Tuesday, July 29, 2008

New apartment

It's been almost a month, and you wouldn't believe how things have moved, changed, gone forward, come up and all in the last few weeks.
I have started to test my project of starting a healing business, and so far, it looks really good. People are interested, I have realized that I can do it really well, and can also sell. I am in the middle of my market study, and working actively on the business plan and financial plan. It's fun, it's scary, it's elating, it's incredible.
Oh, and I found a flat. Yesterday.
Have been looking for a week, and started off in my search with a bit of a "oh my god it's going to be hard" attitude, until I decided I had enough of the fear, and started to present myself differently to the agencies, and realized I could actually find something nice quickly if I wished to.
Well I did. Found a nice little studio, about 30 m2, and with a tiny garden! The garden is completely private, as no one else has access to it, or even a view on it. And big enough to put a small table and a clothes line, and the best is: I have something green right outside my window, and can grow herbs, mint - maybe not veggies but hey!
The place is really nice, in a quiet area but 5 min walk from the tram, I can keep a bike there, and I even met my neighbor, she is lovely and has a beautiful cat!
I am going to sign the papers and do the official first visit with key reception and all on the 8th of August (oh my, 08/08/08! Must be a sign....). And I have 2 weeks holidays starting right then to move and settle in the new place
I feel so grateful.

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Update

Life is going forward at full speed.
Second week of program went by in a snap.
Now I have already started my third week, where I am doing a work experience at a beauty/wellness center.
I am meeting new people, struggling to stay in touch with the ones I know, or to keep up with my email (my good intention of always keeping less than 20 emails in my inbox is long forgotten).
It's a phase like that.
Moving moving moving.
After the months of inaction and thinking, it feels good and slightly bewildering.
I need to keep getting back to center.
Keep finding time to read inspirational books and meditate.
Keep surrounding myself with positive people. I notice how important that is, and I appreciate my friends who are always there to remind me of the good side of things, when I get lost in the story of how difficult everything is.
Support is so important. And I am so grateful for all the times where I feel supported and loved and encouraged in what I do and who I am.

Sometimes support comes unexpectedly, like the time where I scared a lady in the street scooting at full speed with my little scooter beside her.

We started talking, and she ended up answering my market research question, and now she is in my mailing list! She even texted me in the evening to tell me how delighted she was to have met me.

And then besides that are days like today where all the people I ask answer no at the first main questions, which invalidates them for the rest of the questionnaire. Basically shows that these people have no interest in becoming my customers.