Earlier this year, I wrote a business plan and put out a proposal to launch Midwives of Change as a way to help people through their transitions. It was a very ambitious and multi year plan with activities including personal coaching, courses, and a Website. I also work at a full time job so I knew when I wrote the proposal that I wouldn’t be able to jump right in and do everything and I would have to be methodical and start slow.
My phased approach included getting my Website up and running by the fall and launching one pilot class to see if there was any interest in what I was offering. I’m actually very proud to say that I did get my site up and running and am posting semi-regularly, but not as often as I’d like. I also launched my first course and we’re about half way through.
I’m planning a formal launch right after Halloween both because it is the beginning of the Celtic year and because my 50th birthday is on November 6th and that seems an auspicious time to formally launch.
I need to let go of my wanting to do a big bang and have thousands of visitors right away. I need to let go of wanting to quit because it’s going to take a while to actually launch. I have to let go of all the excuses for not putting one foot in front of another and slowly building a friend base. Those things are really hard for me because I am really impatient and like instant results.
Growing tomatoes and peppers is, oddly enough, helping me with that. We planted tomatoes at the beginning of the year and have been faithfully watering them and watching them grow. It has been so cool to watch the small buds grow into something larger. One plant only has one tomato and it seemed like it took weeks to grow full size, but now it is almost red and we are watching it anxiously waiting for it to be beautiful tomato red. And it will probably turn red while I’m in Chicago (I’ve made my daughter promise to take a picture before she eats it).
Growing my own food has taught me patience and taught me that I have to care for things and nurture them and then the results will come, but even then the results will not be instantaneous but more patience will be required.
In addition to helping me grow the patience I need to launch MoC, growing my own food has also helped me to appreciate food more. I’d forgotten the patience and work required to grow food. Seeing my little tomato grow from a tiny little green globe has made me realize that food doesn’t just ” come from the grocery store” and that there is blood, sweat, and tears involved in the growing process. We’ve had to water our plants, agonize over whether it is too hot, and park the car right next to them to protect them from the deer who are looking for a free meal (even though there is tons of green stuff in the ravine behind our house).
Cairn by Cairn 