Friday evening I was interviewed (over the phone) by Catherine Hollingsworth of the Anchorage Daily News. (here’s a link to her most recent column). I was nervous, overly bubbly and a little scattered, but Catherine put me right at ease and we chatted for over an hour. I never imagined an interview could be so comfortable. I was literally singing with happiness when we got off the phone, feeling like I had connected to someone who got me and what I’m trying to do with BCB. I suggest every small business owner be interviewed by someone so interested and interesting!
I learned as much about (and from) her and the great things she’s doing, as she learned about me. Catherine is a passionate, intelligent woman that is working, in very tangible ways, to educate the public about the value of needlearts. For example, she started the Alaska State Yarn Council, which not only puts together the biggest yarn expo in the state, but also provides oppurtunities to fiber artists in rural areas by designing a running an online shop carrying their goods. It is so very inspiring, and I’ve been needing inspiration to talk to someone so encouraging, someone who is working towards the same goals, someone who shares my passions.
Sometimes this whole BCB idea seems too heavy for me, too serious, or maybe, not serious enough. I have flashes of self-doubt, and even long, torturous nights of wondering if I’m even a “grown up”. Am I doing the right thing? Should I still be in school? Should I be pursuing a real job (ie. working for The Man)? Talking to someone like Cathering reminds me that I don’t need to know, right now, this very minute everything. What I’m doing here is good and worthwhile and I love it. What matters is that right now, I’m trying to live according to my passions, I’m going boldly in the directions of my dreams.
Perhaps feeling a bit of resistance (mostly internally) is a sign this is something big? Something worthwhile. Something, dare I say it, grown up?
