Rebranding D2H Invest in yourself!
This one goes out for the fatter things club!! Miss you!!
So I have officially decided to rebrand my dare to habit! I can’t tell you how excited, how scared and how awesome it feels. When I began this I thought lets just make a logo and I will figure out the rest for my blog. But after almost a year of doing this I fell so deeply in love with what I am doing that I decided to bring my brand to life by creating more than just this blog but my wellness studio. So now I will be combining Hope Ackerly LMT with Dare to habit! The thing is my scared feelings are overpowered by the excitement and eagerness to do this. I have been afraid to take a chance and invest in myself, but if I don’t who will? I already won best massage therapist of the Hudson Valley, wrote a book, like I’m more than worthy to take on this task!
What am I scared of? Well a couple things really, and its not even necessarily fear. The rebrand not only is website and combo, it’s the logo. When I first began this I got the logo done and loved it, and for the time it felt right. It showed me potential and who I was becoming. I am so grateful for what it has brought me and it will be the O.G. that I bring out from time to time. But now I am on to the next step in my life. It’s funny how things change so much right? You think where you are will be the place you are at for a really long time, but then you change and it no longer serves you. It’s such a beautiful thing to be a part of, this whole life thing, you know?
Investing in yourself is the only option you have. It’s like do you want to look back and quit? Or do you want to take the steps forward in your life and trudge through the fear, the obstacles and the muck? I’m tired of the reality I am currently in because what I want is so much more than this. It’s brighter, it’s bigger, its full of a team of kick ass women! I am a badass boss bitch and I’m not turning in that coat for a pair of shackles. I worked hard to get to where I am. I hustled and brought the thunder, now I’m about to make lightening strike! I have support from so many people, so what if I fail. I’ll learn so much from it and pick myself up and do more! Be more! And do it with compassion and grace!
What is holding you back right now? I want you to ask yourself and feel it? Body where am I holding fear? Then listen! When you that spot comes up pour love into it, pour your heart into it, tenderly caress the area as if you are hugging a child. I want you to thank it and after you felt it, say this no longer serves who I am and what I am becoming. Be kind to yourself because fear is just a way to know you are on the right track. You didn’t know how to walk when you were born, it was steps. Learning to hold yourself up, crawling, stumbling, taking one step and falling. It was so many things before you could actually do it. This fear is the same. It helped you survive, it kept you safe, it made you stay in a place of comfort, but now it’s time to get up my little toddler friend and get to stepping. When you take your first step against fear, you take a giant leap towards your higher self. That is why I want to know what you are afraid of?
Next once you have understood your root of fear, I want you to take one baby step towards tackling it. For me I didn’t even know where to begin with all of this change. The first step I took was to ask my lawyer friend for assistance. The first time I went months ago I had a whole different direction I was going in and looking back at it I’m so glad I never followed through with it. This time around he told me some things to do. I have networked with a few people and have found others who want to join me at Dare to Habit wellness. I wrote down things I would need, what the monthly budget will be. I started to put things down on paper. Rates, what I would charge, what I would pay. If I would just rent the room, or do something else. I started to ask myself questions and others also pipped up as well. A mother reminding me to take it one step at a time so I don’t overwhelm myself. Friends asking me what I need to get started and encouraging me into the next space. Me networking with other businesses to see how they run things. I have 3 months to get my shit together because that is when it happens. When I officially open Dare to Habit wellness studio! For now I just work out the details.
See what I did? I started learning about things I didn’t know, asking people, gaining support when I needed it. I took the steps to learn about what I want so bad to do. Then after this I set a deadline. By setting a timeline you make your goal that much more of a priority. I can’t do this because I need to focus on getting this stuff done. This is my priority, everything else will be on the back burner. Then after I established that I started to write down what things I need to do in order to get to my goal. If you don’t know the steps yet, brainstorm first. Write everything on a paper and CREATE the goal. Than after you have everything to do surrounding the goal put them in order of how to achieve it. That is how you do anything. Think about when you use to be in school and you had to write a paper. You didn’t just write a paper right? You had to brainstorm your topic than figure out how to write it, then you wrote a rough draft and edited it. Then you went over it until you had it to the final piece. That is one of the greatest things we learn from school. How to create a timeline to get things done yet we only take that talent and instead associate it with writing a report. Do it with life. Watch how much easier everything will get. If you need help get my workbook! That breaks it down!
I will be having a site soon to purchase the workbook. This will be after the whole rebranding occurs so that way it is associated with my brand. Until than ask questions. Reach out to me if you need it. I am here to help and support you my friend! Stay positive and know you got this!!
Today was a 10!