February 1, 2019: I left my twelve plus year career in specialty coffee and took a blind leap of faith into the unknown. I left that career behind with no set path in front of me and no real map of ideas for where I was heading. I knew I wanted to do something with wine and there had been talk a few years back about starting a blog but on this date one year ago, I simply knew that I had grown beyond where I was and that there was no real opportunity for growth, at least not in the near future. I was bored, I was unhappy, and my career was taking a horrendous toll on my health, both physically and mentally. It was time for change.
It took me several months to decompress and process all of the emotions that came not only with leaving behind something I had literally poured tons of blood, sweat and a great great deal of tears into, but I also had to process the “ok, so now what” aspect as I faced the unknown. In those first few months I was able to take my time in answering the question of “what do I want to be when I grow up”. With the support of and the gentle, and sometimes not so gentle, nudging of my husband, I kept coming back to this idea of wine, and a blog, and then he threw in “what about starting your own business?” Starting my own business was never something I thought I wanted. Now though, I am glad to be on this journey of entrepreneurship. It’s scary, and peppered with lots of unknowns, and more than anything– it provides me the space that I didn’t have in my corporate job, to be creative, to question, to pursue my passions, to spend time with the people that matter to me, to take time to continually get to know more about myself and my abilities and to push myself in ways that I was never allowed to when I had to follow someone else’s playbook.
Wine and Flours has technically only been in existence for roughly 7 months, but I have been on this journey of creation, fully, for a year. One year ago today, I gained freedom. Freedom to seek knowledge, freedom to challenge myself, freedom to play and explore, and freedom to figure out my own path.
Thank you to everyone reading this who is coming along on this delicious journey of wine, food, and self-discovery with me. I hope that you too are able to have or to find the freedom to follow your passions no matter where you are in life. It is never too late to start fresh, to pursue dreams, and to discover yourself and the fullness of your abilities! Cheers to a year of freedom and to many many more!
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