Maybe It Was All Leading Here (2 minute read)
I have been trying to figure out my direction for a very long time. The dream has always been the same: be my own boss, do work I love, and have the freedom to work from anywhere. But getting there? That has been a ten-year loop. Along the way I have picked up a lot. Business, sales and marketing, life coaching, wellness, nutrition, fitness, travel, social media. I have wanted to launch so many times. And every time, fear stopped me. Fear of failing. So I would go back to the manual labor job that drained me. I did not have the energy after work to do anything. I would wait for the slow season, get some clarity, make a plan, think okay, this is it, this time it is for real. And then get called back to work full time and drop everything. Ten years of that. But here is the thing. Through all of it, travel never left me alone. I would walk away and it would find its way back. I just kept letting life talk me out of it. And then I found Skool. It reminded me how much I love community, and how essential it is when you are building something that matters. The tools we have, the people we get to build alongside, those are real ingredients for success. The fears and doubts did not disappear. But something shifted. Last night I was up late narrowing down destinations for a women's culinary adventure trip. Then I did the math. One trip a month to make it work financially, or larger groups, which is not what I want. That math felt discouraging. But then something clicked. About a year ago I had this idea: promote group trip planning specifically to women entrepreneurs who want to nurture their own communities. I let it go when I went back to work. And honestly, I let fear talk me out of it too. I do not have the experience yet. Zero trips organized. What I do have is training, desire, and in May, a new host agency behind me. But the fear is still there. Here is what is different this time though. Building in Skool has taught me to build in public. To be transparent. To play the long game. And to trust that there is no ceiling on where this can go.