POST 2021-04 REMEMBER WHY YOU STARTED
Hello Daisy List readers,
I’ve been absent for a minute. Had to attend to a few situations. Family issues, health issues, and like everyone else, chasing the COVID vaccine. But I just saw an IG message that said “REMEMBER WHY YOU STARTED”
Made me think, why “DID” I start DAISY LIST?
It all started with my cancer journey. A frightening diagnosis, treatment and recovery that forced me to answer other questions we tend to ignore. You know the questions;
WHO AM I? WHAT DO I WANT? WHAT’S MY PURPOSE?
My cancer journey forced me to become intense about my answers. For most cancer survivors, after recovery, the mantra is “How do I, “GIVE BACK”
So that’s my WHY, I started searching for a way or vehicle to “give back.” I thought the biggest GIFT I could give to anyone was to push the importance of pursuing a DREAM.
My DREAMS, your DREAMS, your families DREAMS, your children’s DREAMS, your neighbors DREAMS, your Co-Workers DREAMS, your friends DREAMS, your grandparents DREAMS, everybody’s DREAMS.
Anyone and everyone that would Listen and Learn the Importance of having and living a DREAM.
I thought I could start a business dedicated to motivating and inspiring people to DREAM BIG, DREAM BOLD. Help people connect with like-minded ideas and go for it.
When I started, I had “NO CLUE” how to go about it. Let’s see:
Start a Website? Develop a Blog? Design a Logo? Produce some products?
Open an e-commerce shop? Raise money? Donate millions to my favorite charity? It all sounded so simple.
WOW! Little did I know!
I hooked up with a terrific systems developer named Mark Conley, and off we went. Some weeks were good, some weeks were GREAT, and some weeks we just about coasted. Some weeks we even went 10 steps backwards. What a journey it’s been. Wouldn’t change a minute. But we have a long way to go.
The goal, take Daisy List around the world and make it a household name.
Make it the emoji, icon, symbol, logo and trade mark for
EPIC DREAMS
DREAMS to Amaze the World.
As a cancer survivor, I felt I had a bird’s eye view of what it means to face death without having the chance to experience the greatest Gift of Life; “getting your song out” before you start “pushing up DAISIES”
As I recovered, I wanted to express, no actually, I wanted to SCREAM the importance of “FULFILLING A DREAM!”
As devastating as cancer was, it forced me to focus on what I wanted out of life and what life wanted out of me “before” it was too late. Turns out, it brought me one of the greatest gift I could ask for.
“Finding my Bliss” and rediscovering my “Purpose in Life”
I’m constantly explaining what a Daisy List is all about. It’s a List of your DREAMS. It’s a “DO IT NOW” list.
It’s NOT a Bucket List to pursue “AFTER” college, marriage, children, career, old age, you name it!
“I remember why I started!”
What a wake up a call!
I started because I wanted to develop a message, a sign, a brand, a business that would symbolize DREAMS. A symbol or a logo that would be recognized as an icon for GOAL setting DREAMERS.
The plan is to take the brand all around the World so everyone can identify
all of us that have chosen to;
