Never in a million years did I think I would be starting this amazing journey with a blog.

First and foremost, I must prepare you all for what may start out as babbling and seem like endless words, but I am new at this so please bare with me.

I work full time for a logistics company. Yeah I know right, BORING! I feel like I have worked to the bare bones for someone else to prosper for the last ten years. Ever had that feeling? Well the feeling started for me about 6 years ago. I was in a relationship where work seemed to be the best thing going for me and I plunged all my energy into what I thought was where I suppose do be going....up in the corporate ladder. Can we say DUMB? I can now! After a failed marriage and many serious talks with a very good Life Coach by the name of Shelley Harris (who will some day be famous), I have come to realise that I am worth more than that and owe it to myself to do the best I can with what I know. Now comes the hard part. What do I know (and feel passionate about) that can be utilised every day to satisfy a need and make a profit? Everyone wants to make money right? Everyone wants to live in that beautiful house that we know we can not afford!

Well, from this day forward, I pledge to enlist all my energy in preparing and researching for what I have always wanted to do....own my own business and make money for me!

How am I going to do it? Where do I start? What do I need? Where am I going to get the money? These have been SOME of my many thoughts over the last 3 weeks that I could hardly sleep anymore!

Okay, now that that's out of the way, I have been able to focus somewhat and come up with a need that will earn me a profit and never be just a simple fad.....FOOD! We all need it to survive, but I am not about to go to someones house and cook for them and opening a restaurant is a big risk to start off with, although that is my end goal. So, to start small means.......Catering!

Having 5 years of experience working at Royal St.George's College in the kitchen, serving rich kids from grade 3 to 13 was my starting point. Why did I ever step away from that field? Relocation is the answer. I moved from Toronto to Brampton and have been working in the warehousing industry ever since. Don't get me wrong, I have learnt a lot over the years and I am sure there will be more knowledge coming my way (or at least I hope), but lets face it, it's not me!
 I have relocated to a new account recently and do not feel "satisfied" with the daily tasks I am relied upon to perform as a "CSR". This has been my push to start looking into my dreams!

I hope that everyone who knows me well can smile at the successes coming my way and hope that those who don't know me can sit back and read along in my journey called "From this day forward" and say "man, her strength and courage is phenomenal".

We all take risks in life....first house, marriage (sometimes more than one), first child, new job and for some owning a business. No matter how big or small the risk, if you don't take it, how will you know if you will succeed? If it doesn't turn out to be exactly what you intended, think about what you have learnt and pat yourself on the back for trying. Most of todays' failures are from not trying. It is only a failure if you haven't learnt from it!

To close it off for today, I am always looking for name ideas, so feel free to send something catchy that will be easy to remember yet catch the tongue at the same time.

Keep an eye out as well for my invitation for my focus group parties to obtain feedback on the launch. It will be free food sampling....who wouldn't want that?!


Dawnell