe that I sat in a cubed world for 8 years! A huge part of my transformation has to be contributed to my career coach..Marinn! I was able to go through some very interesting testing to help me see my strengths and weaknesses. My skills and abilities were all right there in black and white. I knew them all of course, but to confirm it with a mathematical equation that is way above my head was pretty cool. Hence the Leap of Faith!
I am not going to pretend that LOF is nearly where I would like to it be…but I think that may be the single hardest challenge of a small business owner. It is never enough…NEVER! I think that I could work 24 hours a day right now and still not get all of my ideas out to you all. I have so many questions and challenges that I do not have the answers to. It is quite humbling. Break me off a piece of…
Here is the good news…I am getting help! The wonderful thing about living in a city like Charlotte is that there are many resources available to me as a small business owner. Who knew? Hats off to my city leaders to encourage the free support and resources to stimulate the economy. I truly believe that small business will be what turns the economy around. I am honored to be part of it. I am (hopefully) turning in two amazing applications this week. One is for the Charlotte Venture Challenge. I learned about this from a fellow small (soon to be large) business owner. The other is Kickstarter.com. This one has been pending and the main hold up is that I am terribly insecure on camera and need to make a video! Time to get over it Carly! So here is my plan…I am going to pretend that I am 23…not a care in the world! This video is just a fun media to help me achieve my dream! Brett is back and going to help me film and edit this week. So yall bare with me please! And pray…please PRAY! I can assure you my blog next week will be highly entertaining!
