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Sitting on the balcony at my apartment, thinking about Minnie and how damn excited I am to launch my business
I’m sitting on the balcony off the kitchen of my apartment. The one that I was subletting for the past 6 months. Or has it been longer? The lease started when I left on my world tour. That was eight months ago.
Eight. It’s been eight months since I last sat on this balcony, writing.
And it’s been over eight months since the chair opposite of me was occupied by a little Minnie.
My apartment feels so much larger without her in it.
It feels so much larger without all of my things in it, too.
I wish I could snap my fingers and all of the treasured and personal items that I boxed away would return in the exact spot that I’ve always had them.
But things don’t work that way. I have to move them. I have to decide what comes back and what doesn’t. And that could include me.
I’m being a little dramatic authorial up there and that’s on purpose. This apartment was the first one that I moved into after my divorce. The first home I made. The place that Minnie remembered after we moved back from Tokyo. It means a lot to me.
For now, I’m using my apartment as my office and living in a different apartment. I’m experimenting with how I work, when I work, and where I work from. How good it feels to leave my computer at “the office” and walk home with an empty bag. And, like, what do you do at night on the couch to relax when I don’t have my computer with me and easily dip back into work? <angel face>
I’m experimenting. And happy to be occupying my apartment over the next few weeks when I launch Dispatched Divorcée and get back to my manuscript in November during NaNoWriMo.
There’s a lot of fun stuff ahead :)
Recently, I was on the Date Brazen podcast! Lily interviewed me about my experience in her mastermind, Main Character Energy.
At the end of last summer (2023), I was certain I’d finish my manuscript by the end of the year, start pitching, sell it, and then it’d be out the following year or two. The idea for my business was coming together; the launch would be imminent. I knew that soon, I’d need to step out from the comfort of my home office and into the world, onto a stage—figurative or literal—and talk about what I’ve been doing.
And not just talk-talk, but taaaalllkk. In person. Not behind the safety of written and edited words like you’re reading now. Like, talk about my divorce and why I’m founding a company to help women after divorce, and— and— and—
Contrary to the impression you’re getting of me in your inbox, on social media, or in real life — I don’t always feel as confident on the inside as you might think I am.1
Last year, I decided it was time to change that.
And this program seemed to be a way to do that—as I mentioned in the podcast, the MCEM came at the “end” of my self-development period. So this was not the only group coaching thing that I went through, just in case you think that I enrolled in the program and all this energy came from one thing.
I had a lot of fun recording it and talking with Lily about the magic that helped me get to where I am right now – in the final weeks before launching Dispatched Divorcée.2
I’d love for you to listen!
I recorded this episode in May when I was in Italy with my parents. If you can make it past my tiny audio that jumps a bit, you’ll hear me share stories like:
Why being connected to a community is so important during a transformation—that I’m building into the Dispatched Divorcée community.
What it was like to grieve during the program. And how grieving for Minnie reminded me of what I didn’t grieve during my divorce.
What my biggest fear is in a relationship.
When I shifted into CEO mode and how that launched bringing Dispatched Divorcée to life.
And what happened when I started to ask for things.
I’m not trying to be a business guru with these show highlights/notes. But if it gets you to listen, then you’ll know that I’m good at my job. ;)
I sent this podcast to my cousin who said that it was nice to hear me talk about everything I’ve been doing in a “coherent” way.
Then she laughed.
Usually when we talk, one of us needs to talk through things. 😊
I agree. I do think I talked about everything that I’m doing in a very structured and coherent way. 🌟
Maybe you’ll think so too.
Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts by clicking the links below—the interview starts at 06:18.
Stickers!
I mailed out the first batch of Dispatched Divorcée stickers and they are so cute!!!
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Probably most people feel this way, but bare with me for a moment as it’s really hard to remember that everyone struggles with confidence when you’re feeling, well, not confident.
Have I talked about DD enough times in this email?