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Nov 03
2011

To BE or not to BE?

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Posted by: Daisy Nguyen

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Time flies when you're having fun, and the past 2 years have been a BLAST. I've been blogging and doing my own thing now for two years. It was so hard to decide to write my first blog/decide to do my own thing, because the choices were:

  1. now or never
  2. sink or swim
  3. do or die
  4. all or nothing
  5. to be or not to be! (This last one is SOOO important!)
What terrible choices. What wonderful choices. What EXCITING choices. What dangers! What risks! My heart was beating FAST, ERADICALLY, I was scared > no terrified. I took a breathe, I took LOTS of deep breathes, and then...and THEN
...I made the decision, and then, and then...

For the first time in my life, I was on my own.

I was on my own, but I had a voice, I had opinions, I was doing MY thing, and it was scary, (what if people disagreed with me? what if they hated me? what if they don't want to hire me? the list went on and on) Scary, but I loved every minute of it.

Looking back, there really was no other choice. Eventually, all roads, all training, all experiences had led me to this road > the road where I I had to CHOOSE to create my own path, my own way.

So, I chose.

And every day since, that little spark that drove me to dive off the deep end 2 years ago > continues to grow. The spark became a FIRE, then an obsession, until eventually, it consumed me. That spark, that light, that energy to create, to discover, to BE.

Shakespeare asks the question, "To be or not to be?"

The answer is always, TO BE.

To be happy.

To be inquisitive.

To be driven.

To be passionate.

To be in love - with life, with love, with work.

To be able to make mistakes.

To be TOTALLY BADASS in every imaginable way.

To be me.

Thank you to all my clients who hire me to be ME. And all of you who read my blog, because I am ME. And for all those on facebook who "like" me for ME. And all those on twitter that follow ME. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for letting me BE.

PS. Mom, I know you're reading, Thank you for having ME. For having me - as I am. And teaching me to BE.

PPS. For any one out there who wants to, needs to, or dreams of BEING, DO IT.

Cheers!

-Daisy Nguyen

TOTAL badass and CEO of RENT SODA


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written by John Feeney, March 06, 2012
yes, making a decision and sticking with that determination is not easy. Regardless how simple it may look on paper.
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