A little over a year ago, one of my best friends presented me with a business opportunity. She is someone that I have mad respect for, so when she speaks, I listen.
She had just started a little business selling this crazy lipstick that wouldn’t come off. I tried the lipstick and though I thought it was pretty neat, there’s no way, not a single way, that even on a cold day in you-know-where that I would consider selling makeup through a direct sales company.
I’ve eaten my words many times throughout my life when I sit and look back on it – my kids will never throw fits – I will never wear a one-piece – Ben and I will never go to bed angry – blah, blah, blah. Yeah.
So, here we are, 13 months later, and I’ve been working my own little side business, doing everything I swore I would never do.
I said I would never get a smart phone – I had to. I said I would never, ever, ever, ever take a ‘selfie’ – That’s the core of my business. I said I would never drink the kool-aid for a business like this – I drank a gallon of it. I said I would never get involved in the whole ‘sisterhood’ junk that girls supposedly find in this business – that’s been my favorite part.
I’ll be honest. Some days, I wake up and have a moment where I can’t believe I’m doing this. I want to throw my phone in the Clinch River and delete all of my social media. And then most days, I wake up thankful that this little business has changed me in more ways than I could have imagined.
I think I’ve become more comfortable with myself in the matter of one year than I have my whole life. I didn’t realize it until I started doing this, but I’ve spent too much of my life worrying about what other people might think of me. It took me taking baby steps (and I mean baaaaaaby steps) to start putting myself out there. But when I finally did that, I think I saw how much of the last half of my life that I chose to let the ‘potential’ thoughts of other people hold me back.
I’m not sure of where my future will go with this business, but I can say that I have enjoyed it SO much. I don’t have any plans to give this up. But, I can say with certainty, if I gave this gig up tomorrow, I has forever changed me in the best way.
Have a blessed Wednesday!
