I feel like I haven't made much progress today. Ironically for someone who wants to start an organising business, I find my brain rather disorganised. I start working on something, like researching the Association of Professional Declutterers and Organisers to find out what I have to do to become a member. (Basically I need to pay them £220 which gives me access to their Facebook group and a discount on trainings etc). So I find out that piece of information and then I stop because that seems like a lot of money to invest if I'm not sure if this is going to even work. So then I hesitate and all the doubts about whether this is even something I can do come flooding in. So I park that for now and move on to researching something else.
I think in order for me to succeed at this, I am going to have to figure out how to keep my brain focused and organised on what actually needs to be done instead of following its wanderings through labyrinths of possibility. I'm back to the question again of why do I find it so hard? Is this normal? I really wish I could sit down with someone who has gone through the process of setting up a business and just ask them how they did it. I know that is a possibility and I have found a couple of people who I would consider paying for their expertise, but then I hesitate again. How do I know what to pay for and what to try and figure out on my own?
My guess is, you never really know you just have to jump out of the proverbial plane and see if you can fly. If not, you have a painful crash landing and pick yourself up. But until you take the first step, there is no way of knowing what will happen after you jump. It's just how much money to spend on the equipment that I'm trying to figure out. Do I do it as cheap as possible and potentially end up with a malfunctioning parachute, or do I have all the expensive gear and then find out I'm too scared to actually get out of the plane?
My quote for today is:
“There is freedom waiting for you,
On the breezes of the sky,
And you ask "What if I fall?"
Oh but my darling,
What if you fly?”
― Erin Hanson
I was searching for this quote and now I want to read her poetry and I've added those books to my list. Just another example of how my brain is leaping around from one subject to another.
My photo for today is a view of Greenland from the last plane ride I took back in February. Would I jump? Not from that height, but I would love to explore that icy world below so perhaps it will motivate me to keep pushing through until I find my flight path.
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