It’s so easy for us to dismiss parts of our life as ‘wasted,’ but they never are. The key is to embrace each lesson and put in the effort to make it your bitch, so you don’t even have to think about when it comes up in the future it’ll be second nature to you. Just because it doesn’t make sense at the time, doesn’t mean it isn’t part of something bigger. But, in truth, I really am in the exact place I need to be, learning the essential skills I will need to help me in the future. At the time, it didn’t feel like I was in the right place in my life, I felt totally lost and like I was wasting time when I was gaining the essential skills and experience I would need to help me fulfil my dreams in 7 years time.Įven now, there have been and still are days when I don’t feel like I’m where I want to be. If 6 or 7 years ago, my boss had never pushed me to do those workshops and I had never decided to make them my bitch, I wouldn’t have the confidence to speak at the store in a few weeks. It’s kind of funny the way our lives work out and how everything really does happen for a reason. You know, the ones where you start to freak out and think things like, “WTF am I doing with my life?” On those days I’ll be thinking, “Shut up, fool. It’s a much-appreciated piece of recognition and the kind of thing that will keep me going on those doubtful days. It feels pretty amazing to have the events team there come across Little Grey Box and think enough of it to reach out to me. So, on Friday 5th February at 7pm, I’ll be standing in the Apple Store, Brisbane, sharing my story and, hopefully, hitting people with some knowledge about how amazingly wonderful and powerful they are, capable of achieving their dreams and living a beautiful, happy life. Thankfully they found it mildly interesting enough to invite me to speak at the store! I spoke to one of the events people and told them my story about Little Grey Box from starting it and feeling trapped in my old job, to quitting and running a travel blog full-time. Trust me, when you get an email in your inbox from Apple, your heart skips a bit. I’m extra glad she did, because recently the events team from Apple reached out to me, inviting me to speak at the Apple Store, Brisbane. I kind of realised at that point my boss had been right, it was good for me to get over that fear of public speaking early on in the piece. I was thinking about it in my head, I was re-writing content to make it more engaging and easier for me to follow and after a little while, I started to get better at them and in the end, those workshops really did become my bitch. I started practicing at my desk, like a total nerd. Like, you start planning a workshop and you think, “Who should deliver this?” and you immediately think, “That badass workshop bisch on level 5, that’s who!” I wanted to be the workshop badass! It’s weird to think about it now, but I think my plan was to get to the point where me and workshops were synonymous. I got this idea in my head that I didn’t want the workshops to win and make me look like a fool in front of strangers. After that first horrid encounter, I decided to make those workshops my bitch. I mumbled and fumbled and forgot what I was supposed to say and people asked questions, which is great, but I was unprepared because I hadn’t thought that far ahead and they totally caught me off guard. I begged my lovely boss to not make me do it, but she insisted I do it as it would be a good learning experience for me and, seeing as she’s my boss, I couldn’t say no. There’s no way to make legislation fun.īoredom aside, the first time I found out I had to do them I was terrified because public speaking is really scary. That was a boring sentence just to read, so you imagine how boring it was in person to tell people about it for 2 hours. I was working for the Queensland Government and the workshops I was delivering were about State Legislation, policies and associated requirements. I remember when I first started a new, higher-paid role at my old job, this must’ve been about, say, 6 or 7 years ago, one of the things I had to do was deliver these information workshops to external clients.
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