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I’m feeling very proud today—and here’s why.
Dan and I were driving down the highway when I noticed a house that’s been abandoned for over 10 years had finally burnt down.
That’s not why I’m proud—bear with me.
About a decade ago, we explored this very house. The doors were hanging off their hinges, and the place was slowly being destroyed by squatters. Now, I can’t remember whose idea it was (probably mine 😅), but one of us said:
“Let’s take this door and make a chalkboard out of it.”
It was already off the hinges, and every door around it had been smashed to pieces. This one had a hole punched right through the middle. We took it home, Dan replaced the centre with a piece of thin ply, and we painted it with chalkboard paint.
That old broken door became our wedding chalkboard sign—one we personalised for every couple. It was a massive success. (scroll down for pics, it was double sided)
And that moment sums up what I love about being an entrepreneur.
It’s not just business—it’s creativity, risk, play, and saying:
“What if we just tried this?”
Entrepreneurship is a practice of hope.
A little bit of fuck around and find out energy.
If we freeze, over-research, or water down every outcome before we begin, we kill the magic.
But life is magic.
Hope is the portal to possibility.
And with a hopeful heart—I promise you—anything is possible.
That same mindset led us to buy one photobooth, which somehow became 12.
I reflect often on how Covid schooled us. It stripped back the confidence we once had—knowing we were in control of our financial future, that we had the balls, the brains, and the drive to create the life we wanted.
Since then, some of that spark has dulled.
Maybe that’s part of the spiritual warfare of these past few years.
We’ve walked through fear. Immense loss. Moments that made us question, what’s the point?
But we’ve also been cracked open with love.
We’ve learned to receive.
And we’ve remembered that even when we fall—we are held.
Physically. Emotionally. Spiritually.
So here’s to integrating the lessons, and moving forward with even less fear than ever before.
Because yes—failure and loss are part of our story.
But they don’t define us.
Hope does. |
