Starting Something New
I don’t know about you but starting something new is both exciting and terrifying. I decided to publish my website and it was probably too soon. You really don’t realize all the stuff you need to publish a site. Especially if you are opening a store. Oh my goodness the amount of things you have to get in order.
Sitting here trying to figure out a privacy policy for the page, how to get it and make sure I am within legal bounds is making me want to pull my hair out. I wish I had the money to hire someone to make the website and get everything set up for success. I’m not sure stumbling my way around it is worth it yet or not. there are definitely mistakes, some I caught, and more I haven’t yet. It’s only been a few days since this has gone live so I know as I make my way through there will be more ooops’ to find.
I didn’t know a Privacy Policy was even required. I just started scrolling through once I went LIVE with the website and seen it. I really don’t think it was available to even see until I purchased the plan. Being overwhelmed is a normal thing. We hit areas and subjects we aren’t familiar with and it is so easy to go, nope.. nope… NOOOPPPE! and move on to something we are more familiar with. We love to be comfortable. I am trying very hard not to just go NOPE and move to something more comfortable.
Right now my life is anything but comfortable. Everything seems to be going way wrong all at once. I walked away from the job I got in June 2022 because it was hurting me physically. I could barely walk anymore. You see, I am over 40 and have accumulated multiple issues in those 40 years. I have carpal tunnel in both hands, plantar fasciitis in both feet, lateral epicondylitis (commonly known as tennis elbow) in both elbows, osteoarthritis in one knee and an undiagnosed issue in the other, and a herniated disc. Starting this new job threw everything into shock. SO much pain engulfed me daily but I powered through. I went to work every single day, and I didn’t complain about it.
I bought so many braces and supports to help me get through the day with as little pain as possible. It took almost two months for everything but my feet and elbows to calm down. I had ordered shoes to help with my feet. Super high quality shoes with the price tag to match. I got them in on a Thursday. I wore them to work on the next day. I was ready to see if they would help. I got to work early, striding across the parking lot. Noticing how the shoes felt, how much support they gave, the cushion of them, when I felt this sharp pull in my calf. Pain flared every time I transitioned onto the hurt leg.
This was the final straw for me physically. Everything I worked through and this was it. I went to the doctor, who referred me to a specialist, who told me it was a pulled calf muscle and I’d have to be in a boot for the next few weeks. That was it for me. This job had pushed me too far and I called it quits without a plan.
Fear is strong after three weeks of putting in hundreds of applications and only one interview. I haven’t heard back from that interview and I did walk away not feeling too great about it. Some jobs fit perfectly with my experience but not getting picked for the interviews. It’s frustrating. I’ve always had a job, since I was 16 years old. Not working and having no income is absolutely paralyzing to me.
Enter me working on this website and trying to get it where I like it and figuring out what I am going to do with it. The struggle against those roadblocks that aren’t easy to figure out. I have it in me. I can get this site up and going. We can do this. Doing new things and getting out of our comfort zone is hard and its even harder when you hit those moments that seem like a block. The follow through is the most important thing for me right now. Doing this right here. Writing the blog post is a huge step. Writing one tomorrow will be even bigger until I build up that habit. So come on and join me. Let’s start something new together, let’s support and cheer each other on in our ventures and our passions. Let’s do the things that scare us. Let’s thrive together.