Thoughts on My First Book Release!
The day has finally come: my very first book is on sale on Amazon as of this morning. If I am being honest with myself, this feels rather anticlimactic. The journey of writing a book has been such a rollercoaster with emotional highs and lows–but also incredibly tedious. I have a new-found respect for those who take on the challenge of self-publishing because there is so much that goes on behind the scenes.
But here she is. Clear as day. Out in the world for all to see (stomach starts turning). While I have no idea what exactly will come next I have this great big audacious goal of helping 5,000 people reclaim the joy of movement that pain once stole, through this book.
5 Things I Wish I Could Tell Myself as a New Entrepreneur
The transition from working for another studio owner, to subletting from a different studio owner, to then setting up my own studio happened in roughly 6 months. This wasn’t at all what I expected, but as I have learned, nothing in business ownership ever goes the way you think it will.
In honor of this exciting milestone and all the lessons I have learned through this process (which is just beginning) I wanted to share some things I wish I could go back and tell myself at the start of this journey.
Movement is What You Were Meant For
I love “You’re Meant to Move” for the same reasons I initially resisted it: its meaning can be interpreted differently depending on the person and their perspective. To be “meant” for something means you are perfectly suited to it, maybe even destined. But when your mother says, “you’re meant to close the lid when you’re done with the toilet,” that’s a bit more of a directive statement as in “you’re supposed to” do something. If I say that we are meant for each other it means that I believe we are soulmates. I think all of these meanings and more are relevant for the many messages in this book.