Dear Journal,
Here we are again. Tuesday night, something past midnight, and I'm working on our upcoming focus group. And fundraiser. And Review Night. (Doesn't Taylor always sing about late Tuesday nights? "I'm in my room, it's a typical Tuesday night...2am riding in your truck..And I remember that fight, 2:30am..." I hear ya, girl). So many late nights in my startup life.
It's a cool thing being an entrepreneur. But also a little bit unpredictable. And always involving late Tuesday nights (ok not just Tuesdays, pretty much every night is a late night-especially when I'm working another full time job (that I love)). (Was that the right use of parenthesis? (Nicole and I always joke that our conversations take on so many wonderful twists and turns that we need to use parentheses within parentheses in everyday dialogue with each other (and we do) (and we love it))). (Sorry for the major digression). I love living this startup life!
It's difficult sometimes to keep Girl Talk steered in the right direction, working with so many different people, schedules, and obligations, but I'm so incredibly grateful for my team! Flexibility (and snacks) are key! Last Saturday, Shannon came over to plan this coming year of the Girl Talk Institute, and we covered the basement floor with brainstorming notes, Expo markers, and every cookie/chip/fruit imaginable from Giant. It was a fabulous day of idea-generation. The other night, Amy and I were on the phone at 11pm tweaking the final details of the awesome video she's put together for Girl Talk Strides. (I'm so excited to launch it!) Regina and I are in constant workshop mode as we get to hang with her beautiful baby and edit the website at the same time, and Marykate and I just can't contain our excitement over our latest and greatest idea (whatever that may be at the time). Don't even get me started on the interns...they're amazing! I seriously love working with each of them individually, and as a group. I'm grateful for their ability to roll with the punches whenever someone's phone dies and we have to rely on carrier pigeons to communicate for a week, or one of us is running late from another meeting (I promise it's not me...ok maybe it's me). It's exciting to witness so many ideas come to life in such a short amount of time, and to work with such incredible talent.
Living the startup life is exciting. It's been a great adventure learning how to balance meetings with lots of different people/fundraisers/videos/social media/conversations with mentors/late nights/unexpected "opportunities for growth"/back-to-back events all with a full-time job, quality friendships, and passions outside of work. I'll keep ya posted on the progress!
Yours,
Julie
