I mean, yes… I was surprised. Of course.
And saddened.
And there is no way to know everything or anything about whatever let her to make this decision…
Either way,
Another brilliant life, gone too soon.
I use her notebooks as my favorite journaling tool.
The paper is thick, the covers are cute and hard, and the spirals are tough. I literally just bought one this morning before I heard anything about her passing.
BUT,
it is LONELY being an entrepreneur.
It’s even LONELIER being a wildly successful WOMAN entrepreneur.
Even for me,
as someone who is solitary by nature,
with little to NO desire for “social outlets or activities,”
being at the helm of an enterprise that is all your own…
can be lonely in a way that is hard to put into words.
I spend NEARLY every single work day without human contact. I celebrate WINS in silence, and nurse ego wounds without a sound. All of this by design, of course. I’m not complaining. I crave this level of solitude…
But, as a creative entrepreneur, I live in a world where nearly EVERY DETAIL is of my own making. The wins are mine to own. The losses are mine to own. The decisions are mine to make. The direction is mine to choose.
Every.
Single.
Everything.
Is up to me.
This is a lot of responsibility.
And a lot of silence.
Should one EVER get stuck in a spiraling mindset, the solitary nature of being an entrepreneur could be QUITE dangerous.
This is partly why I created Women Who WOW… why I schedule in two days a month to talk 1:1 with my members… why I have LIVE (vs. pre-recorded) trainings…
why I reach out and ask how they’re doing…
why WOW has NEVER been a platform for PRETENSE.
It’s why I share my own struggles…
it’s why I am vulernable about my own down moments…
it’s why I created a COMMUNITY of women entrepreneurs,
a place where we can begin,
belong,
and become…
together.
Thinking of those who knew Kate Spade beyond just her products…
And praying for any and all who may be pondering a permanent solution to temporary pain right now. xoxo
