Why bother reading this?
Why bother writing it?
Because you have ONE life that we know of right now.
And if that’s not compelling enough… do a little calculation about how many summers you might have left?
I have had a deep fear my entire life... of inadvertantly wasting my life.
Ominous start, I know… stay with me… It gets more uplifting.
I’m sharing this email because I just read someone else’s that said… “I’m sharing my journey in the hopes of making someone else’s easier”.
That is EXACTLY why I do what I do.
I share about overcoming anxiety, stress management, learning to relax, the art and science of FLOW, of yoga, breathwork, energy and meditation… because they have made my life IMMENSELY BETTER.
And it is directly because of all those things that I am able to run a small business and have the life I dreamed of from a young age.
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From my very first official, tax paying, job at 17 with Tec Labs, I knew I was wasting my time letting someone else tell me how to address an envelope.
WE… you, me, our parents, our grandparents, our children . . . have all been so conditioned to do the RIGHT thing that we rarely ask ourselves if it’s a GOOD thing… for US.
Since I was old enough to make my own artsy, dangly, alligator earrings, wear beads in my hair and paint my bedroom pink… I’ve always admired people who do their own thing.
Throughout my teenage years and early 20s, I became less like someone who did their own thing and more like someone who went along to get along. I switched to silver hoop earrings.
It was still in me though… I knew I hated working for someone else. I hated the 9-5. But that was the thing to get. Either go to college or get a job that gave you medical insurance.
I wasn’t lazy. I absolutely wanted to work… I just knew I could create something better.
I had brilliant ideas in every job I ever had. Ideas that would have made the whole place better.
But I lacked the credentials or courage to be taken seriously.
Luckily for me… somehow… a deep determination to keep going was planted in my soul.
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So in my 20s as a young mom, I tried finding more entrepreneurial work.
I tried selling Discovery toys, local advertising and even rainbow vacuum cleaners!
I had a computer and a car phone in 1991! I knew that was the beginning of …. something…. ??
Sadly, it took me 20 more years to create something of my own.
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My way isn’t the way for everyone. My path has not been smooth.
But I have a lot of freedom, creativity and soul nourishing connections. I feel a little like I won… and a little like I’m just getting started.
If those who had gone before me hadn’t shared their journey… I wouldn’t have known it was even possible!
In the early 80s, in a small town… self employment didn’t seem to be a safe or sensible option.
Except…….
- My Dad was an insurance guy with his own business.
- My grandma owned a uniform shop.
- My grandpa drove a delivery truck.
- My cousin owned a hair school.
- And my mom raised us kids before she took a job where she pretty much ran the office.
So I saw the possibilities early on.
If Andrew Weil hadn’t written about his slow mornings in his gardens… (while I was getting up at the crack of dawn to drop my son off at daycare on the way to a soulless, thankless job…. I’d never be here now.
If Gary Vaynerchuk hadn’t written about his journey from his parents liquor store stockroom to Hudson Yards… I wouldn’t have learned how to begin building a business.
And if Stephen Covey hadn’t written about ‘beginning with the end in mind’… I’d be winging it even more than I already do! ; )
Even with the struggle, confusion and endless uncertaintly… it is better for me than labeling envelopes. (no offense if you work at the postal service).
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Sharing our journeys light the paths for others to find their way.
Whether that’s how to beat anxiety, run a business or share your experiences.
I don’t want to be just a small part of encouraging someone to find their way, to find their flow, to find an outlet that gives them relief from the stress of whatever job they have found themselves in.
I want to be MASSIVELY ENCOURAGING to everyone that is not living their dream right fucking now. I have approximately 30 summers left. 30 holidays. (see I told you it would get more uplifting!)
Actually by averages I might only have 20… but I don’t consider myself average. So I’m counting on 30! : )
It it our grandest intention at Love Yoga share how to calm the mind, strengthen the body and open your heart to whatever it is your soul dreams of for your life.
It’s worth it. You are worth it. And It’s never too late.
Whether you simply want a few slow mornings or you want to set the world on fire with your brilliant ideas.
(Well it might be too late to become an Olympic Champion Swimmer… but you get what I’m sayin’).
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Baby Suz and Grown Up Suz both are rooting for you.
p.s. It’s never too late to become a yoga teacher! 😉
p. p.s. This is why we have Summer Camp, Yoga Teacher Training and offer classes 7 days a week. We’re here for you. Keep going.
