Start Small, Start Today

This whole working-for-yourself thing is a mix of so many emotions...
Exciting, scary, uncertain, doubtful, nerve-wracking—but also so exhilarating.

Truth is, I grew up in a time (and household) where I learned that working for someone else - the standard 9-to-5 - was the default thing to do.
Although ironically enough, my parents were entrepreneurs (I just didn’t realize it at the time!). So that’s what I did for most of my 20s and 30s. And don’t get me wrong - it was great, and I learned a ton.

But somewhere along the way, different seeds of entrepreneurship were planted.

I tended to those seeds for over 5 or 6 years, slowly building my own thing on the sideline while I contracted for other companies. It felt like the safe thing to do. A way to explore without fully jumping.

And then more recently - within the last two weeks—I decided to go all in.

It’s been a rollercoaster so far. An exhilarating ride. So many ups and downs.
From working for myself fully, to pivoting to digital products (while still taking on 1:1 clients), to deciding to create a physical product - a confidence planner—a quiet dream of mine for the last decade or so.

Right now, I’m designing the pages of the physical planner and reaching out to different printers and companies to try and get a sample made.
That in itself has been a journey! 😅

But through it all, I keep coming back to this:
I’m so glad I planted those seeds many years ago.
Even though I’m still waiting on the fruits of my labor, it’s been so much fun tending to this entrepreneurship garden over the last decade.

So… whatever your dream is:
Start small. Start today.
You never know what might grow 🪴
— Lisa

P.S. Want a sneak peek of the Confidence Planner? You can explore the digital version here, or stay updated on when the physical (and extended) version will be available by following along on Insta or my Etsy shop!