đł Sometimes youâve got to break a few eggs
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âI donât know about you, but I hate feeling like Iâve made a mistake or got something wrong.
In the last few weeks I have accidentally ruined a couple of items of clothing⊠and I found myself tempted to really give myself a hard time about it.
One was snagging the skirt of an expensive dress made entirely of sequins. I wore it out for a date night with my husband and on the way home, managed to snag the fabric which caused sequins to fall off and distort the weave.
The second was while I was in the USA earlier this month⊠I took a bite of a burger and had a bit of a âphilly cheesesteak momentâ, dripping an unexpectedly huge amount of red sauce on my white hoodie đđ
The dress may be repairable (although itâs going to need a tailor as it outweighs my sewing expertise đ§”)
But the hoodie is probably done for.
And I just found myself feeling quite annoyed at myself.
When I dug a bit deeper with this feeling, I realised that I was tempted to tell myself âlook if you hadnât worn that dressâ/âeaten such a big burgerâ you wouldnât have ruined those items of clothingâ.
But the truth is – I donât feel bad about either of those events.
And the phrase that came up for me is:
âIf youâre going to make an omelette, youâve got to break a few eggsâ đłđł
Because of course itâs true, if you never go out for date night or wear nice clothes, if you never travel to another country or eat delicious food – yes you will keep your clothes perfect.
If everything stays hanging in the closet, or folded up neatly in a drawer, it canât get ruined.
But clothes are made to be worn.
And part of the process means that at some point they will wear out, or get damaged, or snagged or stained.
We canât keep everything perfect if weâre getting out in the world, getting busy in the mess of life, building a business that takes us far beyond our old horizons.
And we need to be ready for things to get a little messy from time to time.
So, are there things in your life or business that have got a little messy recently?
Maybe something has gone a bit wrong, or not turned out the way you wanted it to?
I want to give you this phrase too:
âIf youâre going to make an omelette, youâve got to break a few eggsâ đłđł
The goal isnât to have everything turn out perfectly.
The goal is to be living out loud, on purpose, and growing the consulting business of your dreams.
Have a great week,
Jessica x
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