Building Something Better Amy Jones

Last few months have been teaching me some things and this episode is sharing about that. My Clever Brain desperately wants me to polish this up and come up with something cooler to write here, but I am going to override that suggestion and call this good enough. 🤓 it’s messy here, in the middle of a big scary goal.

I am being brave right now. Literally. I'm in the experience of being—which is to say actually feeling—brave. It sucks. It's super uncomfortable. Kinda like when you're on an airplane that hits the turbulence that makes your stomach drop. 

Since I was taking care of myself in this moment by writing in my journal (a thing I sometimes do); I decided—why not share it with you in real time? In my experience examples are incredibly helpful when teaching about being brave. That's why I'm here to be an example for you. 

Which means: I'm feeling vulnerable and twitchy because that's a thing that happens when any human person is being brave. Yet I'm also feeling resolute in sharing what it's like for me because I know it's going to help some of you with whatever's going on in your life right now.

I make mention of a few things on this podcast—here are the links:

The article I wrote a couple years ago: How to be brave

The trampoline/rebounder I bought 7 years ago that still works like a champ

Female Founder School

xx by WeFunder (accelerator for female founders)

This is a big one. I've been getting sucked into fear quite a bit lately and from some of the messages I've been receiving from our listeners, I know I'm not the only one.

To be human is also to be afraid. We may be smart, but we're also designed to get real scared when we do anything new. Or big. Or brilliant.

Which is to say that most days, I am afraid, if not terrified. It can be so easy to get sucked into that fear and the scary stories my Clever Brain comes up with.

I'm thinking of them like those riptides that suck people out to sea. Most people's instinct is to swim to shore and struggle against the powerful current. But the way we get out of riptides is kinda like the way we get out of overwhelming fear.

Sharing what that's like for me and how I navigate through it. It's what I've been practicing a lot this week. For anyone else who is daring to create something great, who is in the midst of a journey or adventure aka rollercoaster, I hope you'll find this comforting. 

I also hope it will spark some inspiration for you and help you notice when you're in fear and take steps to move through it.

If you'd like to try out the Recollect prototype to see if it can help you navigate any emotion you're feeling, please request an invite here: recollectbetter.com

New here? Listen to THIS. By THIS, I mean the latest version of my sharing what we're doing here, why we're building something better, and what the hell that better thing is.

Of course, if you've been a listener to any of the previous episodes, you are very welcome, too. It's just that I realized Episode 1 was no longer the most relevant backstory for those who are new and wish to hear the story. 

Here's the latest.

P/S If you wish to try out our prototype and get a taste of what Recollect feels like for you, please request an invite here: recollectbetter.com

Extra truthy today. Well, at least it feels that way.

Simply because wanting something so bad feels so damn vulnerable. UGHHH!

Hoping you can relate.

While my DESIRE! (that awkward spelling will make sense once you listen) is bringing Recollect into the world and giving us all a tool to help us feel so much better...yours is something else. Something so YOU.

Perhaps you've been keeping it inside. Maybe you've only told your journal. Or your dog. Maybe some friends! But you haven't yet summoned your courage to boldly state your desire because it's SCARY. It's so bloody uncomfortable.

Because what if we don't get what we desire? What if our burning, yearning thing doesn't turn out the way we want it to? When we want it to? Ughghghghgekekekekekahhhhhgggghghgh.

I'm in it. In this dance with desire, taking the next breath, the next right step and captaining my human vessel through this choppy bit.

The realest of real talk today. Please enjoy and if you feel so moved, join us at recollectbetter.com to request an invite.

Been experimenting this week—seeing if our little prototype can help provide the right thing, right time according to situation, not solely based on what we're feeling in the moment.

Because, fundraising. Fundraising is my latest endeavor and something that I haven't done before—not in this way. Since I'm a human person, this new thing seems big and scary at times.

When I can remember, I can talk myself through the fear and get back to the truth. Which is: The funds are being raised. It's not a matter of if, but when. This is turning out. We're already on our way.

The thing is, it's real easy to forget that. I have a Clever Brain who loves to tell scary stories and distract me from that truth. Thus, the experiment.

I created a series of reminders and truths for myself that bring me back to what matters when I catch myself freaking out about fundraising.

This episode is me sharing about exactly what that means and how it's turned out so far.

Now, I realize you're not likely fundraising as well. You've probably got some other important or scary thing going on in your life. So many your Clever Brain has stories about your work or relationships or future or past. Thus, you'd be served by a different series of reminders.

Which is why we're building Recollect and why I'm offering Founding Members the opportunity to build a custom recollection of reminders that are specific to their life and their truth.

Founding Members can do this by requesting an invite to try our prototype (aka the "skateboard" version, which will make more sense once you sign up and receive the intro email). Then, I'll reach out with a link that makes it easy-peasy to set up.

If you're not a Founding Member? How about becoming one? All it takes is a $50 deposit toward your future membership. Sign up here: recollectbetter.com/join