Friday Fives, 10.13.23

HeYyYyYa friends. It’s been a minute. Been traveling for work over to Seattle, Omaha, Chicago and in a few weeks to NYC. Back to regular programming now that my body has let go of its 3-week long sickness. Anyone else get something that overstayed its welcome?!

1. We successfully hosted Flourish which I know y’all heard / saw me talk about but I really wanted to fill that room up so we could get more $ for finalists and to show those brave finalists pitching their businesses how much the community supports them. And just like that, we filled the room up with nearly 200 people and it was magical. Just look at some of these amazing photos Jill took! Here is the album on Facebook. Do people still do Facebook albums or am I showing my age?

2. The haters have come out to play the last couple weeks and I’m really leaning into my personal power. I mean, it’s all I have right?! I can be swayed and beaten down and choose to feel like trash or I can thank these humans for giving me the opportunity to rise, stand firm in my truth, and keep on keeping on.

The more we grow as a company, the more people who we work with, the more times I host Flourish, etc., the more pushback, feedback, criticism, praise, and other “stuff” I/we get. It’s a lot to take in. This podcast episode really supported me this week.

3. Put together a list of the “little luxury” purchases I made and make as I get older and prioritize some of the finer things in life.

4. phClean came over last week to deep clean my kitchen and I was blown away!!! It was gifted as part of a hummingbird campaign, which is why I love being a hummingbird because I get to try new-to-me companies and if I love them I get to keep being a customer. Did I just hype my own business? Yes, yes I did.

5. I don’t know what it is about mosaics, but I’m so into them. I want to learn how to create them someday. I found this in Omaha a few weeks ago and it’s so cool that it made it to one of my fives.