I don’t know if I’m going to get the Corona virus at work today.
By 2:30 am, I’ve cleaned one OR room and listened to four podcasts on entrepreneurship. I’m a mom and business student paying my way through school by cleaning overnight at a hospital.
I set huge goals. And I’m getting my ass kicked.
And this is good.
We don’t talk about failure enough. I’ve been holding my breath, renewing my domain and hosting for at least three years, specifically because I’ve been too afraid to admit where I am now. I’m 31 and don’t have my bachelor’s degree. I have tutored Accounting, Chemistry, English, and Biology… but here I am, working in housekeeping, completely under-utilizing my skills.
Plus, I’m single, which in the Midwest is some kind of horror—there seems to be an unwritten rule that you should be married with a career and kids by 25. (Please don’t tell me I’ll find someone, I’m finding myself.)
My favorite failure?
Letting everyone know my podcast was launching October 16, 2018 and then disappearing. On my birthday. So here sat the domain.
Until now, when I’m inviting you to my arena. Brene Brown talks about Roosevelt’s “The Man in the Arena” speech, which expresses the spirit of daring greatly, of going for your goals in spite of the fact that you will fail. You will find yourself facedown in the arena. Getting your ass kicked. Hopefully in the end you win the fight but there are no guarantees.
The point is to show up. To fail, fail again, fail better, and hopefully, to succeed. But to know in the end you had the courage to give your all.
What this means for you, if you care to follow along, is that I’ll be sharing my journey finishing business school and interviewing audacious entrepreneurs…while working as a housekeeping lead (executive toilet scrubber, thank you). And dodging the Corona virus—I hope.
I’d love for you to join me: