Follow Your Dream

I think that most of us have dreams, some we may not have even verbalised yet, but we have them. One of mine for many years was to own my own fabric shop. For years I thought, I'd never be able to, I didn't have the right abilities, we didn't have enough money. Basically I was always putting hurdles in the way. But the dream never went away.

One of things about parenting is how important we are as role models. One day I was telling my daughter that if she thought she couldn't do maths, she never would. She had to believe that she could and then it would all click. It suddenly dawned on me that I should be following my own advice, setting a good example. In the past 18 months I have done many things that I previously would have said "I can't do that".

Since I started my business I have met some many women who are achieving amazing things but there is one thing we all seem to have in common - together with our dream we all seem to suffer at times a lack of confidence. Kylie discussed it here. Kylie's blog is all about providing Australia work at home mums with advice and support, and along with some other great advice (now I know what Technorati is all about) she shares with us the Confidence in a Box idea.

But it's not just about Work at home Mums - we should all be confident in what we do, our craft is as good as the next person. So it may not be as perfect as the one you saw on that blog over there but did it make you happy, did you learn something? These are all things to be proud and confident about.

And because I'm on my hobby horse, your opinion is worth as much as the next persons and just because they don't agree, doesn't make it a bad opinion.

Your dream may not be like Sandi's to design her own fabric. It may be as simple as taking up a new hobby, speaking up at a meeting, what ever it is life is too short to say I CAN'T.

So let's all take a Box of Confidence and share it around - send it on to someone you think might do with a confidence boost. Let them know you believe in them. You only have to read this to see what letting someone know that you believe in them can achieve.