What an amazing adventure I’m having! I decided to come out to SF for my 37th birthday. Follow my journey here….
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YES! It felt so good to be back teaching my “Do what you love. Love what you do” workshop! Especially in our newly designed space at The 150! This was the first time we used the space as an inhouse workshop space and my designer Brad Benefiel created this space with the purpose of workshops and meetings. It was so much fun to test out the flow and… well, I think it went great!!
Here are some photos from last night….
The first class at our new space The 150!
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Right when I was excited to get settled into my new space and my new focus, life continued to happen. 2 days after my last post, my boyfriend and I broke up, and I found myself in a whole new world that I wasn’t expecting to be in.
Somebody recently told me that 3 of the most stressful situations are 1) changing your career. 2) going through a break up and 3) moving. I did all 3.
To be honest, I really just took time to focus on my emotions and my need to adapt to change rather quickly. It took a while for me to get to a point where I wanted to even work again. A while for me was about 2 weeks. Then, I had 2 big events that I had been working on for sometime and it was time to get those moving.
Now that they’re over and done, I may be in a space that I’m ready to really focus. Sometimes, your most important focus is what you’re feeling. And you just got feel it!
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As much as I love spontaneous schedules, I am very driven by having a set schedule too. For the past 2 months, I’ve been “trying” to work from home but my routine was just off. I’d get distracted by the laundry or the sunshine or the random whim to try a new recipe, instead of doing what I needed to do. Now that our space is complete I was very excited to get back to a schedule and focus focus focus hocus focus today.
Even though it was just me in the office today, I still wore a blazer and dress. This automatically put me in the “productive” work mood. I packed a delicious lunch, drank tea and water all day, and my mind felt sharp.
Ahhhh… that felt fantastic!
Today I:
- Confirmed my next Do what you love workshop for April 10th.
- Had a wonderful meeting with a friend who is getting ready to quit her day job to focus on what she loves.
- Confirmed the next Fashion Denver fashion market.
- Got out a client email to the masses.
- Designed a big banner for another client.
- Went to the bank.
- Updated Fashion Denver’s website
- And hosted the marketing & events committee meeting for the Denver Women’s Commission.
Oh yes yes yes! My motivation, inspiration, and drive are back and I’m moving forward!
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Wheeew! After 2 months of construction, my new space is complete. I’ve got my Tree House where I can go for inspiration, my office, and plenty of workshop space. I am so excited and ready to focus and settle in. I’ve felt so all over the place and, quite frankly, like an emotional rollercoaster of excitement, fear, happiness, sadness, and more! Every color of the rainbow, I’ve felt and I’m ready to share my latest findings and share inspiration and guidance for others to go from dreaming to doing!
If you have a business idea, are a designer or artist ready to take things to the next level, sign up for my next workshop on April 11th and get the little swift kick in the pants you need to get started.
Click here for workshop details…
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6 months ago, I was speaking at TEDx Crestmoor Park and featured on the cover of Her Life Magazine. I thought I knew exactly what direction my life was heading and thought that I was content.
2 1/2 months ago, I realized that I wasn’t following my true passion. I was preaching to “Do what you love and love what you do” only I wasn’t doing it myself. I thought that I wanted to do it all. And almost overnight, I realized that I was doing too much, trying to focus on too many things, and not listening to my heart.
1 month and 5 days ago, I closed down the retail side of life and since then have been transitioning my space into focussing on what I really want to do… helping other dreamers become doers. This passion has been with me since 2004 when I started my small business development brand B.23 Productions. Slowly but surely, I started taking on more and more, spreading myself thin, and feeling scattered. Until one day… Kabooom!
My truth came out and I realized that I want to simplify. I want to focus on the essential.
What is my essential?
My essential is being able to guide and provide small businesses with the tools to grow. This is my passion.
After 13 years of being an entrepreneur with shifts and changes and rollercoasters and realizations and growth and adventures, I see that when you truly follow your heart and do what you love, you can make things happen.
That is my essential.
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