“The key to change… is to let go of fear.” – Rosanne Cash

Many people who have been connected to me in social media will have noticed I took a social media vacation this last while.  Mainly to re-examine both my business and my life – I was fortunate to have a friend who cared enough about me to offer me a lot of insight and spent the time to help me examination things pretty closely.  Mostly, he made me look at myself and accept things I was not aware I was doing, saying and being.  Facing some of it has been hard.

This year has been a year of purpose for me, focusing on family and gaining insight about my future direction.  It has also given me some time to re-examine the grand plan for both the business and my own direction and a number of themes have emerged.

  • Purpose
  • Authenticity
  • Being with people
  • Asking for help
  • Letting go
  • And my own valuation

I suppose I’m going through much of what any entrepreneur goes through when they find themselves on a road they never started out on and have lost their map.  But it is much more than that.  I have changed, my intentions for my purpose have been lost, and with that comes the awareness a great transition is necessary to right this wobbling boat.

Over the next few months I will be making changes to the business and to my life to get onto a path that is more in keeping with my own truth and talents, and be able to serve others more effectively and authentically.  I will be creating the means to be more centered, more focused in a smaller, tighter package in order to remain true to myself personally and the reason I got into business in the first place – and I will be working to remain true to my family.  I will be putting on the brakes with a few things, and it has been a very messy journey of processing and a filtering of thoughts, beliefs and ideas, but I guess transition can be messy – well, it has been this time.

I intend to share as things move forward, especially those changes which impact clients, readers, followers and anyone who might wander onto this blog with an interest.

This is more of a life-shift and each of the themes above will be driving forces in re-setting the direction.

In taking the quiet time I needed to work through all of the examination I shared with this friend, I have discovered crazy insecurities I thought were long past, renewed a sense of self and I have rediscovered purpose.

I am significantly impacted by this, and by the very personal experiences I have gone through over the last year while sitting in the side-car of my mother’s health journey.  It is my hope I can offer a little more of the authentic Patti and avoid needing such intense privacy.  It is also my hope that in not keeping my faults and struggles so private, I can better serve my purpose and the many people I value so dearly.

For your support and readership, I am ever grateful.

-Patti

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