Do not Wait until it's Perfect

As I softened my self-judgement to self-love in an exponential way after my diagnoses, I have come realize that doing something, taking one step in the direction that I want to go in is FAR better than waiting until everything is perfect or stressing over the fact that everything is NOT perfect.

I work for a fabulously successful small contemporary Art Gallery with 2 locations. It is a high-end gallery and yet when I arrived, there was so much that was less than perfect. Images on the website did not have the measurements of the art or the prices or the names, the translation from French was cringeworthy but the ART and our service is unquestionably top of the line.

The owner has zero qualms about this. When I mentioned social media (again a work in progress) this did not fluster him either. It will come. It will be done and done in a way that is consistent with the quality of the oeuvre we represent.

With my Yoga Studio, the website, the social media, the classes, the teachers… everything had to be perfect yet one person could not possibly do all of that… and I beat myself up constantly. And others ( who had never created their own businesses) also did the same and it devastated me personally. I’m talking hair falling out, sleepless nights for almost 2 decades. Thank Goodness for Rogaine!

Anyhoos, seeing how successful the gallery is reminding me of 80-20. Focusing on what really makes the difference. Other people’s criticism of me is not my business. My business is my business.

My Yoga School is now the premier place locally to be trained as a yoga teacher, we have online videos, in person sessions and zero expiration on completion. I no longer have a yoga studio but that only made my school and training center better with this focus.

And I launched this website and came out of the closet, proclaiming bravely that I am an artist. Because, I am. I made the website and the IG page over the weekend. And my previous experience building the website for the studio, and increasing our followers on IG made it easier than before. My experience in the gallery proved to me that I am an unequivocally talented artist. Even though I have not told my boss at the gallery yet LOL. Taking the step to create the account, putting images and videos on it, making the website is enough. It is a sign to the Universe that I am ready and the Universe will respond accordingly that I know.

The key at this point is to continue taking action. No matter how small or insignificant it may seem, doing something symbolic in the direction that I want to go in keeps on communicating with the Divine that “I AM IN!”.