Serendipitous Meetings

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Morning check-in with my accountability buddy and feline assistant, Harley

When I attended Amy Porterfield’s online business training with over 4,000 people, I had no idea that I would meet the accountability buddy of my dreams. I added my introduction to the long, long Facebook thread, never imagining it would cast the “net” of social networking. Meanwhile, a younger-than-me digital native searched up “Oregon” on that thread and discovered me while working from home, only 15 minutes away.

“Want to be accountability buddies?” I asked. “Heck yeah!” Kiley responded. And boy did I luck out. Kiley manages marketing for EBay and is growing her own business, Viridian Kai, as a surface designer on the side. Viridian Kai’s products are a practical way to bring delightful “local” art into our everyday world — mushrooms, flowers, moons, and stars in patterns across totes, waist packs, journals, and more.

All of those months of priming to buddy up with someone who practiced and grew their business daily … and she messaged me. Wow. The frustration of “not finding my tribe” for months helped me clarify what I wanted and expedited the the finding, too.

But Kiley is so much more than what I’d asked for. She and I voice message back and forth about once a week, half in business and half in pleasure. Kiley is an avid gardener, beverage connoisseur (she even judges home-brew beer events), and we geek out on dogs together, too. Kiley and I swap restaurant recommendations and go off the deep end when it comes to herbs and the various concoctions to make with them. I am beyond grateful.

When have you wanted something so bad it hurt then managed to let go after making that request of the universe? When did it turn out better than your wildest dreams, and what dreams are you still casting your net for? Enjoy the fishing!