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Day 11 - Madelyn Mulvaney - Business Woman, Creator of Magic & Joy . "I refuse to live in fear even when I am profoundly afraid." . Fear is one of the biggest deterrant of Asking for Impossible Things and I have personally witnessed how Maddie has stubbornly faced her fears and built an amazing business in one of the toughest cities (Vancouver, BC) to do so. She is the perfect example of 'dream it, build it and they will come' –– they not just being paying customers but family, friends and random strangers who appear and help just when she needs it. In return she has created a thriving, warm and joyful community around her, offering creative and emotional shelter and inspiration. . Let's talk about that fear! Common varieties are fear of rejection, failure, success, visibility, exposure, attention, just to name a few. What is it that you fear the most when it comes to your dream and asking for what you need to move it forward? . P.S. not sure what this is all about? You can sign up throughout October and get access to 15 incredible and inspiring essays, plus updates on my own big ask! It’s completely free and no strings attached. Link in my bio 💛
We’ve had some beautiful autumn weather, the perfect combination of cold nights and sunny days to make the trees pop. 🍁🍂 Forecast for the next ten days: lots of rain 🌦🌧🙃
Day 10 - Patricia Houghton Clarke - Photographer, Human Rights Activist Much of what Patricia works with every day feels impossibe to grasp in its entirety: worldwide migration, refugees, people being torn away from everything they know and building new lives in often very foreign and even hostile communities. I can't even tell you how much I admire Patricia's desire and skill to find and expose the red thread that weaves through it all and that makes it possible so see that ‘other’ is ‘us’. How can we step out of our comfort zones and use the notion of 'we are not that different' to help us ask more people for more impossible things? P.S. not sure what this is all about? You can sign up throughout October and get access to 15 incredible and inspiring essays, plus updates on my own big ask! It’s completely free and no strings attached. Link in my bio 💛
OMG. I emailed my proposal last night and when I woke up this morning I already had a reply from Leuchtturm! It was from their brand director and he wants to speak to me on the phone next week!! I shared more details in this morning’s email to the ‘Asking for Impossible Things’ community (which you can still join & catch up on via link in my bio). . Definitely happy news to go into the weekend with! Thank you so much everyone for cheering me along, that means a lot. And seriously, I would not have done this without our free community project (BIG THANKS to @elitriercommunities!), at least not yet because I so did not feel ready. And I still don't but at least I am a step closer to learning more about the feasibility of my dream. . Have a happy weekend! 🧡
Check your emails for today’s update on my impossible ask! It’s been an interesting week and I’m one small step closer (to a yes or no). Click link in bio to join us (it’s free!) and read my and our contributors’ essays 💛
This season has my heart 🍁