A few weeks ago, I publicly recommitted to my blogging practice. I blog because similar to yoga and running, blogging and writing are ongoing practices for me. Blogging and writing are a practice that I consider a way to publicly show my work, a way to publicly let you, the reader, into my thoughts, a way to publicly let you see my process. For me, this is an inherently flawed practice because even my 2nd, 3rd, and sometimes 4th drafts have multiple distracting errors that can confuse and deter the reader.

As I was looking for a new focus for my brain to interrupt the thought loop it was in I began to search for sand dollars. I combed the beach looking for a whole intact to sand dollar and after 3 hours of walking and looking I’d only found broken halves of sand dollars, I didn’t feel as anxious as I’d been, but I now felt pretty defeated.

I don’t wait for thanksgiving to express my gratitude. Almost every day I write in my journal about what I’m grateful for. Today I wanted to think about my gratitude in a different way. I wanted to write 2020 a love letter and I’m sharing it with all of you…

Your light house when navigating rough waters in your business will be the combination of your why, your vision, your mission and your business’s core values.

I’ve been an entrepreneur now for 8 years and during that time I’ve not only started 2 of my own businesses I also spent over a year building a support network for women business owners at a local non-profit. That adds up to hundreds of hours not only thinking about business building and growing, but also working with many other entrepreneurs on their businesses and with women who have ideas about businesses they would like to start. I’ve come to see that there are at least 4 stages to becoming an entrepreneur.