Weekend Ramblings | A Cat Fell Through the Roof! And Honesty.

So....as some of you may or may not know, by night and weekend I am a photographer :) But weekdays, 7h30 - 16h00 I kick off my glass slippers and work as an Occupational Therapist. In a government hospital. Say whaaaat?? No, I'm not tripping out, my two careers are very dissimilar, but I like to think that is a reflection of my diverse (perhaps crazy!?) personality :) Now, I don't write a whole lot about my life as an OT on this blog (trust me, you should come chat to me, I have stories that'll wake you weep tears of laughter, and some that may break your heart a little) but really, some stories are too good not to share!!

Last week at work I was happily doing computer admin when my colleagues and I heard wild shrieking from the waiting room - I jumped up to open the door to absolute mayhem. Patients leaping onto chairs, massive shrieking and black blur darting around the room. I looked up to see a rather sizable hole in the ceiling tiles, and then the black blur slowed down enough for me to see that it was in fact a cat. A small, petrified, wide-eyed little creature who then promptly hurtled head-on into one of our glass doors. I made a swipe at his legs on his return run and managed to unbalance him enough to grab him and ferry him outside (getting a little scratched in the process). So all was well. But, importantly - HOW DOES A CAT FALL THROUGH A CEILING??? Not even going to ask... ;) But it's been giving a me a darn good giggle every day since ;) Isn't life funny like that? I like a good 'cat through the ceiling' moment every once in a while to liven things up a little bit ;)

War wounds ;)

And then....on a rather more serious note, I've been thinking a lot lately about honesty, being open with people, sharing, boundaries. Now you're thinking 'eeeew what's with all the heavy stuff after the cat story??'. I want to share this struggle and process because it's REAL. Dreams don't generally happen over night - they take long hard hours of work, struggling, mistakes, small successes to build them. And of course a generous sprinkling of blessings and support. What I didn't realize when I fell in love with wedding photography was that I would also become a small business owner. And as the owner of my business, I am responsible for everything related to it. That scared me when I realized it. A lot. Because guess what that means? Sometimes you have to make decisions based on what's best for your business, and that can be a tough call to make. Things like how you spend your precious time, to the relationships you build, to the things you invest your hard-earned money in, networks you're part of, you're in charge of every. single. decision. Now I don't know about you guys, but I'm definitely a person who wants to give to people as much as possible, whether it's my friends, family etc. - I want to please people. And whilst that's a good thing in and of itself, it's tough when you have to be the bad guy, when you have to call something out, or disappoint someone. It's not a good feeling. BUT, what I've realized is that running your business well actually puts you in a better position - to serve your clients, to share with other people, even just interactions, it's all positively affected when you're making the right decisions to keep your business healthy :)

So here's to doing the right thing :) To building things through sweat, love and tears. To sharing the struggle. To the people who support and love you :) And to dreaming, and dreaming BIG :)

xxx