Dreams

Can you believe we are one week away from our highly anticipated Paris trip?! I don’t take this trip lightly… I know this is a lifetime thing… something that is to be savored and taken seriously. And, admittedly, I’m a bit scared. Scared of failure, setbacks, and risking it ALL. So many things can go wrong, and I’m not oblivious to it. What if I mess up? What if we don’t get it right? What if I miss the mark? It’s kinda like that Eminem song Lose Yourself. Thank you Eminem for the hype playlist. We don’t have a million opportunities to get this right, making this happen was a LOOOONG shot, and well, we shoot the shot.

It feels like I’m at the beginning of the starting line again, the newbie. We are about to uncover an entirely new world and while I’m SO eager to get there and do it, I’m nervous as HECK. Who knew shipping antiques across the ocean could be so emotional and stressful (NOT ME!). But, deep in my soul, I know that this has always been apart of the plan, even if it was unbeknownst to me. We’ve been working towards this moment long before Maetiques was ever in existence — laying roots down in France. Where we feel most at home. And while I never thought it’d involve antiques, I’m glad it does.

Somewhere deep down I’m sort of proud that I’m nervous, and showing more pause, and looking at this without those rosy colored glasses I usually keep handy. This will quite literally be the biggest risk we’ve ever taken, next to starting this business. A whole bunch of leaps of faith, blood, sweat, and tears. Also, a bunch of bold questions like, “Hi, I know you hired me to NOT be remote, but can I please work from France for a month to chase a dream?” (Not very demure of me).

Yet. Here we are. All those conversations, work, and risk led us here. And now we compile the years of research, visions, and dreams into one trip. In hopes that there will be a second, a third, and hundreds more.

So, cheers to the dreamers. Cheers to the entrepreneurs, the boundary runners, the newbies. Keep being scared. Keep risking it all. Keep running after your dreams and throwing your fear to the wind. You’re worth chasing your wildest dreams. Always