Volume 1: Fear
Have you ever had something that lights you up and excites you like nothing before? Maybe it’s the sweet, dreamy scent of a rose. Perhaps it’s holding a brand new life (human or animal), full of potential and possibility. The evoked feelings can sometimes linger, playing on repeat in the background.
This feeling happened in 2020 when the concept of Fully Live Life first came to me. I felt like I had just become pregnant with endless potential and possibility. I had difficulty sleeping. I wasn’t sure if my idea would still be there when I woke up, like a dream you desperately reach for after the alarm clock rouses you from your slumber. I felt a sense of urgency to bring this into the world, feeling that people needed to be reminded and provided permission to fully live life, whatever that means to them.
It initially sounded so simple: start a business and offer beautiful cards to help reconnect people not only to a lost art of writing with an actual pen and paper, but also to connect people to themselves and others.
So simple, loving, and sweet, right? Well, I’ve noticed in these intervening years that it’s not just about the cards, it’s about much more than the cards. I became paralyzed at the thought of sharing my voice through this project.
It initially sounded so simple: start a business and offer beautiful cards to help reconnect people not only to a lost art of writing with an actual pen and paper, but also to connect people to themselves and others.
So simple, loving, and sweet, right? Well, I’ve noticed in these intervening years that it’s not just about the cards, it’s about much more than the cards. I became paralyzed at the thought of sharing my voice through this project.
Additionally, during this time, I’ve personally gone to deeper and darker places than I’d ever allowed myself to go to before (or knew was a necessary part of my journey). As I started with my business, one of my wise mentors said, “Starting a business is the Olympics of personal development.” Wow, is that ever true! For years, I’ve felt stuck, as if I’ve had one foot firmly pedal-to-the-metal on the gas, and the other pushing equally hard on the brake. Feeling frozen has not been a good feeling in any way, shape, or form. When I initially began doing all the bureaucratic things (the incorporation of legal documents, state registration, federal registration, registering to pay sales tax, finding a graphic designer, creating a website, and so on), I mistakenly thought that was the hard part. Ha! The hard part has been accessing and reassuring the small, delicate voice inside me that is ready to come out. And yet, with hindsight, I can now see the importance of all that has happened along this journey.
I am so excited to announce …SHE IS READY! I will be sharing Volumes every few weeks with inspiration, musings, practices, and permission about all things Fully Live Life.
