Hello friends! I am so happy to bring back the weekly Thoughtful Thursday blog posts! It’s been a while since I have done one of these, so let me give you just a bit on what it is! Well, Thoughtful Thursday is a new blog series that I will be doing from here on out! I will post a quote that I liked, talk about a topic that I’m interested, share personal things, anything that is on my mind that day! It breaks up the monotony of photography posts, and hopefully inspires someone else!
You can see some past Thoughtful Thursday blog posts here and here!
So, for this week, I thought I would write what’s been on my mind for a while….my fear of failing. I struggle with this both in my personal and professional life, but I’ll discuss how this has been in terms of business!
In the past two years of owning this amazing business, there have been very big highs and also obstacles to overcome! I started my business, my husband deployed and was gone for a year, I had that viral photo ;), I moved to California, and now I am settling here. But, as I settle, we are already looking at orders and will be choosing them soon, as our time here in Monterey has always been 18 months.**military life**
So, now, I am looking again in to the unknown future. Stressing about where we will be going next. Of course, the options they have given my husband so far haven’t been the greatest. Mind you, we don’t leave till April 2017, but yes, I am afraid.
Everyday I am afraid of failing.
Afraid of not succeeding.
Afraid of not booking sessions.
Afraid of not growing this business to what I want it to be.
Just afraid….all the time.
Sometimes, the fear makes me work harder. As I believe it should. But other days, I let it consume me, and I don’t even want to get out of bed. Mind you, a lot of this fear has been unfounded. I feel like I made the transition here to California good. I had a successful fall/ winter season. I have booked 4 weddings so far for 2016. I should be happy.
But why the constant knot in my stomach??
Because I love this business so much. And the success or failure falls straight on my shoulders.
So everyday, I wake up, I write my to-do lists down, and I work, hard, for this dream to stay my reality. I will continue to tackle any obstacles that come my way. I understand that this is part of owning my own business, but I also understand that part of this is me. That I am creating some of this fear and I need to work on that. And I will.
So that is my Thoughtful Thursday for today!
Do you ever feel afraid to fail?
What do you do to work on that and overcome it??
Any and all advice would be great!
Until next time!
<3 Vanessa
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