One Red Hot Country Mama!

Most of us have had a fantasy like one of these:

1. I am sitting in the coffee shop reading my book and minding my own business, when suddenly a cute, smart, warm-hearted, guy comes to talk to me – we hit it off and we start dating. He turns out to be a great guy!
2. I am sitting at my desk going about my normal day when suddenly I get called into the group manager’s office. She says "Someone in the corporate head office has seen your campaigns and loves them! They want you to move to the US/Europe/Australia to work your magic!"
3. I open my inbox one morning and get an e-mail from some multi-billionaire saying "Stefanie, I have been reading your blog regularly and would like to give you a lucrative contract for our non-profit foundation, which not only is well-run but is also helping to save the world, what do you think?"

So, I think we all have these fantasies where someone will come out of the blue, and instantly make our lives better… but rarely does that happen. Winning the lottery is probably the most common one… but how are you going to win the lottery if you don’t buy a ticket? From my experience, things just don’t happen when I am waiting passively. Technically, things COULD happen while passively sitting in the apartment behind a book, but usually they don’t – or not anything very cool anyway.

Lately, things have been going really well. I have gotten three very exciting professional opportunities and am dating a sweet and hilarious guy who I really like. I also just had a birthday and have been reconnecting with old friends and family members. On all of these fronts, I "bought my ticket" by getting the ball rolling and opening myself up to these possibilities but who knew everything would happen all at once! So – I created this cloud of change instead of waiting for it. I am really interested to see how the next 6 months or so pan out. Hopefully more winning tickets which I’ll strive for, but if not, I am cool with that too.