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Can't believe I'm on camera doing THAT
Meanwhile, my husband documented the whole thing on his phone… and I really can’t believe he snapped an image of me doing this…
Ohh I do NOT love having my picture taken!
I spent years as a travel blogger, and from alllll that time there are probably only a handful of photos of me.
I'm usually the one BEHIND the lens!
(Big mistake, I now realize in retrospect. If someone's going to be interested enough to check back and follow your adventures, they want to know who's actually having them!)
Even now that I've done more video work, webinars and (eek!) Facebook Lives, and spent time coaching myself through the discomforts of being visible and putting myself out there, it still feels ... weird ... to plaster my face all over my website.
But that's exactly what I was up to all afternoon yesterday as we prepare to update The Uncommon Way...
Not just getting photographed, but getting pictures IN MY HOUSE! With my dog, and my baby ... and all my STUFF.
At times I felt my mind wandering down a dark path (People will judge me!), so I took a deep breath and a sip maybe three of wine, and focused my thoughts on the amazing opportunity it is to open up, show the real me (spoiler: travel obsessed), and thereby find common ground with people I've never even met in states and countries far away.
And you know what? Thinking of it that way actually made it ... kinda fun. Who knew?!
Meanwhile, my husband documented the whole thing on his phone ...
...making sure to capture all the living room furniture moved around...
...and me juggling a baby that refuses to be put down and a puppy that still gets jealous...
...until those times when the baby really wants nothing to do with me because there are LEMONS within arm's reach!
...and I really can't believe he snapped an image of me doing this ... but it was too funny not to share with you all.
So yes that's me, smearing mayonnaise on my orchid plant. Because there's absolutely nothing better for making those leaves look super green and glossy. (Credit for this secret goes to my German landlord.)
And there you have it. The kind of things that will never make the final cut for the new website...
Here's to turning the lens on yourself,
Jenna
Afraid you're not cut out to be an entrepreneur? Read this.
So there was this girl who wanted to escape the soul-sucking 9-5 life that she saw her parents and everyone around her living. And then one day she got fired.
So there was this girl.
More than anything she wanted to escape the soul-sucking 9-5 life that she saw her parents and everyone around her living. And then one day, she got fired.
“This is it! THIS is going to become my rags-to-riches story, where I pull myself up from my lowest low and launch that amazing business and never ever have another J-O-B!”
Except ... it didn’t happen.
Before long she was waiting tables, struggling to pay bills, scrambling to find another 9-5 (ANY 9-5!) ... and that business never got off the ground.
Which made her feel like crap.
She cried over it, thinking maybe she just wasn’t cut out to be an entrepreneur …. Maybe she’d only ever be a worker bee, taking orders from somebody far less talented and thinking about what might’ve been...
Fast forward a few months, and she’s making more in her business than she ever did in her job. She loves her work, her clients love her ... it’s a total frickin’ love fest.
And here’s what changed...
She stopped trying to do it all on her own and got a COACH that could show her exactly what steps to take in the right order.
Now she no longer thinks it’s about character / savvy / luck / grit / passion etc. etc. etc.
It’s about having the right tools. (And then yes, also about grit and all ... but mostly about the guidance and support.)
If this is anything like you...
...If you’re doubting that you have what it takes
...If you think maybe it’s something to do with YOU
...If you think those people that are ‘doing it’ did it all on their own without outside help
Don’t.
Your dreams CAN happen, and every single one of us totally non-special people that have said goodbye to our jobs is living proof.
Find a coach / mentor / circle of friends that have “done it.” Get that support and get it DONE! Because it’s totally possible. And it’s killing us to see you think that it’s not.
-Jenna
P.S. This is the true story of a client, but it can be your story if you just do one simple thing: schedule a time when we can talk about exactly what you need to do, in what order. (Or message me on Facebook ... it's all good!)