Here’s my Postcard from Midlife

Just before the world went crazy in 2020 I went to a speaking event in London and watched Lorraine Candy and Trish Halpin interview Kate Garraway for a live Postcards from Midlife podcast interview.

It was brilliant!

I was still in my corporate role at the time, just weeks away from self-employment, and I was so inspired by being in a room of amazing, strong and focused women. It reaffirmed my decision to work for myself. I couldn’t wait to get started.

Fast forward to earlier this year when I saw that Lorraine and Trish were running their own event, Postcards from Midlife Live. Initially, I intended to go to the event as an attendee, but something was holding me back, I just couldn’t click the box to purchase the tickets.

Do you know why that was?

It was because I was destined to have a stand at the show rather than be an attendee!

I booked a stand, designed the layout, wrote a health and safety plan, wrote an article for their website, ordered my merch, booked a hotel, created my strategy, packed the car and drove to London.

Had I ever done anything like that before?

No.

Did I know what I was doing?

Also no.

Did I let that stop me from doing it?

Nope!

So often in life we hold ourselves back from doing what we want to do, through fear, worry, lack of confidence, imposter syndrome, self-doubt and more. But remember that every single thing you have ever done in your life, you have had to learn how to do. Somebody showed you, somebody taught you, you taught yourself, you read a book, you listened to a podcast, you watched a YouTube video…. However you learnt how to do it, you learnt it.

So when I did this event there were some things that I didn’t get quite right, there were things that didn’t work out the way I wanted them to and there were things I wouldn’t do again – that’s all fine, because I also did this:

I met amazing women. I laughed. I shared. I smiled. I made some brilliant connections. I spent time with a very dear friend of mine who helped me to cover my stand. I had the best two days and I grew not just as a female entrepreneur but as a woman and as a confident woman too. I am so grateful for that experience.

So my postcard from midlife says this: I came, I saw, I loved it. See you next year….

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