Friday the 13th = Bad luck, superstition, and all things scary. To celebrate, I thought I'd take the opportunity to share the scary thing on MY mind this Friday the 13th - which is starting this business, something entirely new for me!
Creating Sneakers and Sweatpants has meant facing vulnerability, questioning myself and listening to negative thoughts asking me (repeatedly) "who I think I am?" These voices cut me down just as I feel positive about the progress I've made or right on the cusp of a personal breakthrough. They remind me about failure, they surface worst-case scenarios, they call out all of my unfinished projects and remind me of every time I backed down.
But here's the real horror story: letting those voices win.
Beginning this new chapter feels long on risk, and short on control. I can't predict or plan for every contingency and that is a hard truth to sit with. And super scary.
But...I’m walking into the haunted house: I’m starting this new endeavor. I’m letting myself be new. I’m letting myself be bad at it. I’m letting myself be afraid.
And if you’re standing on the edge of something new too, dial up the volume on your affirmations and tell those scary voices to scram!