Sometimes to make something beautiful you’ve got to get dirty. Sometimes you drip with sweat and become sore in places you’re pretty sure don’t have muscles because you are doing the heavy lifting. And you know what that’s ok. That’s part of the process. 

When we camp out in places where we only see people’s highlight reels (like here) we are tempted to think we should nail it on the first try. It should be lovely and photogenic and the process should be smooth. 

But as my mom always said, “Don’t should all over yourself.” So many of the women I’ve walked with for decades or even those I have just begun to do life with don’t walk towards their dreams because they’re not sure it’ll turn out. Ironically that ensures that it won’t. 

So you don’t have to know the end to begin. You can start scared. You can indulge in some dreaming because in my case dreaming about what could be makes you hopeful, motivated and honestly better in all the other areas of life. Just start.