The past few days have been one CRAZY FREAKIN’ RIDE! I’ve been high, I’ve been low… Seriously, I’ve just been nuts… well, a little more nutty than usual. haha!!

Soooo… I got a little ahead of myself and announced I was getting a studio! YAY! I was so happy….

I was 99% sure this was a done deal, otherwise I wouldn’t have blurted it out!

BUT, unfortunately, this particular space didn’t work out.

I feel silly even writing this, but hey! I’m a human, and life happens. Maybe I can help someone! And if it helps one person, it was worth the time and slight embarrassment writing this. 😉

Some things I learned from this experience:

I want a studio… BAD. It’s been in my head for years… and having it right there in the palm of my hands for a few days made me feel so alive, and made my dream feel POSSIBLE. The ideas of where my business could go flooded my mind… I was on a high from from all the possibilities! I KNOW this is what I want, and now I know I CAN achieve it when the time is right and the right place comes along. THAT.is.AMAZING.

I need to prepare for it more than I EVER thought. I sat down with my attorney (SO THANKFUL for you, Erin!!) and talked about where I was planning on going with this, and what needed to happen. Y’all, I learned more in that 30 minutes than I ever would have found googling for hours! ha! HIGHLY recommend legal advice when doing this sort of thing!! Anyhoo.. now I know what to do when we DO find the perfect property, and the steps we need to take to make this dream come alive! And I know it will happen with the time is right!!

Also, because this was SO UNEXPECTED and because we thought it was *THE SPACE* for us, we were willing to take make some unexpected financial investments… But after being thrown into this, I know that if we’d planned some more the risk wouldn’t have been so great and my nerves wouldn’t have been so CRAZY! lol It was something we were willing to do, without regret, but now looking back, I  know that things will be a lot less stressful having that cushion for things (like furnishing a huge space, and extra money stashed incase we have a slow month.. or three.)

Everything happens for a reason. I was sure this was it. I’ve been eyeing this space for a YEAR — Always thought it would be PERFECT. It went up for rent, I screamed, we whipped the car around to peek in the windows, the owner walked up and we did a walk through… Fate? I think so. It felt so right. We felt it… we were going to make this happen. We started to get all of our ducks in a row, but then discovered it just wasn’t the perfect match. Does that mean it wasn’t meant to be? No. It WAS. I needed this experience. I was starting to get comfortable in my way of doing business (which isn’t bad by the way – my clients are happy clients ;)) and in order for growth things need to change! I needed to step out of my comfort zone. I needed to see and feel these possibilities. I needed to see my dream can be my reality.

My husband and my family are amazing. Okay, so I didn’t JUST learn this… But I just need to say it!

From the BEGINNING of this craziness they were all in my corner. Rooting me on. There for the ups and downs. That’s amazing. I know this isn’t the case for everyone, and I am SO thankful I have so much love and support surrounding me. THANK YOU… all of you. I love you.

And my sweet Nicholas, I don’t know WHAT I would do without you. You encourage me to reach higher, to work harder… and I will NEVER be able to thank you enough. I love you so much!!!

 

Oooh man, guys! I was certain I’d want to hang my head and cry in shame writing this. But I’m not. I feel relieved. I am so thankful for this experience. A lesson learned… a lesson that has made me so much smarter and more in tune with myself and my business!!

Now, I’m off to work towards and find that perfect space to call CBP’s home!!!