Is Wootness!™ your mirror?

Oh, how a woman loves mirrors, especially if she’s young and beautiful. But add a few years, a few wrinkles and a few gray hairs and we stop looking so closely. We give mirrors the briefest of glances to make sure our eyeliner is on straight and our hair is combed and quickly look away because seeing how we’ve aged is a truth we don’t know how to wrap out heads around. So, we look quickly and pretend we don’t see what is really there.

Last week I looked in my mirror. Really looked. I don’t remember why I looked, but once I did, I was sucked in. When did my hair turn completely gray? I was shocked. And saddened. But it is what it is. I can leave it gray or color it and since I don’t like to fuss with upkeep-type items, gray it shall be.

When you read the articles at Wootness!™, I’d like you to consider them a mirror.

Do you recognize yourself in a story or example? Does something I say strike dangerously close? Do you feel a little bit uncomfortable sometimes?

I know you – you’re a woman. If I didn’t strike a real nerve, I struck an imaginary nerve. Face it – we are dramatic creatures – so let’s not waste time protesting. It is what it is.

If anything I have said makes you squirm, makes you mad, makes you “unsubscribe” – stop for a moment and think. Did you peer into the Wootness!™ mirror and see yourself before you were able to quickly look away?

Embrace the glimmers of discomfort. Recognize the mistakes you have made or are about to make. Learn from the mistakes *I* and others have made.

And yes, I’ve made nearly every single mistake that I’ve talked about here. But to constantly tell you “One time I did this…” would be a pretty boring exercise, so sometimes I talk about other people and reference other situations. If you see yourself in my stories, embrace the fact that I thought you would appreciate having the lesson you learned shared with others. We are all fighting the same fight. We are trying to forge our path into this business that so so many others are forging along side us. Take these time-savers for what they are; HELP.

Be comforted in knowing that although you may have learned a lesson the hard way – you are helping other women (and men) like yourselves to not make the same mistake. And then go onto the next lesson, and learn from someone else’s mistake.

Yep, I come across as a sassy, mouthy, irreverent woman.

And I am that.

Here.

Because that is how I teach.

And that is how you learn.