You’re so crazy to think you can start your own clothing line
“What planet are you on to think you could just up and start a clothing line?”
“Are you nuts??”
These aren’t quotes I hear from other people too often, these are the daily demons that I hear in my head. Sometimes, I can’t believe how utterly insane I must be to think that I could build a clothing company from the ground up, learning as I go, with no prior experience in the industy.
But I put up a daily fight against the demons, fighting them with actions and baby steps. Oh, it’s not that I don’t get plenty of disbelief from others on the outside too, but my own demons are harder to fight and are the ones I HAVE to fight to keep going.
“I could just quit” – that’s another voice that likes to creep in all the time. This one takes advantage of my exhaustion, gets me when I’m tired and weary. This one is easier to fight now than it was in the beginning, because now I have put so much work into this that there is no way in hell it’s for nothing.
On the flip side, I’m big on listening to my inner voice, seeking guidance from my heart and gut, so even though I’m fighting the demons, I try to listen too. The unrest, the unsettle, the dissatisfation comes from somewhere – how can I change that? What will make me more comfortable with the direction I’m going right now? The answer is usually simple (but not always my favorite):
more action.
I still think I’m crazy – don’t get me wrong. But I’m so incredibly thankful to be crazy enough to take these types of risk in my life. And SO incredibly thankful to have found a husband and best friend who is just as crazy as I am about doing life our way and being here to raise our own children.
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