New Chapter, New Beginnings
Time To Look Firmly Ahead
Life has a way of kicking you firmly in the cubes when you least expect it.
There you are, going about your everyday life with a solid plan and then, out of nowhere, a giant wrench gets launched at your head at 100 mph.
That is exactly what happened to me.
Okay, the wrench part is a metaphor because, let’s face it, if I really did get hit in the head by any blunt instrument, then I wouldn’t be writing this.
That’s a cheery thought. Anyway. For those of you who follow me on social media or are in my inner circle, you were probably expecting this site and this newsletter a few weeks ago.
So was I.
But life doesn’t care for your best-laid plans.
Nope. Life and fate doesn’t give a crap about your intentions or what projects you have going on. They are both going to keep hurling curveballs at you until you learn how to adapt at the plate. How to adjust. Sometimes you may need to lay down a bunt and attempt the home run later on in the game.
Okay, that’s enough of the baseball analogies for now.
The point I’m trying to make is life gets in the way sometimes. Unexpected things pop up and you have to just roll with the punches and get on with it.
I was dealt a personal setback back in the summer and, for a while, I was lost. Mentally, creatively, physically. Just stranded out in the wilderness with no apparent glimmer of hope on the horizon.
As a result, I was forced to do something I didn’t want to do as a short-term option and it was a bad decision. I should have trusted my gut, gone with my instincts and launched these projects months ago.
Instead, I allowed myself to forget who I was, forget where I was going and I just felt locked in a box. Figuratively and literally.
I also learned the hard but valuable lesson of it’s best not to trust anyone. That really burned me in these last few weeks especially.
There were moments every day where I felt frustrated, angry and just pissed off. But you have to look at the bigger picture, do some real hard, long inner-thinking and self evaluation and stay tethered to what makes you you. And don’t apologize to anyone for being the true version of you.
But that’s all now behind me.
All hurdles have now been cleared and launch day is finally upon us. Blogs Of Steele is here, The Andrew Steele Podcast is here and my final project will be launched very, very soon too.
It is onwards and upwards from here on in now. Valuable lessons have been learned and that’s what life is all about - you have to embrace the good, the bad and the ugly. Appreciate the good. Learn from the bad and let it help you grow and evolve. If you don’t learn from everything life has to throw at you, then shame on you.
Your gut and instinct will always be your biggest allies. Always.
Out of the bad has come a lot of good. It crystalized my vision, returned me to my creative peak and now I’m standing on the precipice of great things. I really do believe that.
I’m beyond excited about what we’re building here at Blogs Of Steele and I’m pumped you’ve all decided to come along for the ride.
It is gonna be a good one.
I guess this post was a form of therapy for me. A way of letting go of what came before and a way of looking ahead at what’s to come. Today is the official start of a new chapter and it feels freaking sweet.
Let’s do this.
