Oh Bloody Change What Have You Wrought?
Okay, so a few months ago I began preparing my life for the inevitable which happened yesterday and let me tell you, the universe always provides if you have faith. I have so embraced change that I’m scary. So let me tell you some of the steps that occurred to get me to this point – I just went through my closet and loaded five contractor garbage bags the size of the Superdome with clothes from my closet that we are sending to friends in Russia who need clothes. I did this because Tin is sick, Tatjana had to be at school today, and because it was just damn time to purge!
When the year started, I had switched from my decade long work to begin on a bunch of initiatives – all paths I wanted to go down, but then one path went sideways, the other found a wall, and well, the rest is history. (btw: on my desk is a piece of metal that says, “Every wall is a door.” – little did I know that one wall would greenlight my way). So I began thinking about what Plan B would be and I started writing down on orange index cards ideas and I began taping them up to my office door. The ideas were all over the place – write a book, open a hair salon, run a wine company, Voice Over, open a B&B and more.
I ended up amassing 22 potential ideas for what Plan B would be, and then I had dinner with my accountant/mentor and he told me something interesting about why I should start my own corporation and what I should think about doing. Then my ex source turned life coach decided he wanted to take me on as his project and he systematically went through all the possible things I could be in my new life and the result was very similar to what I had heard at dinner.
When the news came that this would be the last year with my company, I was ready. Locked and loaded for Plan B. The house was being carved up for vacation rental (workers are still finishing), the logo was being designed for my new company, the life I wanted to lead was so clearly in front of me I felt I was looking through a crystal ball to a magic wonderland that awaited me.
And let me tell you something, it’s all coming together, and Rachel is back, baby.
Yeah, baby, she’s back.
October 20th, 2011 at 6:10 pm
Hey Rachel, Paul and I wish you the best luck with your new projects. Let’s stay in touch!
October 20th, 2011 at 6:22 pm
Eugenia and Paul – we need to catch up. I still have an email that Paul wrote me a long while ago and every time I read it I get the biggest laugh out of it. You tell Paul he was ahead of his time – ha!