The Magic

A few years ago I had trouble sleeping, primarily because I was overworked, overtired, and anxiety-ridden about work, school, and #momlife. As of late, I’ve had trouble sleeping, but for very different reasons. I am excited, my mind races with ideas, manifesting opportunities, meetings, and conversations. I think back to late last year. I was having a dinner party with some close friends and we were reflecting on the year and talking about “what we wanted to do next, in 2019”. My answer was pretty simple, I wanted to “keep doing what I was doing”, solopreneur-ing. Recruiting, working hard for my clients and my candidates. The problem was, I was getting really busy, with no end in sight and no plan and no help. I remember saying that I was going to use some quiet time in December when my clients were closed, to think about what I really wanted to be when I grow up. My friend Nicola said, “Do you really want to be doing this same thing, just you, recruiting, in 10 years? Now is your time, seize it, and make it happen. Build something. You already have a business, now build the team.” That stuck with me and during my downtime in December, I really flushed out that now is the time. I thought I should do things the “right way” and write a big, long, boring business plan, but I had no idea where to start, so instead of spending time on that, I just spent time doing what I do well, talking to clients, candidates, colleagues, friends, mentors and quite easily, connecting all the dots, and things just started falling into place.

There are a lot of cliches around “putting things out in the universe” to see what happens. I believe this is true. My thoughts and manifestations have taken shape, and the universe is lining things up. It’s not to say it isn’t hard work. It’s really hard work, but when you’re doing something that you truly love and believe in from the depths of your being, it becomes your energy and your energy and what you put out in the universe is what you’ll get back. This is what I call the magic. It’s that thing you can’t quite put your finger on when you find “the one”, that thing your hiring manager’s can’t quite quantify when they find “the one”, it’s a feeling, it’s not a fact. The magic is when you talk to a candidate and within 2 minutes, you know they will land the job. You visualize it, you manifest it, and sure enough, life unfolds and it happens. The magic is electrifying and energizing. The magic of building this startup, bringing together the people I love, look up to, respect, and value with companies that I love, respect, and value makes this worth it. The magic is what is keeping me up at night and I couldn’t be more excited than I am now to be doing what I am doing now.