First Steps…the hard steps

First steps are typically the most difficult steps. They tend to be full of doubt and fear. They circle your dream and can hold it hostage. For me, the first steps of this company were HUGE due to the learning curve. I knew I wanted to offer a solution to my friends. I knew that there was the gap for home crafters between creating gifts and making a business out of their crafts.

What I didn’t know was how to set up a business. I didn’t know how to create a website, how to sell online (without the state tax office or the IRS freaking out on me), how to do the bookkeeping, how to promote, how to …well, everything! Hard steps, scary steps, difficult steps.

Worthwhile steps.

I keep hearing about books, podcasts and even slogans on coffee cups about being about to do hard things. We can do hard things. I can be scared and still learn how to launch a website. I can be afraid that this is silly and talk to the bank about setting up a business account. I can tell people about my business and not shrink back and wait for the laughter. I can do hard things!

And I believe that everyone can. Sometimes that hard thing is finishing a project. Sometimes that hard thing is picking up the next project without knowing how to do a step on the process. Sometimes that hard thing is organizing your craft supplies.

Sometimes that hard thing is being proud of what you created.

We can all do hard things. We can all do amazing things. I believe in you, and I believe in me. I believe that life is lived in the hard first steps that we all take to fulfil our dreams.