Something kinda weird’s been happening to me the past few weeks.
Let me back up and explain.
I’d been putting off doing branding work on my side hustle. This is hilariously poetic as branding is literally one of the things I do for a living…but personal branding is hard.
Suddenly I woke up a few weeks ago and I knew exactly where I wanted to take it - ALL of it. I couldn’t write or design fast enough to contain all the ideas that kept frothing out. It was a stream of creative consciousness that hit me so hard that it was almost dissociative. Like an out-of-body-experience.
I had realized something. This isn’t about making “stuff” for me. It is about making little pocket-sized packages of hope. My “hope” care packages might not all land well or make sense to people as such. That’s okay. I have an infinite supply of ideas and the fact that I’ve made anything at all - and put it somewhere someone can see and maybe feel it - it’s enough.
I’ve been on creative benders before but this one hit different. And that’s when the weird stuff started happening.
For example: I had been wanting to try selling at a market in-person, but those giant street fairs always seemed so stressful to me. Out of no where a tiny venue, indoors, with a bathroom and a very small number of people just popped up on a silver platter. It was the perfect non-overwhelming introduction to in-person selling. I said yes.
As I started prepping, these little “lucky glitches” kept happening:
My business card order got canceled by accident, then reissued for free, with triple the amount of cards. 🤯
My credit card reader never showed up. Now I’m getting a free replacement.
Amazon randomly refunded a few of my jewelry supplies for no reason.
Just a lot of little things like that. Like, not much to notice individually, but taken together, they add up to this eery feeling that the universe’s wind is suddenly blowing in my direction and it’s not taking “no” for an answer. Any event that happens now is part of the universe realizing whatever-the-heck my unique destiny is.
Why am I telling you this?
Because the same is true for you.
I don’t care if you have heard a million “no’s” lately.
I don’t care if you feel out of date or burnt out or you’re not good enough or too old or too young or whatever.
Because the wind’s changing.
You are going to succeed. You are going to prosper. This is just happening. Sit back and take it. You don’t have a choice.
Any event that unfolds now is part of the universe realizing whatever your unique destiny is. Any “no” you hear is leading to the ultimate “yes.”
Trust me, you have an important part - a critical part - to play in the unfolding events of these times. We need you.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
