Making New Mistakes

Just because we paid for something, does it mean we own it?

I'm not so sure that I can agree with that definition of ownership with complete conviction. In many ways, I've been thinking more about shared possession than outright ownership; especially in cases where money has exchanged hands.

As much as we can study any subject extensively and do our 10 000 hours en route to mastery, it's a risky endeavour when we can't be intimate and comfortable with ourselves first.

Growing up may just be the original hamster wheel.

As I reflect on my own entrepreneurial journey, I do wonder whether a greater acceptance of this vermin in my house, would've helped me navigate some of the challenges I faced easier and in a way that mentally, emotionally and physically cost me less.

Entrepreneurship shouldn't feel like jumping off a cliff and learning to build a plane on the way down. This mindset and acceptance of the status quo just creates unnecessary stress and anxiety.

As a collective, we have contorted what it means to be an individual on an entrepreneurial journey.

As I come up to the 6th anniversary of me leaving Woo, I can unequivocally say that my Return On Me during this period of my life has been incredible.

Finding one’s magic is sometimes like finding a needle in a haystack. Until you realise that all of it is you. And you are already magical.

I write to leave breadcrumbs for my boys to retrace all the parts of me they perhaps never knew or saw or understood.

When I have been still in the last couple of weeks, I've never heard the thoughts, ideas and questions louder. I have never been more curious about what could be next and felt more ambitious to reveal more of my truth in this universe.