It has been a week since I have written and much has happened. My business is officially open and launched.
- Articles of Incorporation - check
- Business Plan - check
- Checking Account - check
- Website Up - check
- Marketing Strategy - check
The last seven days have been fraught with emotions...from excitement, anxiety, dread, fear, joy and anticipation. I have pulled 12 hour days, I have cried tears of fear, I have avoided opening up a bank account and I have worked with bated breath. This journey of starting a business and being financially free is definitely not what I expected; in many ways it is easier than I anticipated. I feel like all the crappy jobs, temp jobs, mediocre jobs and side jobs have taught me how to run a business. Only until now have I come to realize that my humble background as a executive assistant has prepared me for this moment. So how easy is it to start your own business or go after a dream? It's as easy as making the bed, people have been doing it for years!
But be forewarned that pursuing a dream or opening a business is also challenging and requires a great deal of COURAGE and VULNERABILITY. I imagine it is like going into outer space, black and unknown, you can't see the horizon just emptiness and in that emptiness lies the birth of possibility.
Last week, I had to give up my FEAR OF FINANCIAL SUCCESS. I've lived my whole life getting by: paying the bills, having a little left over for a drink and maybe a used pair of sunglasses, no health insurance, no savings, and a tiny portion for miscellaneous expenses. Who wants to live like that? Apparently me, I have only known the "getting by" way of life and deep down I'm afraid to live a "financially successful" way of life. This became evident to me when I found the simple task of opening my business bank account daunting...I avoided it for 3 days! And I kept wandering why???
What was I so afraid of?
CHANGE! THE UNKNOWN! Meth addicts love their drugs even though they know it's killing them. When they are offered an opportunity for a new life, they're terrified...because all they have known is meth. (I've been watching a lot of "Intervention" lately) I don't want to be like a Meth addict, killing my financial self and sabotaging all my dreams. I WANT TO BE POWERFUL INSTEAD OF POWERLESS. Therefore, I must make choices that are going to make me powerful. How do I do this? FACE THE UNKNOWN and DO IT BRAVELY & BOLDLY!
So I mustered the courage and walked into the bank and opened my new business checking account. In doing this simple task, I developed a relationship with a bank manager and learn all sorts of things about banking; I must say that I am a better adult and entrepreneur for it! But it wasn't all roses...I had to answer an array of questions about my financial history and the truth is it was kinda of embarrassing. FACING THE MUSIC CAN BE DIFFICULT BUT IT MUST BE DONE IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD. There I was confessing all of my spending habits, business intentions, credit score, income and projected deposits, etc... I HAD TO FACE THE CROUCHING DRAGON AND HIDDEN TIGER in my life and in turn I BECAME POWERFUL!
Leaving the familiar can be difficult at times and confessing our frailties can be even more daunting but WE MUST FACE OURSELVES IN ORDER TO SAVE OURSELVES. And in doing this we develop SELF TRUST and RESILIENCE, the two components that are essential to survival in the unknown frontier.
I leave you with this, an inspiring poem from a man who faced the unknown with an astounding amount of resilience and belief.
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
By, Invictus
Please visit my company website at: www.fairydustphotos.com and show your support by LIKING the business Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/fairydustphotos
But be forewarned that pursuing a dream or opening a business is also challenging and requires a great deal of COURAGE and VULNERABILITY. I imagine it is like going into outer space, black and unknown, you can't see the horizon just emptiness and in that emptiness lies the birth of possibility.
FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN is one of the first challenges people have to face when they chase after their dreams. Being an entrepreneur means that you no longer operate under the comfortable structure of a corporate entity. Above all it means CHANGE and with change arises anxiety. Giving up something familiar can be challenging at first, especially when it gives us comfort.SpaceBusiness:The final frontier
These are the voyages ofthe Starship, EnterpriseWhitneyItsHer 5 year mission
To explore strange new worlds
To seek out new life and newcivilizationsfinancial freedoms
To boldly go where no (wo)man has gone before *Star Trek
Last week, I had to give up my FEAR OF FINANCIAL SUCCESS. I've lived my whole life getting by: paying the bills, having a little left over for a drink and maybe a used pair of sunglasses, no health insurance, no savings, and a tiny portion for miscellaneous expenses. Who wants to live like that? Apparently me, I have only known the "getting by" way of life and deep down I'm afraid to live a "financially successful" way of life. This became evident to me when I found the simple task of opening my business bank account daunting...I avoided it for 3 days! And I kept wandering why???
What was I so afraid of?
CHANGE! THE UNKNOWN! Meth addicts love their drugs even though they know it's killing them. When they are offered an opportunity for a new life, they're terrified...because all they have known is meth. (I've been watching a lot of "Intervention" lately) I don't want to be like a Meth addict, killing my financial self and sabotaging all my dreams. I WANT TO BE POWERFUL INSTEAD OF POWERLESS. Therefore, I must make choices that are going to make me powerful. How do I do this? FACE THE UNKNOWN and DO IT BRAVELY & BOLDLY!
So I mustered the courage and walked into the bank and opened my new business checking account. In doing this simple task, I developed a relationship with a bank manager and learn all sorts of things about banking; I must say that I am a better adult and entrepreneur for it! But it wasn't all roses...I had to answer an array of questions about my financial history and the truth is it was kinda of embarrassing. FACING THE MUSIC CAN BE DIFFICULT BUT IT MUST BE DONE IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD. There I was confessing all of my spending habits, business intentions, credit score, income and projected deposits, etc... I HAD TO FACE THE CROUCHING DRAGON AND HIDDEN TIGER in my life and in turn I BECAME POWERFUL!
Leaving the familiar can be difficult at times and confessing our frailties can be even more daunting but WE MUST FACE OURSELVES IN ORDER TO SAVE OURSELVES. And in doing this we develop SELF TRUST and RESILIENCE, the two components that are essential to survival in the unknown frontier.
I leave you with this, an inspiring poem from a man who faced the unknown with an astounding amount of resilience and belief.
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
By, Invictus
Please visit my company website at: www.fairydustphotos.com and show your support by LIKING the business Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/fairydustphotos
We are the master of our choices we make everyday. A thought leads to an action. An action leads to a habit. A habit leads to character. Character leads to how we live our lives. How we live our lives leads to our destiny. As a woman thinks so she does.
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