I have been looking for a job since we knew we were moving back to NC last January. An entire year of surfing LinkedIn, Indeed and Idealist. Hundreds of applications. Tons of interviews and only rejections as a result. A new project landed randomly in my lap a few months ago, and I am super proud of the upcoming book that resulted.
I was feeling really stuck last week after a day of four job rejections. Enough of that my brain told me. I already I had a “job” right in front of me with the upcoming book. But launching a new business with an accompanying podcast seemed too daunting. Then I thought about two women who are in my lives for a reason. One helps me with my true crime obsession (raise your hand if you were also consumed by the Murdaugh Murders and the six week trial in 2023). And the other helps keep my skin looking young and radiant. Both of these women took a chance on ideas that probably also felt too daunting when they started. They are both now highly successful in their respective careers. So I told myself, if they can do it, so can I.
On Friday morning, two things happened that I had no idea I needed as much as I did. 1) I unsubscribed from LinkedIn and immediately felt a weight being lifted from my shoulders. 2) I got an email reply from a highly respected clinician in the field of child neurodiversity saying YES to being the first guest on the podcast. It was a Chat GPT suggestion that I only followed up on so that I could say I made the ask. I never in a million years thought he would say yes. With this expert as the first podcast guest, our E Book will have immediate credibility and access to a much broader audience.
So, I am channeling the success of the two women in my life who helped me say yes to taking on something that is scary and requires lots of skills I do not have. But I am finally in a place where the alternative is just not doable anymore. So in the words of Kacey Musgraves, I am following my arrow… wherever it might lead.
Cheers to Mandy Matney and English Black for being my role models and inspiration (and more important than a good true crime story or amazing skin).