Reflecting 2 years later...
I’ve always had a way of coping by saying there is a plan B, C, D, E, F, G …
As the world changed around us 2 years ago this week, we all had no idea the new people we would be on the other side. I was hot off of a trip to London, landed stateside in FL for a speaking gig and Michael prepared the house as I was uncertain what was happening but needed to fulfill my commitments. I hugged my usual traveling friends and fellow educators tightly in Orlando and headed to Atlanta for one last stop. When you are a leader, there is an added pressure to show up for your community. That last trip on March 10th was surrounded by conversation in preparation for the unknown; I sat in my hotel room in a robe eating room service talking to a friend about the uncertainty and then days later I was home bound with significant daily change of the life I knew.
To back up, I had just been diagnosed with a rare autoimmune condition in January 2020 and my world came to a hauling stop after almost 50 work and personal trips in 2019. The needs were great and I found a distraction in serving others but in complete physical rest journalling, I considered the life I wanted on the other-side. My body needed the stillness more than I realized.
When you are faced with the silence and lack of control of what you know, things shift and life has a way of teaching you what you didn’t know you needed.
For me, I've seen the necessary changes I needed to make that I never would have in my personal life and business.
I’ve always wanted to impact others greatly and the pandemic allowed me to serve others in ways I had not dreamed and I found the path to live my superpower of encouraging others to be a version of themselves they didn’t know they had in them.
In the past 2 years, I've:
Served over 1200 small business owners with my Weekly Challenges, my Audits, and my online community Brand Magic Society
Taught as a guest on countless webinars, online conferences and membership communities
Learned my worth and where I say yes and no
Developed routines and have become a bit of a homebody
I have created a life of intentionality
I have edited my friends to authentic ones who mutually want to see each other success and lend a crying shoulder
Living through those few months and the last 2 years has changed us in powerful ways. The world isn’t better, it’s not safer - and in so many ways it’s more corrupt. But the woman I am 2 years later has focus, boundaries and intentionality for how every minute of my life is lived and I am so grateful.
Sending my love.