Words | Why Not?

I don't know what it is about Spring, but there's something about it that makes me just open up so much more. And I suppose that even includes blogging. So hopefully this is the start to a beautiful relationship between me and my blog. Poor thing just sits here, getting dusty. Bless.

Anyway, I had a pre-consultation recently for a wedding I'll be shooting in November (can't wait!) and while we were talking and having a great time I passed along some of my business cards and somehow the topic of me leaving them "lying" around in places came up. I mentioned that I had been tempted to before but never have.

"Why not?"

I didn't really have an answer other than I always assumed people found it pushy and I never wanted to seem like "that" person. When it came to something I love (photography, obviously), I didn't want to make a mistake that could potentially ruin my chances of making something of it.

"Why not?" It reverberated in my head for a few days. Still does. Why in the world am I not being pushy? Ain't no one going to know my name if I don't get it out there, right? And so what if an idea fails? Harry Potter was rejected twelve times before given the green light. Obviously, if "good ol' J. K." decided to give up after the third, fourth, fifth or even the eleventh or twelfth time it was rejected then she would have never known just how big it would have become.

It doesn't just apply to business or even writing, but in anything and everything in your life. I know you'd think it would be a fairly easy concept, but obviously it took twenty-six years for it to click in my head! Instead of worrying about what people think or what could possibly happen if you let yourself tether just a little farther out than you're comfortable with, forget those people and let your focus be on what you just might accomplish while you're floating out in the unknown.

And if you happen to see one of my business cards lying around, leave it for someone who hasn't heard of me yet...