“Failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success.”

I first started Little Birds Photography in October of 2014, however, it wasn’t until this past August that I decided to leave my side job as a barista and work on my business full time. In the past month I have made a lot of changes, big and small, and feel like I have a renewed vision for the direction of my business. While all of those things are exciting, I often find my mind flooded with thoughts of self-doubt and fear that lead me to questions “what am I doing?” or “will I ever succeed?”. As I have processed through these thoughts, I am beginning to realize that I am afraid of failure. I am afraid of not having a successful business. I am afraid of the unknown. But, I also know that I am not alone in these thoughts. As I was browsing Pintrest this morning, I found the quote that is in the title of this post, and even though I have been told this exact thing more than a few times over the last year, it is something that I need to remind myself of daily. Failure is part of succeeding, and success requires taking risks and sometimes doing things that are uncomfortable and scary. So, this morning as I sit here in front of my computer feeling like I am anything but competent, I want to encourage both you and myself to take a risk no matter how small and even fail at something today. I really do think that we will be better for it.