November 22, 2024 • 22 mins
What happens when you embrace change head-on, take risks, and allow yourself to grow? Discover how cutting my hair unexpectedly became a symbol of my personal and professional transformation. Join me in this episode as I recount my whirlwind experiences of preparing for our first Black Friday sale at the studio, which taught me the power of bold decisions. Dive into my journey with Margo's online art community, where I found inspiration and support to chase my dream of turning art into a full-time career. It's a testament to how taking risks can lead to refreshingly positive outcomes and the courage it takes to turn passion into reality.
This episode is a celebration of empowerment and the audacity to act without waiting for approval. We explore stories of individuals who integrate technology seamlessly into their creative endeavors, inspiring others to break free from self-imposed limitations. It's about finding joy in the process, embracing failures, and learning from them while balancing personal ambitions with responsibilities to others. As we wrap up, I share my gratitude for the exciting opportunities on the horizon and reaffirm the joy of doing what I love. Let's journey together through this creative adventure, surrounded by supportive individuals who uplift and inspire.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
Hello, welcome back to an episode of Brutally Made.
Oh, thank you for the grace oftime.
I had to delay a couple weeksof recording because I have been
going through a lot of newthings happening at the studio,
just been so busy and honestlyjust couldn't find a moment in
(00:31):
the morning on the weeks torecord.
So I'm really sorry I've hadsuch a break this month, but I
am ending the month with anepisode and I'm really excited
to be here.
Month was an episode and I'mreally excited to be here.
Next Friday will be super crazybecause we have a Black Friday
(00:52):
sale at our store, so I'mcalling it a Frenzy Friday.
It will be 12 hours of sales.
I'll be opening at 9am Notreally into opening at the 6am
hour, opening at 9am, not reallyinto opening at the 6am hour,
but yeah.
(01:12):
So I'm going to do that for thefirst time at the studio and
doodling today will be reallyjust sharing some of my upcoming
winter magical art.
I wanted to share that and whatit looks like.
I am very excited about sharingwhat I created and offer as
prints and canvases on that saleNever really done anything like
(01:35):
that before and the differentsizes and I've matted those so
they're a little bit morereadily available to frame, and
just thought I would talk aboutthat with a focus on today's
episode about change.
And I have had a few, I guess,extra special moments to talk to
(02:01):
and be in the presence of somecreative business entrepreneurs
and people that have been in mylife for a while and hearing
what they're doing and how theirgosh, I guess visions for what
they're wanting to do with theircompanies have changed a lot
(02:23):
and moving in new directions.
Changed, changed a lot andmoving in new directions.
And here, at the beginning ofthe visual part of my podcast,
if you have watched the YouTube,you can see that I've went
through a little bit of a change.
I cut about a foot of hair off.
I have a shorter do Very funand just wanted to change, just
(02:43):
wanted to make it a littleeasier, uh, to take care of it
and, um, it needed it.
I had not been to a salon inlike two years.
If you know me, I am very Ifeel like I'm very low
maintenance.
I don't color my hair anymore.
It it is gray and white and itused to be auburn red, so maybe
(03:07):
I'll throw in some beforepictures.
Yeah, so there's been a lotthat I physically have gone
through in change in the lasttwo years, so this was like one
of the things that I had doneLiterally scheduled the
appointment with my sweet friendAshley, who owns Shine Salon
and Spa here in Canton, at 2 50am.
(03:28):
That's like that's how I roll,that is how I make my decision.
Oh, I'm gonna do this.
So glad her company has ascheduler online.
Boom, did it, and then, like inless than a day, I was there
and I'm like we're chopping itoff.
So funny, so funny, and that'sI don't know.
Do I make all my decisions onthe fly like that?
(03:50):
I would like to say I don't,and I have a lot of thought
behind them.
Sometimes, though, some of thebest decisions are like yep off
the cuff, doing it right now.
So yeah.
So I joined this group with themastermind, and I've talked to
Margo many, many times, and shehas a podcast, wendicill Chats,
(04:14):
which I absolutely adore andlove and have supported from day
one, and just a greatinspiration for creativity.
She shares other artists andother business owners and other
people that help support artistswithin her podcast world, from
attorneys to accountants, toother people that have started
(04:39):
businesses and how they've doneit and what their creative
process is, and it's just greatinsight and just absolutely love
what she does.
So she's now an art agent and Ihave so many sweet friends that
are being represented by hernow.
And then she's created thisonline community, the Foundry,
and so I kind of like changed mysupport for her and joined that
(05:00):
so I could follow along andhear more inspirational stories
from this side of an art agentand community, and I absolutely
love it.
I've been able to attend acouple of events that she's held
online, which I'm very gratefulfor for being online, because
that's most accessible to me andI feel very connected.
(05:25):
Even though a lot of peopledon't understand how you can
stay connected virtually, it isno different in my mind than
having a pen pal, making a phonecall, any of the old
traditional ways that you wouldsay that was legitimate ways to
stay connected with someone.
This is the same thing in mymind, in my heart, and no
(05:48):
different.
We just have technology andwe're using it in that way.
So I think it's tremendous whatshe's doing and I absolutely
love it.
So, hearing how those changeshappened in her life and what
she has gone through and suchunplanned ways from moving.
(06:10):
I mean, she literally had tomove and relocate, not because
of this decision to start abusiness but for other reasons.
And then creating space to, Ithink, do something that was
frightening very fear, you know,fear filled, always
(06:31):
contemplating it in the back ofyour mind, wanting to do this.
When do you make that leap?
When do you try?
When do you just say you knowwhat, I'm just going to make it
work.
And I resonate with that sodeeply.
If you have not heard from thebeginning podcast to now, you
know how scared I have been andhow I was to start my business
(06:54):
in person finding the physicalspace, securing that space,
making it work.
Still, I mean, I'm stillworking full time in health care
and making the space work and Iam super excited about making
art my full time job focus andthat is the goal and that's what
(07:14):
I'm doing and that is a changethat I'm making very
conscientiously, step by step,and if something happens to
where I have to leap faster, sobe it, and I feel like some of
the things that are happening inmy life may be presenting that
opportunity.
So I got to spend some more timewith a dear friend who I met in
(07:39):
our leadership community herelocally he was part of my
leadership class four years agoI cannot believe it's been that
long and offered a chance to getto see a manufacturer who has
ties to a lot of great industrycreatively, you know, making
(08:00):
displays and packaging and stuffand I said, yes, absolutely, I
want to see what they do.
I want to hear what you'redoing.
You know, I knew about hisbusiness.
I knew what he has created andhas done Absolutely amazing.
I love following his work.
They would share installationsfrom different places all over
the world and it was justfascinating because I was in
(08:22):
construction at one time and Iwas in design and interior
design and I felt like that wassomething that he and his
organization, that they had, youknow, hands in and what they
had done and I just loved it.
I thought it was so cool tofollow and really that was it.
I was just watching what he wasdoing and just thought it was
really cool.
He's got a wonderful family.
(08:43):
We've been in a coupledifferent fundraising events.
I just, you know, just adoreeverything that he was doing and
, you know, just love getting totalk to him.
Just a really super, supergreat guy.
So we're on our way to Columbus, and then I find out that he
has this whole dream of takingthis company and these new
(09:06):
levels and directions andintegrating some new technology
and communication, and I waslike this is fantastic.
I loved hearing these ideas, Ithink that they're so unique and
it's just like, yes, do this,yes, do this.
Because I have been just in thismindset that, oh my gosh, what
(09:29):
are you waiting for?
And I know that that was reallyinspired by you know, hearing
and working with Margo andhearing just like, what are you
waiting for?
What is it that?
What's giving you thepermission?
Is it somebody else?
If you're waiting to, I don'tknow what's the old adage,
what's the old saying?
That if you want to have achild, you're waiting to save up
(09:51):
to have that baby you'll neverhave.
It just needs to happen.
It just needs to happen.
If you've got this dream and ifyou don't start working on what
you want right now, why?
What is the bigger?
Why do something to get yougoing in that direction?
Don't just wait.
(10:12):
I don't care if you wanted tolearn how to draw and you're
waiting to have supplies.
I'm doing air quotes.
You can't see me Get a pencil,follow a YouTube channel that
teaches you basics and juststart there.
I don't care what it is that.
You have a dream.
Write down a business plan inyour mind, and doesn't have to
(10:34):
be a formal one.
Write an outline down of whatit is that you want to do.
Start brainstorming, starttalking about it, start putting
it out there in the world.
Find someone, like my frienddid, who has these great ideas.
We're going to this location,to this manufacturer, and he
starts telling me what he wantsto do.
I'm just like, yes, fracture it.
(10:55):
And he starts telling me whathe wants to do.
I'm just like, yes, absolutelyDon't wait, just do this, start
and let it go.
Let's see where it goes.
What's it going to hurt?
This is terrific.
Your idea has validation.
(11:20):
Your heart, what you want to do.
That's the why.
That's why you need to start.
That's where it needs to begin.
You do not need permission fromanybody else but yourself, and
we have the worst time givingourselves permission, and not
everything is going to be, youknow, 100%, perfect, perfect,
(11:42):
that's okay.
Stop striving for perfection.
Enjoy the process.
You get one life, one time, totry something that you love and
want to do, and don't spend thatone chance, just being
miserable and thinking about it.
Just start trying and doing itand exploring.
You know, you do not know.
I'm telling you, you do notknow the full outcome.
(12:04):
You don't know if it's going to100% fail or fly, and that's
okay.
That's part of the process.
You have got to stop waitingfor permission from people.
You have to give yourselfpermission and you have to put
it out there.
People want to see yourauthentic failures and they're
going to celebrate those morethan your successes.
(12:27):
I'm telling you, people arejust like yep told you so, yep,
that wasn't going to work.
Why did you do it this way?
That's okay, that's humannature.
Just it's okay.
Roll with it.
Not everyone has a perfect dayand you've got to stop beating
yourself up for it.
You've got to.
You've got to find somethingthat brings you joy.
(12:49):
You have to ground your joy inyour decisions and what you can
do and can't do and want tolearn to do, because no one else
is going to bring that joy toyour life but yourself.
And you've got to start withyourself and if it's getting
yourself healthier, to getyourself in your mindset
(13:09):
healthier, find the ways to doit.
Find the right people to bearound, find the people that you
can talk to and, if it'sweeding out the ones that you
can't, that are bringing youdown, you know, maybe that's a
decision you have to make too.
It's.
They're not easy decisions.
This is hard.
Doing things that you love andwhat you want to do is one of
(13:32):
the most difficult things, Ithink, if not the most difficult
thing.
And especially if you'reresponsible for other people's
lives and other people's incomeand other people's joy, you can
create an environment thatbrings joy to others and keep
that in mind when you'recreating something and when
you're building something,because that's just as important
(13:54):
.
You need to.
You know, honor other people'sfeelings.
That's huge.
Giving people space to have anauthentic reaction.
It's not going to be good allthe time.
People aren't going to loveeverything that you do.
People are going to roll theireyes and like, oh, that's how
you say this, that's how you.
You know that's what you dohere.
I've got that a hundred times.
(14:16):
You don't brew coffee or beer.
I wanted coffee.
I thought this was amicrobrewery.
I thought this was a paint andsip.
No, bring it in.
I'm in a door plaza.
I'm not going to.
I don't have a license for anyof that stuff, but I'm here to
let you be creative and to enjoyit.
I had two gals this week whocame in, grabbed some food and
(14:36):
drink, sat down, purchased apaint by number, and they
enjoyed the time and the spaceto just visit and laugh and
create those pieces added extrastuff that wasn't in the kit.
I had it.
That's the beauty of having thespace.
They had a blast.
They were there for almost fourhours and I adored.
(15:04):
I was busy, I had things to dobecause we have all these market
things coming up and I have abirthday party this weekend at
the shop.
I was swamped, I was doingstuff and I was just at my own
table working and they had ablast and it warmed my heart
beyond words.
I'm like I have a space thatsomebody can come in and enjoy
time with one another andthey're like we never get to
(15:25):
talk.
This was wonderful and that wasone of the goals of what I
wanted to open the space for andit was wonderful, it was
perfect.
I loved having that opportunityto offer that to them, and so
you never know what you do andwhat makes you happy will bring
joy to others.
You've got to try.
(15:47):
You've got to put that outthere and just you know.
Please, just be authentic, justbe yourself and try, just try.
Don't wait for permission.
Change is okay.
When's the last time youinitiated change?
Sometimes we are very proactivein change because it's been
(16:09):
presented to us and we have toreact, and so we have this
negative connotation with changebecause it's, almost 100% of
the time, a reaction.
Initiate your own change,create your change, be the
master of that change.
That's okay, and stick with itand let it pivot.
(16:29):
We love that word, don't we?
Yes, it's okay.
You know you can make a plan.
It doesn't have to.
You know, follow through 100%,be very open and give yourself
grace to let it ebb and flow.
You know my plan is to do apodcast every week.
Sometimes I am not hitting thatmark and I apologize because I
(16:52):
love that you listen, but I alsolove that you know that I'm
human and I'm one person and I'mtrying to make my dreams come
true, and this is a huge part ofit having the space to talk to
all of you and have you reactand tell me you listen and that
you're hearing, you know this orthat, or inspired by this or
(17:12):
that, or having the space toshare my artists that are
exhibiting and my friends whoare artists.
I'm going to have a couple ofthose friends who are on the
Foundry's art agency.
I really want to talk to themand cause they're they're so
excited and I'm so excited forthem.
But it's okay if it you know.
(17:36):
Oh, I missed a step.
I'm not you know a hundredpercent where I wanted to be.
Just pick up and start again,it's okay.
It's okay.
Nothing is perfect and itdoesn't have to be perfect.
We are not perfect, we arehuman.
Nothing is perfect and itdoesn't have to be perfect.
We are not perfect, we arehuman.
We've got to embrace ourhumanness.
It's.
Do not stress about those kindof things.
It'll, you'll get through itand there's you know, that
(18:00):
minute in that day, you'll neverget that box.
So just try to take that secondto breathe and work through it
and embrace the change andinitiate the change and gosh,
make it.
Make the change.
That's the most important thing.
Please, find something that youwant to do that you love.
(18:20):
Let me know what it is.
I want to support you in that.
If you're doing something big,small, physical, mental, what's
that change?
And you want to shout it out.
Let me know.
I would love to know what it isbecause I want to share it with
the world.
I want to get it out there.
I'll be your cheerleader.
People call me one of thebiggest cheerleaders.
(18:40):
I'm only 5'3", I'm not that big, but yeah, man, I love shouting
people out, I love being partof something bigger.
I got to be part of a huge bitof change for a young girl this
week.
She's battling cancer, she's 12.
I got to spend the day with hermom and her sisters and we got
(19:04):
to start on her wish to grantand it was making a craft room
for her, for that space andgiving her space to deal with
the change in her life that shehad no control over whatsoever.
And to see her smile and laughand the excitement picking
(19:27):
things out and knowing that Igot to be a teeny tiny part of
that, that joy, to help bringher joy.
Oh, my goodness, she changed me, she changed my life in that
day and her parents trying tonavigate through all this and
her sisters and their heart.
Just you know, we have our sixkids and watching my three
(19:50):
daughters grow into thisbeautiful relationship with one
another and getting to see thosegirls do the same thing, making
these memories with theirsister.
It was.
It was huge.
That's life changing.
Those are changes you have nocontrol over, but you can change
how you approach it and howyou're going to find some joy in
(20:13):
it, and it was a huge lesson inchange.
So, yeah, there are going to bethings that happen that we have
no control over, that involvechange, but, buddy, there are
some that you can, that you canjust get a hold of and make it
your own, and you need to dothat.
You need to take what you wantto do in this life and make it
(20:35):
happen.
And now is the time, nottomorrow.
Do one little thing today thatputs you moving towards that
change and makes you happy.
And makes you happy You'rebrutally made.
I am Tracy Dawn Brewer and Itruly believe that.
So thanks for spending a momentwith me and I'm excited to
(21:00):
share more change that's comingup and, man, this next year it
is totally moving towardsfull-time art, and to tell you
that that's fueling me is anunderstatement.
That is what makes me so happy.
So, thank you, thank you forthe support, and I hope you
enjoyed seeing my art move, mymagical pictures and I'm really
(21:24):
hoping that the communicationthat I've had with some major
manufacturers, that thecommunication that I've had with
some major manufacturers inregards to that as, like, some
cool wall art being offeredacross the country that still
happens.
I don't know, that was adiscussion that kind of fueled
this, but what I got toexperience this week, the
(21:45):
possibilities that are maybepresented with that, are huge
and exciting for me and it makesme feel happy and honored that
someone sees what I love to doand sees that I can help them.
I love that.
So that's what I'm here for andI'm here for it.
So have a great weekend and Iwill talk to you next time.
(22:08):
Thanks for being with me today.
Bye-bye.
Hello, welcome back to an episode of Brutally Made.
Oh, thank you for the grace oftime.
I had to delay a couple weeksof recording because I have been
going through a lot of newthings happening at the studio,
just been so busy and honestlyjust couldn't find a moment in
(00:31):
the morning on the weeks torecord.
So I'm really sorry I've hadsuch a break this month, but I
am ending the month with anepisode and I'm really excited
to be here.
Month was an episode and I'mreally excited to be here.
Next Friday will be super crazybecause we have a Black Friday
(00:52):
sale at our store, so I'mcalling it a Frenzy Friday.
It will be 12 hours of sales.
I'll be opening at 9am Notreally into opening at the 6am
hour, opening at 9am, not reallyinto opening at the 6am hour,
but yeah.
(01:12):
So I'm going to do that for thefirst time at the studio and
doodling today will be reallyjust sharing some of my upcoming
winter magical art.
I wanted to share that and whatit looks like.
I am very excited about sharingwhat I created and offer as
prints and canvases on that saleNever really done anything like
(01:35):
that before and the differentsizes and I've matted those so
they're a little bit morereadily available to frame, and
just thought I would talk aboutthat with a focus on today's
episode about change.
And I have had a few, I guess,extra special moments to talk to
(02:01):
and be in the presence of somecreative business entrepreneurs
and people that have been in mylife for a while and hearing
what they're doing and how theirgosh, I guess visions for what
they're wanting to do with theircompanies have changed a lot
(02:23):
and moving in new directions.
Changed, changed a lot andmoving in new directions.
And here, at the beginning ofthe visual part of my podcast,
if you have watched the YouTube,you can see that I've went
through a little bit of a change.
I cut about a foot of hair off.
I have a shorter do Very funand just wanted to change, just
(02:43):
wanted to make it a littleeasier, uh, to take care of it
and, um, it needed it.
I had not been to a salon inlike two years.
If you know me, I am very Ifeel like I'm very low
maintenance.
I don't color my hair anymore.
It it is gray and white and itused to be auburn red, so maybe
(03:07):
I'll throw in some beforepictures.
Yeah, so there's been a lotthat I physically have gone
through in change in the lasttwo years, so this was like one
of the things that I had doneLiterally scheduled the
appointment with my sweet friendAshley, who owns Shine Salon
and Spa here in Canton, at 2 50am.
(03:28):
That's like that's how I roll,that is how I make my decision.
Oh, I'm gonna do this.
So glad her company has ascheduler online.
Boom, did it, and then, like inless than a day, I was there
and I'm like we're chopping itoff.
So funny, so funny, and that'sI don't know.
Do I make all my decisions onthe fly like that?
(03:50):
I would like to say I don't,and I have a lot of thought
behind them.
Sometimes, though, some of thebest decisions are like yep off
the cuff, doing it right now.
So yeah.
So I joined this group with themastermind, and I've talked to
Margo many, many times, and shehas a podcast, wendicill Chats,
(04:14):
which I absolutely adore andlove and have supported from day
one, and just a greatinspiration for creativity.
She shares other artists andother business owners and other
people that help support artistswithin her podcast world, from
attorneys to accountants, toother people that have started
(04:39):
businesses and how they've doneit and what their creative
process is, and it's just greatinsight and just absolutely love
what she does.
So she's now an art agent and Ihave so many sweet friends that
are being represented by hernow.
And then she's created thisonline community, the Foundry,
and so I kind of like changed mysupport for her and joined that
(05:00):
so I could follow along andhear more inspirational stories
from this side of an art agentand community, and I absolutely
love it.
I've been able to attend acouple of events that she's held
online, which I'm very gratefulfor for being online, because
that's most accessible to me andI feel very connected.
(05:25):
Even though a lot of peopledon't understand how you can
stay connected virtually, it isno different in my mind than
having a pen pal, making a phonecall, any of the old
traditional ways that you wouldsay that was legitimate ways to
stay connected with someone.
This is the same thing in mymind, in my heart, and no
(05:48):
different.
We just have technology andwe're using it in that way.
So I think it's tremendous whatshe's doing and I absolutely
love it.
So, hearing how those changeshappened in her life and what
she has gone through and suchunplanned ways from moving.
(06:10):
I mean, she literally had tomove and relocate, not because
of this decision to start abusiness but for other reasons.
And then creating space to, Ithink, do something that was
frightening very fear, you know,fear filled, always
(06:31):
contemplating it in the back ofyour mind, wanting to do this.
When do you make that leap?
When do you try?
When do you just say you knowwhat, I'm just going to make it
work.
And I resonate with that sodeeply.
If you have not heard from thebeginning podcast to now, you
know how scared I have been andhow I was to start my business
(06:54):
in person finding the physicalspace, securing that space,
making it work.
Still, I mean, I'm stillworking full time in health care
and making the space work and Iam super excited about making
art my full time job focus andthat is the goal and that's what
(07:14):
I'm doing and that is a changethat I'm making very
conscientiously, step by step,and if something happens to
where I have to leap faster, sobe it, and I feel like some of
the things that are happening inmy life may be presenting that
opportunity.
So I got to spend some more timewith a dear friend who I met in
(07:39):
our leadership community herelocally he was part of my
leadership class four years agoI cannot believe it's been that
long and offered a chance to getto see a manufacturer who has
ties to a lot of great industrycreatively, you know, making
(08:00):
displays and packaging and stuffand I said, yes, absolutely, I
want to see what they do.
I want to hear what you'redoing.
You know, I knew about hisbusiness.
I knew what he has created andhas done Absolutely amazing.
I love following his work.
They would share installationsfrom different places all over
the world and it was justfascinating because I was in
(08:22):
construction at one time and Iwas in design and interior
design and I felt like that wassomething that he and his
organization, that they had, youknow, hands in and what they
had done and I just loved it.
I thought it was so cool tofollow and really that was it.
I was just watching what he wasdoing and just thought it was
really cool.
He's got a wonderful family.
(08:43):
We've been in a coupledifferent fundraising events.
I just, you know, just adoreeverything that he was doing and
, you know, just love getting totalk to him.
Just a really super, supergreat guy.
So we're on our way to Columbus, and then I find out that he
has this whole dream of takingthis company and these new
(09:06):
levels and directions andintegrating some new technology
and communication, and I waslike this is fantastic.
I loved hearing these ideas, Ithink that they're so unique and
it's just like, yes, do this,yes, do this.
Because I have been just in thismindset that, oh my gosh, what
(09:29):
are you waiting for?
And I know that that was reallyinspired by you know, hearing
and working with Margo andhearing just like, what are you
waiting for?
What is it that?
What's giving you thepermission?
Is it somebody else?
If you're waiting to, I don'tknow what's the old adage,
what's the old saying?
That if you want to have achild, you're waiting to save up
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to have that baby you'll neverhave.
It just needs to happen.
It just needs to happen.
If you've got this dream and ifyou don't start working on what
you want right now, why?
What is the bigger?
Why do something to get yougoing in that direction?
Don't just wait.
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I don't care if you wanted tolearn how to draw and you're
waiting to have supplies.
I'm doing air quotes.
You can't see me Get a pencil,follow a YouTube channel that
teaches you basics and juststart there.
I don't care what it is that.
You have a dream.
Write down a business plan inyour mind, and doesn't have to
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be a formal one.
Write an outline down of whatit is that you want to do.
Start brainstorming, starttalking about it, start putting
it out there in the world.
Find someone, like my frienddid, who has these great ideas.
We're going to this location,to this manufacturer, and he
starts telling me what he wantsto do.
I'm just like, yes, fracture it.
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And he starts telling me whathe wants to do.
I'm just like, yes, absolutelyDon't wait, just do this, start
and let it go.
Let's see where it goes.
What's it going to hurt?
This is terrific.
Your idea has validation.
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Your heart, what you want to do.
That's the why.
That's why you need to start.
That's where it needs to begin.
You do not need permission fromanybody else but yourself, and
we have the worst time givingourselves permission, and not
everything is going to be, youknow, 100%, perfect, perfect,
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that's okay.
Stop striving for perfection.
Enjoy the process.
You get one life, one time, totry something that you love and
want to do, and don't spend thatone chance, just being
miserable and thinking about it.
Just start trying and doing itand exploring.
You know, you do not know.
I'm telling you, you do notknow the full outcome.
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You don't know if it's going to100% fail or fly, and that's
okay.
That's part of the process.
You have got to stop waitingfor permission from people.
You have to give yourselfpermission and you have to put
it out there.
People want to see yourauthentic failures and they're
going to celebrate those morethan your successes.
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I'm telling you, people arejust like yep told you so, yep,
that wasn't going to work.
Why did you do it this way?
That's okay, that's humannature.
Just it's okay.
Roll with it.
Not everyone has a perfect dayand you've got to stop beating
yourself up for it.
You've got to.
You've got to find somethingthat brings you joy.
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You have to ground your joy inyour decisions and what you can
do and can't do and want tolearn to do, because no one else
is going to bring that joy toyour life but yourself.
And you've got to start withyourself and if it's getting
yourself healthier, to getyourself in your mindset
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healthier, find the ways to doit.
Find the right people to bearound, find the people that you
can talk to and, if it'sweeding out the ones that you
can't, that are bringing youdown, you know, maybe that's a
decision you have to make too.
It's.
They're not easy decisions.
This is hard.
Doing things that you love andwhat you want to do is one of
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the most difficult things, Ithink, if not the most difficult
thing.
And especially if you'reresponsible for other people's
lives and other people's incomeand other people's joy, you can
create an environment thatbrings joy to others and keep
that in mind when you'recreating something and when
you're building something,because that's just as important
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.
You need to.
You know, honor other people'sfeelings.
That's huge.
Giving people space to have anauthentic reaction.
It's not going to be good allthe time.
People aren't going to loveeverything that you do.
People are going to roll theireyes and like, oh, that's how
you say this, that's how you.
You know that's what you dohere.
I've got that a hundred times.
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You don't brew coffee or beer.
I wanted coffee.
I thought this was amicrobrewery.
I thought this was a paint andsip.
No, bring it in.
I'm in a door plaza.
I'm not going to.
I don't have a license for anyof that stuff, but I'm here to
let you be creative and to enjoyit.
I had two gals this week whocame in, grabbed some food and
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drink, sat down, purchased apaint by number, and they
enjoyed the time and the spaceto just visit and laugh and
create those pieces added extrastuff that wasn't in the kit.
I had it.
That's the beauty of having thespace.
They had a blast.
They were there for almost fourhours and I adored.
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I was busy, I had things to dobecause we have all these market
things coming up and I have abirthday party this weekend at
the shop.
I was swamped, I was doingstuff and I was just at my own
table working and they had ablast and it warmed my heart
beyond words.
I'm like I have a space thatsomebody can come in and enjoy
time with one another andthey're like we never get to
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talk.
This was wonderful and that wasone of the goals of what I
wanted to open the space for andit was wonderful, it was
perfect.
I loved having that opportunityto offer that to them, and so
you never know what you do andwhat makes you happy will bring
joy to others.
You've got to try.
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You've got to put that outthere and just you know.
Please, just be authentic, justbe yourself and try, just try.
Don't wait for permission.
Change is okay.
When's the last time youinitiated change?
Sometimes we are very proactivein change because it's been
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presented to us and we have toreact, and so we have this
negative connotation with changebecause it's, almost 100% of
the time, a reaction.
Initiate your own change,create your change, be the
master of that change.
That's okay, and stick with itand let it pivot.
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We love that word, don't we?
Yes, it's okay.
You know you can make a plan.
It doesn't have to.
You know, follow through 100%,be very open and give yourself
grace to let it ebb and flow.
You know my plan is to do apodcast every week.
Sometimes I am not hitting thatmark and I apologize because I
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love that you listen, but I alsolove that you know that I'm
human and I'm one person and I'mtrying to make my dreams come
true, and this is a huge part ofit having the space to talk to
all of you and have you reactand tell me you listen and that
you're hearing, you know this orthat, or inspired by this or
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that, or having the space toshare my artists that are
exhibiting and my friends whoare artists.
I'm going to have a couple ofthose friends who are on the
Foundry's art agency.
I really want to talk to themand cause they're they're so
excited and I'm so excited forthem.
But it's okay if it you know.
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Oh, I missed a step.
I'm not you know a hundredpercent where I wanted to be.
Just pick up and start again,it's okay.
It's okay.
Nothing is perfect and itdoesn't have to be perfect.
We are not perfect, we arehuman.
Nothing is perfect and itdoesn't have to be perfect.
We are not perfect, we arehuman.
We've got to embrace ourhumanness.
It's.
Do not stress about those kindof things.
It'll, you'll get through itand there's you know, that
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minute in that day, you'll neverget that box.
So just try to take that secondto breathe and work through it
and embrace the change andinitiate the change and gosh,
make it.
Make the change.
That's the most important thing.
Please, find something that youwant to do that you love.
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Let me know what it is.
I want to support you in that.
If you're doing something big,small, physical, mental, what's
that change?
And you want to shout it out.
Let me know.
I would love to know what it isbecause I want to share it with
the world.
I want to get it out there.
I'll be your cheerleader.
People call me one of thebiggest cheerleaders.
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I'm only 5'3", I'm not that big, but yeah, man, I love shouting
people out, I love being partof something bigger.
I got to be part of a huge bitof change for a young girl this
week.
She's battling cancer, she's 12.
I got to spend the day with hermom and her sisters and we got
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to start on her wish to grantand it was making a craft room
for her, for that space andgiving her space to deal with
the change in her life that shehad no control over whatsoever.
And to see her smile and laughand the excitement picking
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things out and knowing that Igot to be a teeny tiny part of
that, that joy, to help bringher joy.
Oh, my goodness, she changed me, she changed my life in that
day and her parents trying tonavigate through all this and
her sisters and their heart.
Just you know, we have our sixkids and watching my three
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daughters grow into thisbeautiful relationship with one
another and getting to see thosegirls do the same thing, making
these memories with theirsister.
It was.
It was huge.
That's life changing.
Those are changes you have nocontrol over, but you can change
how you approach it and howyou're going to find some joy in
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it, and it was a huge lesson inchange.
So, yeah, there are going to bethings that happen that we have
no control over, that involvechange, but, buddy, there are
some that you can, that you canjust get a hold of and make it
your own, and you need to dothat.
You need to take what you wantto do in this life and make it
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happen.
And now is the time, nottomorrow.
Do one little thing today thatputs you moving towards that
change and makes you happy.
And makes you happy You'rebrutally made.
I am Tracy Dawn Brewer and Itruly believe that.
So thanks for spending a momentwith me and I'm excited to
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share more change that's comingup and, man, this next year it
is totally moving towardsfull-time art, and to tell you
that that's fueling me is anunderstatement.
That is what makes me so happy.
So, thank you, thank you forthe support, and I hope you
enjoyed seeing my art move, mymagical pictures and I'm really
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hoping that the communicationthat I've had with some major
manufacturers, that thecommunication that I've had with
some major manufacturers inregards to that as, like, some
cool wall art being offeredacross the country that still
happens.
I don't know, that was adiscussion that kind of fueled
this, but what I got toexperience this week, the
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possibilities that are maybepresented with that, are huge
and exciting for me and it makesme feel happy and honored that
someone sees what I love to doand sees that I can help them.
I love that.
So that's what I'm here for andI'm here for it.
So have a great weekend and Iwill talk to you next time.
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Thanks for being with me today.
Bye-bye.
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