Overcoming... myself.

I had my first Pampered Chef party (not a kickoff party but an actual booked party) on Friday and I had a blast doing it! The only problem is that I have no future bookings. I was really hoping to walk away with one firm booking so I could just let things go from there. Now, I have to actually put in the work and make the contacts. Who knew that this would be work? (I'm kidding by the way. I knew it would be and its why I took it on!).

The biggest battle between me and success is... well, ME. I have to overcome the things about me that hold me back. My "never wanting to bother or be too pushy" mentality, my "worrying too much about what other people think of me", my over-reliance on media other than the phone to talk to people (although, I think as a society, we've moved in this direction: email, texting, FB, all work against us).

 In the grand scheme of things, these are probably the things that are holding me back in general. The reason that 100 or so applications later, I still work in a coffee shop. Self confidence and believing that I deserve the successes I get have never been my fortes. Somewhere along the line I stopped believing in myself and it sucks. But I guess a layoff and extreme financial humbling will do that to anyone...

So I resolve this week to make those contacts. I resolve to just suck it up and rewrite my damn resume so I can get a full time job again and pay for a wedding. I've started looking outside the science field to more administrative positions and I think if I can get my resume to stand out, I'd really be a good match for the positions.

Update next week on how I do on these resolutions....