Last updated on October 30th, 2021 at 01:49 pm
To let go and grow, you don’t have to be the greatest or perfect at everything. Let’s explore how my progress may aid yours.
The shocking part is that 99 percent of the time, we choose to let perfection hold us back. As a result, we don’t let go and grow; nevertheless, our mindset may assist us in determining our strength and growth.
Are you ready, friends, to step into development and let go?
Do any of you have trouble letting go? I’m sure I do! It took a lot of courage to let go and expose my website to the public. Even today, I am pleading with you not to judge me too harshly. lol
To press the publish button, to put me out there in the world, and to let go. To believe in me and go on in life, I needed to acquire a whole different mindset. It is difficult to let go of the need to be flawless, but guess what? There is no such thing as perfection in anybody or in anything. Perfect wasn’t an option, so I had to accept that. Finally, I told myself, “Girl, just stop!” and “Publish your website!”
So, I’ve arrived! I’m finally prepared to share my universe with you all.
Mindset can unleash so much in you. THE MINDSET OF A WINNER | Kobe Bryant Champions Advice But you have to have the right mindset in order to grow.
Get to know Me
If you don’t know me then allow me to introduce myself. I am Shinay Key. Owner of Key Interiors by Shinay, an independent interior design firm, right here in the city of good neighbors (Buffalo New York).
This business has been boiling for years but allowing myself to let go and get started was hard and scary for a wife, mom, and a full-time working woman.
Allowing myself to take such a risk was the first step, but I swear it wasn’t easy especially having a family.
While the last year has brought a lot of overwhelming days and sleepless nights. Lots of tears, and moments of “am I doing the right thing for my family?”. I finally said I wasn’t going to allow fear to hold me back and so I did it. I finally discussed with my family my plans to go full force with my dream of opening my business full-time.
The Struggle of Letting Go
Before this, I worked for a retail store as the home department manager, and all while I was working. I would run into lots of my past clients whose homes I’ve designed over the years.
My past clients would ask me “why are you not doing what you are supposed to be doing?” (Designing homes) and I was asking myself the same thing.
See, friends, it wasn’t easy to leave my safety net of a job. I mean, if I leave, what would this mean for my family and keeping food on the table? How do I let go of a job that I’ve been working at for so many years?
Do you know what the weird thing was? My husband informed me for years to leave and he could handle it, but I couldn’t let go. I believe it was fear all along. I created a struggle all my own and allowed it to rule me.
What Gives?
Understand this, trying to start a small business…. was taking longer than I thought. I’ve known enough small business owners to know it would NOT be easy but getting all my ducks in a row had proven to be a virtue. Now that takes patience!
The patience I had was WHEW, long but the truth is my place of employment went out of business during Covid. Trust me! I felt bad for all my friends who worked with me and who lost their jobs, but as for me, I saw my opportunity to run tours my dreams of owning this business. So, What Gives? (The rope that was around my neck all these years finally broke). While I wished I had the courage to let go years ago, all things have a time and place and I think this is my time.
How Did I Let Go And Grow?
Remember at the beginning of this post? I talked about how hard it was for me to publish and finally open my website. It was seriously one of the hardest things for me to do because I wanted to be perfect and mistakes of looking bad were scary. I didn’t want to be judged by all of you.
I wanted to live in my mind of dreams that you guys would look at my work and love everything I do. One day it clicked! I wasn’t perfect, and I never will be.
Therefore I decided to “Let Go” so I am saying all this to say, I’ll Grow as I Let Go (!!) Les Brown “Leap and Grow Your Wings on the Way Down.”
Don’t give up! But you can let go of being perfect! You Got This!
Conclusion
Let’s do a quick recap.
- Let’s stop trying to be perfect
- Just start
- Mindset is everything
- Grow as you go
- I’ll Grow as I Let Go (!!)
Thank you to everyone who will be following along. I hope you will accept your imperfections and learn to let go since this is how I let go and grow. I look forward to you following along on this journey with me as we hopefully grow together.
Until next time,
Xoxo
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