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Go With Your Gut

You have to go with your gut.

As I was exploring my site builder this week, I was looking at all the possible themes I could use. There were so many that I liked, so many that would work, and many I didn’t like at all.

I have been trying to come up with a good business name and mission. I’ve been trying to boil down my ideas into one solid idea. I realized that there are so many to choose from. There are so many names that sound so good.

I also asked others for their opinions on my ideas. The feedback I got was very helpful. These insights lead to more ideas and possibilities. There were so many ideas to consider.

My brain was spiraling this week with so many things to think about and to decide on. It got to a point where it was very overwhelming. I decided to write all of my thoughts down to see if I could make any sense of it all. I did. This part, the so many ideas and possibility part, is part of the business-making process. The process will keep going and begin to repeat itself unless I break that cycle. This is what I came up with.

“Take everyone’s opinions and every idea with a grain of salt, but the one that matters, in the end, is the one you have developed yourself. The path you are paving for yourself is between you and Christ. You have to trust what is inside you, even if others, including loved ones, are suggesting differently. That does not mean you should dismiss what everyone else is saying. They are called your loved ones, and for that reason, they love you. If they truly love you, they care about you, and they want you to be happy, to be safe, and to be yourself. They also have lived through many life lessons, lessons that could potentially be helpful to you. Take the time to ask for help and listen, study it out in your mind, but the ultimate decision is yours. Trust your gut/instincts/ impressions from the Holy Spirit.”

The lesson to be learned in this part of the process is to go with your gut. I’m not saying my gut will always be right, but it will get me started. I will go down this road as far as I can go. When I reach the end, I can then decide which road to take next and trust my gut all over again. I don’t expect perfection. I don’t expect everything to turn out right the first time. What I do expect is I will learn many lessons along the way. Those lessons will help me to progress. Even if my business fails, I will still have those lessons with me. Which I see as a win-win.

No matter what happens, I’ll choose to be grateful that I went with my gut.

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