Tuesday, October 6, 2009

The Announcement


So far, I’m admittedly bad about documenting my thoughts, process and journey. I now have a mental list of things with enough substance to WANT to write about! In the meantime in between time, I’ll write these out…while making a concerted effort to be a bit more diligent in my entries. Less for you, more for me to remember the entire process – start to finish.

With that, I give you (and me) – The Annoucement!!

No, I’m not getting married and I am NOT pregnant. And despite Liza’s attempts to get me to move to Chicago and Amy’s to get me to move me to Seattle – for now, I stay planted in Orange County.

The Announcement that I’m referring to is actually telling everyone about my little project – Shore Break Consultants. Last week I began telling all of my professional contacts about my bold move of venturing out on my own and doing real estate consultanting. I got some amazing feedback. People whom I’ve worked with in various capacities – City Planners, Building and Safety Officials, Architects, Engineers, Clients, Tenants – sent me emails congratulatory in nature. They spoke of where they’re at in the industry – many fearful of the positions they hold being eliminated. They commended me on my determination and motivation to actually “do it.”

I made mental notes of those who responded – knowing that soon I need to reach out to them again. I mean, if they felt that the relationship we had warranted a return email, I could certainly check-in with them again in a few months, right? That’s how businesses are built after all.

It wasn’t until I started mass emailing all of my “personal contacts” – you know, my friends, family, people I’ve met along the way at airport bars, etc that I really began to feel how real this next-step is. My mom called me, practically jumping for joy – she checked out the website and was SO excited to see me – right there on her screen! And how proud she was that all “these people said such nice things about my baby.” The emails came flooding in – old professors, friends from high school, old colleagues.

Those of you who know me, know I don’t take compliments well, and usually volley them back pretty quickly. I’m way more critical of myself and my performance in life than I think is healthy most days. I mean, hell, when I finished my marathon – it wasn’t…”holy EFF, I just finished an effing marathon, that’s 26.2 miles” – it was, “I really, REALLY could have done better.” So that inbox was like my nemesis for a couple of days – speaking about how excited and proud people were. But, then by Saturday, I started giving myself a little bit of credit – for the boldness in the decision. I started thinking, not IF this works out…but in terms of it absolutely WILL work out. I’m excited for the challenge, the adventure, and the journey of me – WITH Shore Break Consultants. I’m ready to build something – and to pursue my dream!

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