My whole life I have lived in cold winter places.

You know....the kind in all the songs.

As I girl I walked down the 

Side walks, city sidewalks dressed in holiday style.

Then I moved to the country and my Christmases were more like

Walking in a winter wonderland.

And now after 56 years I have moved somewhere so completely different it's kinda freaking me out.

I decided to go out Christmas shopping the other day.

Now I knew it was warmer here but it had been raining quite a bit and looking out the window I figured it was in the 50's so I put on something appropriate for that weather...went down the stops excited to shop and find some goodies...

I opened the door and 

WHAM...

The weight of the warm, humid air hit me.

It was 78 degrees!

I could have worn shorts and when I got to the store I realized that MANY were!

It's was straight up BALMY.

CHANGE IS HARD

Especially when that change is foreign to EVERYTHING you've ever known.

Every memory that I have of Christmas that I have is COLD.

And add in the Hallmark Movies and holiday specials.

ALL COLD.

So finding a new way to embrace Christmas with palm trees out front is just gonna take time.

Just like starting a home business.

I was an employee...

My parents were employees...

My grandparents were employees...

And my great grandparents that I knew were employees too.

Not an entrepreneur in the bunch.

So finding new ways to make money was NOT easy.

It challenged EVERYTHING I knew.

And I had to FIGHT FOR MY FOCUS because my subconscious mind was telling me something was wrong with the picture I was painting just like it's telling me there something wrong with a BALMY CHRISTMAS.

There's not.

It's just DIFFERENT.

Earning money in your own home business is probably different that anything you've ever known and the people around, the people that you love might even tell you it's WRONG.

Like my family is telling me that warm Christmases are WRONG.

But me...

I have the COURAGE to experience something new.

You do too or you wouldn't be reading my letters.

You are a PIONEER.

The one who is willing to TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT for the betterment of you and your family.

So when you find yourself feeling all off kilter and a stranger in a strange land 

REMEMBER...

It's supposed to be that way when you attempt something new.

Heck...

And this is embarrasing...

I found myself crying in my car and asking myself 

WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING???

And then I remembered that CHANGE was exactly what I wanted.

No matter how uncomfortable for a few minutes that change may be.

When you CHANGE all your memories and your mind will tell you something is wrong simply because it has no record of a "warm Christmas" or making money outside of a job.

Thank your mind for trying to protect you and let it know...

I've Got This and KEEP GOING.

That's what I'm doing.

I'm gonna enjoy my BALMY LITTLE CHRISTMAS.

It's new...

It's different.

And 

IT'S MINE

<3

Holiday Hugs,


Signed 

Santa's Little Helper 

Diane