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Dare to Fail

dare to fail #mantra

I found this beautiful, hand-lettered art print by Hannah when I was browsing Pinterest for inspiration. Even though I’m only 22 years old, in the time since I graduated from college 2 years ago I’ve taken some big risks in my life. I definitely haven’t been walking on the “safe side” of life. I moved the big move from Los Angeles to Atlanta to Hong Kong to pursue my passion of sharing healthy, vibrant & delicious vegan food as a career. Making big life changes are scary and I’ll be the first to admit that it hasn’t been all smooth sailing. But I’d rather be reaching for the stars then playing it safe and thinking “what if I’d only tried”. I want to dare to fail and achieve my dreams.

 I mentioned before I’ve been reading the book “Big Magic” by Elizabeth Gilbert. It’s all about discovering the creativity hidden inside of you and not being afraid to embrace it. It’s encouraged me to acknowledge these hidden creative gems inside myself and openly welcome & control fear instead of letting it cloud my judgement or affect my happiness. I used to think of fear as a weakness, but now I see that it’s an entirely human emotion that we all feel. It’s how you interact with fear that’s really important.

I moved to Hong Kong wanting to start my own smoothie bowl shop.

My dream was to be able to whip up yummy fruit-based smoothie bowls with healthy, all-natural toppings like fresh fruit, homemade nut butter, and raw chocolate sauce. I literally wrote out my menu, designed my website, and everything. The whole 9 yards. Long story short, we had it all planned out, but when we had a consultant check the space we were going to lease we discovered there was illegal construction work in the building. Meaning we couldn’t get a food license. This was the only retail space in our budget and in a good location. Although I was majorly disappointed, but I saw it as a sign that it was just not meant to be and I moved on. Not only did I dare to fail, but I actually failed.

I started many other small vegan food business with the hopes of spreading awareness & increasing the demand for vegan cuisine in Hong Kong.

I made raw vegan desserts, but quickly realized that the customer tastes were different. They didn’t understand what veganism was, much less what raw vegan desserts were. I tried and tried and kept losing money and ultimately not creating a viable business. That’s when I had the idea to start selling my homemade nut butters. 

I’d been making nut butters on my own for a while. It was one of the first things I taught myself to make when I became vegan. I was instantly hooked, using almond butter or cashew butter in almost all my sweet recipes. It was something I was incredibly passionate about and a part of my daily life. So I thought, why not try selling them? I signed up for a yoga festival where I launched my product line of nut butters and ended up completely selling out by the end of the night. It was a great success!

I’ve been grinding ever since, trying to grow and expand my business and blog.

It hasn’t been easy over the past 10 months since I moved to Hong Kong, but had I not dared to fail then I would not be where I am today. I allowed creativity to be ignited inside of myself and met fear head on in order to reach my goals and make them happen. None of which would’ve come to pass had I not dared to fail miserably.

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