Day 162: Extending Invitations
I did it. I registered for the writing retreat! After I paid and didn’t get a confirmation email (besides from PayPal) for a couple hours I went back to the website. I was supposed to apply before I paid. Whoops!
It felt urgent. The application wants me to submit a synopsis of my novel. I worked on it for a couple hours but didn’t complete it. I also have to submit 500 words of sample writing. Yikes. I didn’t know work was going to be involved. Haha.
As soon as I paid I felt so good about it. This is something that has been on my radar since early 2025. But I didn’t have a book in mind. And now I do. So the timing is right.
I’m still totally nervy about the accommodations. We’re in shared cabins with our own designated rooms. Each cabin has a fireplace. I hope it’s electric. Or there’s someone who wont set the house on fire rooming with me. Will it be coed? Weird. I mean, I live with 3 man sized guys. But I can’t think of the last time I cohabitated with a guy other than my dad.
This week I’m wrapping up working with a client. It’s been a great experience but it will be great to have the bandwidth back to work on my own brand. Managing multiple projects at a time is not my strong suit. Well, it actually is but not if I’m working with multiple other people.
I am grateful for the work but also glad that I’ve put some boundaries around March. With our first summit for the Solopreneur CEO, the writing retreat, and launching Activating Audacity…I genuinely need to batten down the hatches. <— these weirdo phrases always come to mind. I sometimes wonder if I’ve been body snatched by an 85 year old man.
So my friend. How are you flexing your audacity arm? Are you assessing things that are on your plate and realizing that you need to be maintaining right now? Instead of gathering. Is there a conversation you’ve been putting off that will bring you peace? Or, is there something you need to sign up for? Or drop out of?
Let’s get intentional and not allow ourselves in indulge in overwhelm.
I’ll leave you with this… there was a post in a FB group looking for something I could do and would thrive at. I provided my info and one of my past clients commented under my comment that I was amazing (um all the heart eyes !). The business owner requested I DM him. I did and offered a couple morning times/days and my website to check out my work. He responded with a request for a late afternoon. I said I could on one of the days but not the other. He didn’t respond.
He’s a busy brand new business owner. I don’t know his full story. Maybe he’s working full time? Past me would have sent him another message asking when or providing him with my calendar link. I didn’t though. Trying to onboard and start a marketing foundation for a brand new client wouldn’t be good for me right now. Actually, it would be bad for me. I’ll just say it.
In this era of my life I’m choosing to believe that I am being guided and protected. I am not here to force or claw. I am extending invitations and listening to my intuition. It is quite lovely. Maybe you would like to try that too?
