I’m sitting here, rewatching The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, drinking a bloody mary, eating potato chips. Is this the best way to start the year? Who cares! Last year sucked, and I am just happy we have wifi and vodka and snacks.
How are YOU?
Are you rewatching Mrs. Maisel, too? Were you able to stock up on snacks?
Friends, I am exhausted. I can’t be sure but maybe you all understand. I wish there was a threshold we all crossed at midnight on January 1 that helped us feel like there really was an end to some of the trauma. I had hoped. I waited to feel renewed. I waited to feel relieved. I am still waiting…
Don’t get me wrong- time is ticking away and work is being done and plans are rolling around in my head. But that whirlwind doesn’t erase the reality; I think it helps distract a little, but there sure is still so much to filter. To-do lists help. At the very least, I can feel some sense of accomplishment when I can cross something off my list. I do, however, have to really think about what even goes on the list in the first place.
I know there is so much that I have to learn about growing my ideas for this business. I’m listening to Crushing It by Gary Vaynerchuk, and I’d be a fool to not feel like I was behind or needed to do more. It’s not that there’s anything in Gary’s message that says I’m a fool, but the message definitely is that if you’re not willing to work harder than everyone else, don’t bother complaining. I felt that, for sure. So, I will take the advice and put more content out- I know it doesn’t seem like I made that decision because this is my first post of the year and we are already 3 days in, but I promise that the video I posted on the EPIC Instagram was a huge first step for me, and making the time tonight to post this feels like I’m accomplishing so much…I get to cross this blog post off my list, after all.
I’ve binge watched some great tv these last couple of weeks, waiting for the end of the most awful year. December 31, 2020 came to us with a heavy sigh after holding our breath for months. Nothing has changed; we are the same. But there is a reset available for all of us, whatever that may be, depending on who and where you are. I hope we get the chance to take advantage of it. I will surely do my best.
